Scotland is once a day as well I am sure - and no driving to exercise but no limit on how long the walk or cycle is
Staying at home
You should only leave the house for very limited purposes, for example:
daily exercise, for example a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members of your household
Haven’t the NHS stated that they want people to get exercise as it strengthens the immune system and helps to fight the virus? A quick “stretch your legs” from the front door is not going to help significantly with this – more for mental health. This is going to go on to, most likely, June and stopping your exercise for this length of time is going to be counter-productive.
Maintaining a healthy weight is also important - figures suggest overweight/obese people are at greater risk.
Haven’t the NHS stated that they want people to get exercise as it strengthens the immune system and helps to fight the virus?
Not that I have seen. You’ll have to provide a link to that or it’s just social media fake news
I haven't seen an official bulletin from the NHS or .gov but it has been on the news and mentioned by a few experts.
eg:
Coronavirus: Stay fit to fight the virus, say medics
Scotland is once a day as well I am sure – and no driving to exercise but no limit on how long the walk or cycle is
Yeah, we're back to the difference between Guidance and Law.
Why are people so desperate to make up their own rules and then judge others for not sticking to them?
If you're feeling anxious about the current situation, and I don't blame you, get off the internet and get some fresh air and exercise in a responsible manner.
And yes it might make more sense to drive for you, but it's really best not to right now. And I think you know that.
Scottish SI looks the same wording as the England version re need to take exercise
Dr Jenny Harries asked us to do so, here:
Mental health impact of social distancing
Jenny Harries was asked about the impact on people’s health from being asked to stay at home. She said this is something they are concerned about and those being told to isolate for 12 weeks are given mental health advice in the letters they are receiving. She encouraged everyone to make the most of the extra time not commuting to exercise.
I know there is a lot of fake news out there but you have to be living with your head in the sans not to have been aware that we are being encouraged to exercise.
Yep – you can completely ignore any such sign in Scotland if there isn’t a Section 11 order posted alongside it.
Technically I think any land manager that wanted to, could argue s6(d) of the LR(S)A could apply because there is another restriction in place, and that restriction says people cannot leave their house without a reasonable excuse (the Scottish Coronavirus regulations).
Poly - but they also say daily exercise is allowable and indeed recommended and includes going for a walk and cycle. I guess it would need to be tested in court.
@poly I see where you are coming from but as exercise is currently allowed (encouraged) and it can be done from home, I don't see that as standing up.
I've already seen photos of "no entry" signs in the Pentlands. These are illegal. Scotways have been informed. It's like F&M all over again.
With the path in the OP – the answer to the farmer that clearly is fed up of people using the path thru his farmyard is to divert the path?
It's not a quick process, however if he offered up an alternative that was well signed and logical and accessible I'm sure people would use it as a desireline.
After F and M I remember landowners making the demand to retain the laws excluding the public from RoW. Anyone for the Battle of Kinder Scout mk 2?
Legal changes are happening. They are rightly happening. But they need removing fully when the time is right. Interpretation of ‘right’ is not black and white and you can trust that for many landowners the time will never be ‘right’ because their instinct is always to exclude.
Abuse of emergency legislation has always been a favoured tool of authoritarian conservative operators.
Be careful what you willingly condone once.
We're looking at different laws - path blocking and removal is under access legislation. For England no change, Scotland no change but Wales has made provisions. In the various ways this can progress - the one where we broadly follow the rules and come out with inconvenience is a better option. The one where they dramatically curtail access and criminalise trespass is not one we want to see.
Stick or twist - how are the gamblers feeling on this one?
I know there is a lot of fake news out there but you have to be living with your head in the sans not to have been aware that we are being encouraged to exercise.
That is a very good point. This is, for most people, a head game. There is a need to manage stress levels.
I'm going to make an observation - not a targeted one:
Generally people have a shxt once a day; just because you have to dump doesn't justify hoarding bog rolls.
A second observation:
It's not like in the entire history of mountain biking people have never suddenly had to stop riding for a period. Look upon it as walking a mile in the shoes of someone who has a major injury, a young family, lost their job and doesnt have buttons to do anything...
Mentally, it's about not popping but also don't take the pxss. Imagine how thrilled people will be if repeated transgression turns what's meant to be a cocoon into a cell. Then the pressure cooking will really ramp up.
Agreed dannyh.
Anybody who thinks this is not going to last 12 weeks is smoking dope !!!!
From day 1 WRT the elderly, vulnerable etc it's been stay indoors for 12 weeks. It's not rocket science is It? It will be 12 weeks for all of us.
The difference is if we don't start to do as asked, it will be 12 weeks indoors and nothing outside except food, medication and/or work.
Don't take the P1$$,
Don't drive to exercise, limit the time and distance of exercise to a reasonable amount and for Pete's sake think of everybody else rather than yourselves.
Rant over (and breath)
The ones I know are concerned about picking virus up from gates etc.
Then use correct PPE and don't whinge at others for your failure to protect yourself. Closing rights of way unlawfully is not the answer. Guardians of the countryside, my arse.
Then use correct PPE and don’t whinge at others for your failure to protect yourself. Closing rights of way unlawfully is not the answer. Guardians of the countryside, my arse.
Thank you for your considered insight on the matter of relative risk of virus transmission pathways.
Many things are not the answer, we are where we are.
Yeah, we’re back to the difference between Guidance and Law.
Not sure of your point.
Sticking your hand in the fire is not prohibited by law but it's a stupid idea none the less.
Doesn't mean blocking bridleways is right but if folk cannot follow simple guidance then it's another way to reduce the numbers doing it anyway
