Your right I was not alert enough in my post
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slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Fair enough. I was merely suggesting that angling tends to be a fairly solitary occupation, not least because if it wasn't, there would be a lot more people snagged by hooks during casting.Tbf it would be an exaggeration to call some of the groups of cyclists in club kits that I see around here pelotons. Most of them seemed to have been social distancing before it was invented.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Your right I was not alert enough in my post
Stay Yurt
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-at-risk-from-covid-19-if-forced-back-to-work
Article on 8 million less vulnerable workers based on researched published in the lancet.
Article on 8 million less vulnerable workers based on researched published in the lancet.
randynewmanscat
Veteran
- Location
- Vienne, Poitou-Chrentes
You would not want to follow me at 10 metres, my post nasal drip would see you off as you rode through the fine cloud of it.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I honestly think lockdown is gradually ending with or without the government's input!
randynewmanscat
Veteran
- Location
- Vienne, Poitou-Chrentes
I tried to avoid going to town until the expected demob fever had calmed down but I needed titanium samples to check an update on an XRF gun so I went to the metals warehouse.
Things have changed, I used to wander in and browse through the stocks looking for what I wanted, not anymore.
Barriers and tape across the warehouse entrance and it took some persuading to have the manager let me through to find and check materials of my choice.
I see that getting on with work is going to be very slow when interactions are required but it's early days and as people get used to procedures perhaps things will ease.
I trawled through town to reccy what shops had opened and what provisions they had laid on to protect people.
Some shops refused entry unless you had a mask, one place had a box of blue vinyl gloves at the entrance too.
All the places I viewed had big bottles of alcohol gel at the entrance. Also the stores with an obvious route had marked one way routes with arrows on the floor.
There was a lot of people in town and I guess a combination of wanting some normality and some pent up demand to replace broken or worn out gear made it busy.
People seemed to be very cautious and I think more than half wore masks.
Shopping has definitely got more difficult.
On a good note the specialist beer shop V&B was open, they had a fridge full of Belgium and German beers past use by date reduced by 50%, being selfish and greedy I bought the entire stock.
Parks are open again so I will visit the rose gardens of the beautiful park in Descartes on Sunday. The market there is set to open but I don't see how it can work, there is a defile, a choke point on the street, perhaps another one way system with a diversion will be in place. All so tricky and difficult.
The prices of some fresh produce have definitely increased. At this time of the year the sun loving veg are generally pricier as they come from Spain and Italy but there is certainly an increase in price that does not reflect one year of inflation.
In 6 weeks most of the supermarket produce will be home grown and it remains to be seen if the price trend will continue.
Things have changed, I used to wander in and browse through the stocks looking for what I wanted, not anymore.
Barriers and tape across the warehouse entrance and it took some persuading to have the manager let me through to find and check materials of my choice.
I see that getting on with work is going to be very slow when interactions are required but it's early days and as people get used to procedures perhaps things will ease.
I trawled through town to reccy what shops had opened and what provisions they had laid on to protect people.
Some shops refused entry unless you had a mask, one place had a box of blue vinyl gloves at the entrance too.
All the places I viewed had big bottles of alcohol gel at the entrance. Also the stores with an obvious route had marked one way routes with arrows on the floor.
There was a lot of people in town and I guess a combination of wanting some normality and some pent up demand to replace broken or worn out gear made it busy.
People seemed to be very cautious and I think more than half wore masks.
Shopping has definitely got more difficult.
On a good note the specialist beer shop V&B was open, they had a fridge full of Belgium and German beers past use by date reduced by 50%, being selfish and greedy I bought the entire stock.
Parks are open again so I will visit the rose gardens of the beautiful park in Descartes on Sunday. The market there is set to open but I don't see how it can work, there is a defile, a choke point on the street, perhaps another one way system with a diversion will be in place. All so tricky and difficult.
The prices of some fresh produce have definitely increased. At this time of the year the sun loving veg are generally pricier as they come from Spain and Italy but there is certainly an increase in price that does not reflect one year of inflation.
In 6 weeks most of the supermarket produce will be home grown and it remains to be seen if the price trend will continue.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Outdoor sports courses have been allowed by government, so I'm not sure why a rush of golfers is to be condemned. It was obviously going to happen, same as the streets in other countries where exercise cycling was banned saw a flurry when it was allowed again.
Rusty Nails
We remember
- Location
- Living in the slow lane
How do you tell the difference between a queue and a game of golf, they're both so slow?
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Not really criticising the golf. I actually think it's a great hobby that will allow good social distancing.........more just a general view of things starting to slip. Traffic has picked up drastically around here. People are getting more relaxed and complacent in supermarkets too I think.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Here's some of that good, solid British common sense Mr Johnson was talking about:
Coronavirus: Holiday park booking requests surge [BBC link]
Laurie Clark, general manager of Golden Sands in Rhyl, said some callers did not believe the different rules.
"When we try to give clarity, saying the lockdown measures are different in Wales, some people were fine, some were more argumentative.
"They were saying, 'Why is this? Boris is PM for UK; why is it a different rule for Wales?'
"They didn't understand that the Welsh government were involved, or it was different in Scotland as well.
"They felt entitled to visit their holiday home, which they pay thousands for."
Mr Clark said as well as the 40 calls on Monday there were also about 30 or 40 emails.
North Wales police and crime commissioner Arfon Jones said the confusion over lockdown easing was a "total shambles" and could cause an influx of visitors to north Wales.
Apparently part of the reopening requirement is they have to set up a prebook process to allow only so many it at once.
But no one is policing it so it's pointless.
I think your right about lockdown I only went to one shop yesterday afternoon. Normal not a problem it was like a mad house as if people think it's all ok now. I can't think who gave them that idea
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
I live opposite a golf club: flags are in the holes and players are out.
I don't see a problem with golf - distance between players is the normal pattern in play. Bars etc remain closed.
