Quote Originally Posted by Oracle View Post
The most outrageous actions are closing parks in urban areas such as Victoria park. Anyone who has lived in a windowless box in London knows access to green places is all that keeps you sane. Provided the people are distancing whilst there. Forcing people to live in isolation without access to daylight will lead to suicides.
Hear, hear!

There's similar idiocy going on around here, but not quite as harmful since Leicestershire isn't as densely packed as inner London. The County Council have announced that all its country parks are closed. Particularly daft is that the Bradgate Trust have closed Bradgate Park: this park is huge, about the size of Cheshire's Lyme Park, and similar terrain. Charnwood Borough Council have closed the Outwoods. All with the excuse that these places were packed last weekend, i.e. before Boris's lockdown announcement.

They are treating us like children. My observations since Monday are that everyone is on their best behaviour with regard to distancing (see some of earlier posts on this thread). There are plenty of people out in the fresh air, but there's enough space for us all to keep at least 2 metres between us.

I can get into the countryside within a minute's run from my front door, but I don't begrudge those living in inner urban locations the ability to drive a few minutes to the countryside (although I would prefer them to cycle!). As Oracle says, not letting them do this is likely to lead to far worse health outcomes, domestic abuse, etc.