A lap of the country lanes on mountain bike.
Traffic down to a trickle, but seemingly it is only the morons that overtake on blind bends who are the ones left out driving: They are the ones I hoped would stay home!
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A lap of the country lanes on mountain bike.
Traffic down to a trickle, but seemingly it is only the morons that overtake on blind bends who are the ones left out driving: They are the ones I hoped would stay home!
Isn't this the permitted exercise thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by Witton Park
Todays PDE was a lovely evening bike ride of 20 miles and 1,700 feet on very quiet roads, apart from a short section on the A515 where the quarry wagons were flying along as usual.
Earlier in the day I spent a few hours on the allotment hoping to do some digging but the ground is rock hard. Three weeks ago it was like a pudding up there. Being 800ft above sea level and very open, the recent sun and wind have given it a hammering. I had a big tidy up and a large bonfire which can only usually be done with a southerly wind which takes the smoke away from the houses.
it's a walk. What's the problem?Quote:
Originally Posted by bigfella
Well the guidelines suggest a walk of up to 1h but fair enough that is just a guideline. Where do you draw the limit though, is a full day hike in the hills ok?Quote:
Originally Posted by Witton Park
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc...rfolk-52095047
???? Ok or not Bigfella
50 minutes on bridleways around Temple Newsam estate. Taking in the wild life and blossoming trees.
Not really within the spirit of the guidelines is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
Bigfella laying down the law in the Permitted Exercise thread... post count of 999... all points towards undercover police operation targeting the FRA forum!!!
Quick, delete all posts!!
I'm with you BigfellaQuote:
Originally Posted by bigfella
60 minutes of exercise outside your property would have been my suggestion too.
I also can see others logic.
We all just interpret the guidelines differently.
But as I have a daughter-in-law who is front line NHS in Halifax and 2 in-laws in their 80s perhaps my thoughts are for others and not just mi sen.
5 miles round local fields
Stagger - I saw two people exercising.
Hitting golf balls on some football fields
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
My home patch Stagger. Are you fairly local to it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
My favourite time is May when the rhododendron's near the lake are in full bloom.
I wasn't aware that any time limit is even in the guidelines.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigfella
There isn't a time limit and they are GUIDELINES not legal restrictions and that is why the police have stepped back from some of their initial positions.
The way I see it is this, if I went out and run, I'd cover 5-7 miles and around 1,000 ft on a typical run on the hills here.
If I walk it, I'm less at risk from a tumble, an ankle turn.... and it fits nicely with Mrs WP being off work atm that I can do half a day working from home and then a decent walk.
We shouldn't start judging each others efforts.
Today I took some routes I rarely use to get to Darwen Moor and back. Only passed about 3 people and all at more than 5 metres distance, apart from an elderly couple sat on a bench at the bottom of Donkey Brew who were still beyond the 2m.
12.3 miles, 4:03 and 1900ft - cracking.
SwillingtonQuote:
Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever
You are all correct, there is no time restrictions within the guidance.
Enjoy your time in the fresh air wherever it takes you.
Hear Hear :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
I would imagine that this weekend is going to be a nightmare, perhaps it would have been better to ban everything for the Bank holiday, unfortunately the sort of people who feel the need to ignore the restrictions are going to have a field day this weekend :(
9.49 miles over Loughrigg again, 2,700 ft, 2 hours and 15 minutes - lovely day for it. Distance keeping easy, very few about, almost no cars. Hopefully over Easter it is much the same.
Isn't the problem that if everyone went out for 2 - 3 hours every day then it would become crowded and maybe a more enforced lockdown imposed as I believe is the case in Spain. So we are ok providing the majority don't take advantage of the guidelines.
No need for undercover police operations, over the years I have met and run with several Fellrunning police officers, also a couple of politicians, so you can rest assured they know where to monitor in fact there is a plethora of forums with folk proudly posting what they are doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
And here's a bit of useless info, I was police V50 fell champion one year I did the race, god that was 17 years ago, one of my few highlights from a very average fell runner.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnK
I wasn`t going to blow your cover ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
It is the first ten minutes and the last ten minutes when I see a few people - after that, almost nobody. So enforcing a time limit of, say, an hour, would make virtually no difference. The number of local people here in Ambleside doing two hour plus runs is small, and the long days and the space is easily big enough to "swallow" them. It may be very different in towns/cities of course, and with cycling on some roads.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigfella
The other point to ruminate is that the longer you are out and the further you are away from home, the higher your chance of needing the emergency services becomes. Admittedly, this is not something that would cross our minds normally but in current circumstances you should weigh that up. Is it fair/right/morally acceptable to take on that risk?
