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Yeah TJ. My point is that not only would you have to fully define "local", you would also have to fully define "suitable".
As this would be a virtually impossible task without alienating some part of society the current rules allow for almost all circumstances to be accommodated and are therefore probably correct.
So in answer to "Lockdown, can I ride my bike in the countryside?
Yes you can. How far and how long you ride, where the area you ride is and how you get to that area is down to individual personal circumstances as long as it is within the law.
So can we please stop casting aspersions on those whos circumstances are different from yours.
(for clarity I don't mean you personally TJ 🙂 )
do not go to a better place.
Don't go to the light TJ?
its pretty clear unless you want to find anomalies / argue. Its the nearest public space that is not excessively crowded – so laps of the football pitch it is or whatever other green space nearby that is not crowded.
So you think 2 of my 3 suggestions are acceptable (imagine that all three can be suitably socially distanced, and my only requirement is car free non tarmac running)
someone else might say only the nearest one is acceptable.
someone else that I should run up and down my (short) garden
Things get more complicated when you add mountain biking into the equation, rather than running.
Should they be entitled to:
-awesome singletrack appropriate to their skill and bike
-some sort of singletrack
-something non-tarmac (bridleways, fire roads)
-something traffic free (towpath)
-anything thats not a busy A road
For me personally, I'll be exercising from my door, with a walk or run that I can do without stopping, or a bike ride that I can do with 1 water bottle and no food or meaningful stops. Picking my route and time of day to avoid people as much as possible. Living at the edge of a town, I could quite easily walk to the next one and back.
I'll keep doing this until its made illegal, or restrictions are relaxed and we can go to fun places again.
@ajaydoubleyou The lovely Cressida Dick recommended from your front door yesterday and suggested that her officers would regard that as local.
That's ok for me as I'm happy to dodge the cars to get into the countryside and I live reasonably close to the fields to start with. It's a bit of a problem if you are not confident, want to take children and your local drivers are all psychopaths.
someone else might say only the nearest one is acceptable.
someone else that I should run up and down my (short) garden
People who make their own rules up can say what they like. You don't have to listen to them. Everyone's circumstances are different.