[mrs bouquet]

Now that some of the restrictions have been lifted.   Have any of you actually been out.    I admit to being somewhat confused by the new do's and don'ts instructions.    I haven't, and actually feel quite nervous, so I am going to stay in for a while yet.
The Manager of one of our Village pubs died on Wednesday, he had been in hospital for about 4 weeks.   He was in his young 50s.    He was a bit over-weight and had high blood pressure.   A year ago he stopped smoking,  - 50 ciggies and day.!!   His poor wife is devastated.  She had her own job and very early on caught covid  He moved into a different bedroom, but alas it was not enough.      She is now bereaved and also riddled with guilt.
The thought of a Garden Centre trip out is nice,   BUT NOT NICE ENOUGH.     Take care,   Mrs Bouquet

[Christine]

No cafes open in the county at present, no public toilets open anywhere, the garden centres are asking people not to browse but to shop and go and only those with two entrances are open - one to go in and one to go out. Many local pubs are doing a click and collect system for meals and have organised systems for waiting outside. That's not going out - might as well cook your own. In other words - there's nowhere to go. But people seem to be going to beaches, local tourist villages and walking around - parking all over the place and upsetting the residents.

That's not to say that that the laddish local night life isn't having drinking sessions under the usual river bridges - they are and having fires as well as leaving their debris around. 

[jezza]

Hello I was in a village near York yesterday mowing an old ladies lawn when a man pulled up on a bycicle and said I shouldn't be out working  he was having a ride out from Pickering he didn't get any further I let his back tyre down then told him to bog off  jezza

[GraciesGran]

met  my son at his allotment. We each took a flask and agreed on  sandwiches beforehand so we could share lunch.  A delightful hour sitting in the and nattering

[Aunt Sally]

Why don’t you just ignore the idiots, rather than becoming more unpleasant than them, Jezza ? 

[chillimummy]

I'm a nurse and apart from going to work, I have no wish to venture anywhere   
My husband is doing most of our shopping as he is working from home but yesterday I called for some shopping on my way home from work and even with social distancing, felt very vulnerable.
I am in no rush to do anything at the moment apart from go to work, potter in my garden and go to my allotment when I can.
At the allotment my main concern is keeping my distance from one of the old boys who seems to think it's all bit over the top.
Perhaps fencing off my plot is next step 

[mumofstig]

I'm a nurse and apart from going to work, I have no wish to venture anywhere   

Perhaps fencing off my plot is next step 

Sounds like a good plan to me 

[chillimummy]

 
I'm not sure if he knows what I do, but perhaps I need to remind him how dangerous I am to be near 
From the other side of my fence 

[New shoot]

That is a sad story Mrs B    What a horrible situation for the wife to be in.  It must be very unsettling so close to home for you as well.

It is essentially the same rules, but just with relaxations if you can go out safely.  I think it is people going back to work that are the ones it is aimed at.  You have to assess the risks to you personally and think carefully about when and how you do your venturing.  I know you have common sense in spades, so rely on that 

I'm not classed as vulnerable and have been at work the whole time, but I am not rushing to go anywhere.  Work, home, allotment and the Co-op at the end of the road have been it so far and I'm sticking with that.  This is a experiment to see if we can start to move out of lock down and keep the infection rate down.  I just don't fancy being one of the lab rats 

[Growster...]

"This is a experiment to see if we can start to move out of lock down and keep the infection rate down."

Spot on News.

We just cannot - must not - stop a way of life though perceived fear.

Yup, it's dangerous, but there has to be more than government stats, the BBC drones, local and family sadness, and a bit of plain obstinacy to make normal people see sense, and see to it the best way we can.

I just yearn to see more 'white van men' belting past our house, even though they're breaking the 30mph, and making a racket...

[Plot 1 Problems]

You should have seen me today Growster, bombing down the road to Malvern with Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah blasting out at top volume. You would have been so proud

[Growster...]

You should have seen me today Growster, bombing down the road to Malvern with Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah blasting out at top volume. You would have been so proud

Fabulous song, P1P!

I could listen to that all day, love the grin at the end!

You might have passed a building I designed at Braces Leigh  - lucky (un) you...;0)

[snowdrops]

No I’m not rushing any where, as I read elsewhere & posted on here somewhere
If you think with the relaxing of restrictions the virus has gone, you’re wrong it’s just there’s room in ICU for you.
Believe me the stories I’ve heard you don’t want to go there.
So we’re staying put as long as we can. I’ve put some plants up for sale on Facebook market place but I’ll put them out by the front door & a plastic bag for the money & they can put it through the letter box.
We are going for a walk today to the woods to meet up with our daughter whom we’ve only seen briefly at a great distance since this all started as she is still at work.
We’re seeing our son & family as it’s only 2 weeks since they moved out but when he goes back to work I don’t think we’ll be seeing them. All though that should be a while as he won’t go back until formula 1 starts back up.

[al78]

Why don’t you just ignore the idiots, rather than becoming more unpleasant than them, Jezza ? 

I think he/she was making it up. I find it impossible to believe someone would allow someone else to deflate their bicycle tyre.

[Aunt Sally]

I think I knew that already me dear 

I certainly wouldn’t be that rude to one or our members unless it was tongue in the cheek