Devil's advocate sort of stuff:p
Tommorow morning I'm riding the bike into town to pick up our prescriptions from the surgery, a 15 mile round trip.
Can I count that as shopping and go out again for my exercise in the afternoon, or not?
Off to bed now whilst you ponder :).
No worries with that enviromentally sound to boot, so win winQuote:
Originally Posted by molehill
Today's PDE was a lovely evening 5 miles and 500 feet run in Lathkill Dale with my son. We arrived home just as my 9 pint polybox of Caskade from Whim Brewery was being delivered.
Put it at the back of the garage in the cool, to settle, and hopefully it will be spot on tomorrow evening.
It is a good point and it is what has made me think twice about going out on my road bike before tonight. I was worried in case I had an accident or mechanical issue I couldn't sort. As you say, that would never be a consideration normally. Anyway, I went this evening, did 26 miles and it was absolutely glorious. Felt like a summers evening with the added bonus of very quiet roads. I will definitely be out on the bike again again in the early part of the Bank Holiday weekend when the weather is promised to be so good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheeze
Balance of risks and common sense - most injuries needing outside help occur in the home. Nobody would ever ride a bike if the risk had to be reduced as much as possible. Whilst my usual run these days is about 2 hours 15 minutes, I am doubling back on myself a lot of the time and am never actually very far from home. Top of Loughrigg is hardly distant or extreme terrain. And it is mainly grass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheeze
A good point. You could make just as strong a case that no one should do any DIY jobs this weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Not just this weekend, every weekend. 🤣😂🤣Quote:
Originally Posted by gej
I think you are within the guidance - but it is your assessment and I think that is the point.Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
The Government has set guidelines because to make prescriptive and specific law would create lots of problems.
I work from home as wholesaler/retailer of small components. I used to make a daily trip to a Parcel Drop Off shop and the Post Office.
I'm now doing every other day.
I'm making that trip a shopping trip as well if I need anything as the Parcel Shop is also a General Store and the Post Office is next to a Spar.
Some might say I shouldn't work, but I supply armed service, Police, Fire, RNLI, Mountain Rescue, Coastguard and other key workers with service parts.
So I take the guidance and work within it in a way that I feel I can completely justify.
In terms of my exercise, I'm like Mike T. The first 5 minutes and last 5 minutes are where I'm most likely to meet others on a walk/run then I can do a couple of hours and only see people at a distance and I tend to walk routes that stay within a sensible radius of home.
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Bike riding is now safer than I can ever recall because of the absence of idiot drivers rushing somewhere.
The risk of scalding myself when boiling the kettle remains unchanged.
It has actually increased because of more time at home.
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Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Finishing coffee and off to town on the bike, in actual fact the chances of me even wanting to go out a second time in a day is very remote, there is a limit to this exercise lark at my age!
We have only visited town once so far, to pick up bags of chicken feed from the suppliers and not been near a shop. Barely seen anyone either but everyone will have their eyes open over the weekend looking out for any tourists, joy riders, campers and the like.
If you don’t laugh,you will cry!
Nudists told to cover up, but not the bits you think!
https://nypost.com/2020/04/07/nudist...r-coronavirus/
The world has gone mad....
[QUOTE=Graham Breeze;659498]Agreed.
Bike riding is now safer than I can ever recall because of the absence of idiot drivers rushing somewhere.
Don`t bet on it! :-
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsm...ys/ar-BB12l29u
[QUOTE=JohnK;659507]In our country lanes the only motorists now out are the idiots who overtake on blind bends. Some things never change.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Did you see this? A speeder saying he was trying to outrun corona!
https://www.itv.com/news/london/2020...d-coronavirus/
[QUOTE=Oracle;659508]Yes I saw it same mentality as overtaking on blind bendsQuote:
Originally Posted by JohnK