Don't ride in groups or we will be stopped cycling completely.

[vickster]

You have to take that in context, have you first hand knowledge or are you just facebooking everybody, how big is the park, how spreadout where the 3000 people, there is nothing wrong taking a walk outside & sitting in the sun, in fact with all that's happening it's probably a goo idea, as long as you don't get too close the the people round you.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lon...ondon-lockdown-lambeth-sunshine-a4407186.html

Groups of people sitting around led to the closure. Quite a young part of London so I can picture the scene. Clapham Common will be another place plod might be patrolling today

 

[ianrauk]

You have to take that in context, have you first hand knowledge or are you just facebooking everybody, how big is the park, how spreadout where the 3000 people, there is nothing wrong taking a walk outside & sitting in the sun, in fact with all that's happening it's probably a goo idea, as long as you don't get too close the the people round you.

It was Brockwell Park
125 acres. So quite big. 3000 people in the scheme of things is not a lot compared to the size.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

It was Brockwell Park
125 acres. So quite big. 3000 people in the scheme of things is not a lot compared to the size.

There are roughly 4000 square metres in an acre, if you divide that by 4 so that a person has 1 metre either side of them that's 1000 people per acre, so logically you could get 125,000 people safely in the park, this sounds like the council/Police are taking the easy way out & spoiling it for a lot of sensible people, even if I've got my sums wrong & it's 4000 divided by 16 times 125 that's still >30,000

 

[Slick]

You have to take that in context, have you first hand knowledge or are you just facebooking everybody, how big is the park, how spreadout where the 3000 people, there is nothing wrong taking a walk outside & sitting in the sun, in fact with all that's happening it's probably a goo idea, as long as you don't get too close the the people round you.

Sitting enjoying the sun is part of the problem, we have all to keep moving.

 

[Guzzi]

How do you get your 30,000 people in and out of the 6 (? from memory gates) .

50 years of Lambeth Council telling everyone that they are unique and special in their own way leads to a population who all think that rules apply to others and they have an exemption because they are unique and special.

Brockwell Park is easy to close it is Enclosed, just shut the gates. Clapham Common is a remanant of land that escaped the Enclosure acts so almost by definition it has no fences.

 

[Adam4868]

I think the vast majority of people are trying their best.Were all quick to point to someone or people out.Not everyone's lucky enough to have a garden to sit in or maybe those going to a park live in flats/houseshares etc.Its hard enough for youngsters to understand.On a whole I think were doing our social distancing pretty well.

 

[nickyboy]

I did a short ride around my immediate neighbourhood yesterday and I would say that here people are following the rules, it was pretty much deserted, but I live in a leafy suburb. In fairness the park was probably packed because they’re fed up of being cooped up in a small flat all week with a couple of kids.

This

I live in a nice house on the edge of the countryside and have grown up sons who are no trouble. Lockdown compliance is easy for me

But if I had a young family and lived in a flat in a built up area of town I'd probably have a very different view. It's very easy for people like me to point the finger at people but their circumstances may be very different from mine

I'd urge a bit of understanding of parents with young families. Can't be easy for them right now

 

[ozboz]

You have to take that in context, have you first hand knowledge or are you just facebooking everybody, how big is the park, how spreadout where the 3000 people, there is nothing wrong taking a walk outside & sitting in the sun, in fact with all that's happening it's probably a goo idea, as long as you don't get too close the the people round you.

I got the news from this

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lon...ondon-lockdown-lambeth-sunshine-a4407186.html

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Sitting enjoying the sun is part of the problem, we have all to keep moving.

Where does it say that, if that is the case then nobody can go shopping, we have to queue outside up to an hour to get into the shop.

I think the vast majority of people are trying their best.Were all quick to point to someone or people out.Not everyone's lucky enough to have a garden to sit in or maybe those going to a park live in flats/houseshares etc.Its hard enough for youngsters to understand.On a whole I think were doing our social distancing pretty well.

Agreed

 

[dodgy]

Spot on @nickyboy

 

[vickster]

Where does it say that, if that is the case then nobody can go shopping, we have to queue outside up to an hour to get into the shop.
Agreed

They were not shopping however, they were outside presumably for their daily exercise. There’d have been no issue if all were exercising 2m apart, but they weren’t all

 

[Guzzi]

This

I live in a nice house on the edge of the countryside and have grown up sons who are no trouble. Lockdown compliance is easy for me

But if I had a young family and lived in a flat in a built up area of town I'd probably have a very different view. It's very easy for people like me to point the finger at people but their circumstances may be very different from mine

I'd urge a bit of understanding of parents with young families. Can't be easy for them right now

The Met Police are refusing to say if they had fined anyone, I presume they didn't try because 3000 people who have been locked in all week could get very arsey.

The shame is if we were strict it would be over quicker but a lot of people in Lambeth and who have posted on this thread would fail the Marshmallow Test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment

 

[Drago]

Matt Hancock has told the BBC that people need to stop taking the pith or the government will ban "all forms of" outdoor exercise. Well, he said it slightly more politely than that, but that is exactly what he has said.

Keep it shortish, sensibleish, and closeish to home or you'll ruin it for everyone. I appreciate some people are mileage monsters and arent happy if theyve not done a ton plus every day, 6 days a week, but a quick 10 or 15 is better than zero miles, which is what we'll all be having soon if people don't stop being twits. It's only for a few months, so just grin and bear it.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Where does it say that, if that is the case then nobody can go shopping, we have to queue outside up to an hour to get into the shop.
Agreed

It says it clearly right on the Gov.uk Covid page.
"You can only go out for food, health reasons (exercise, medical, or caring for others), or to go to work if you cannot work at home."
I think that's very clear.

It's irrelevant to point out how big a park is and quoting a 2 metre rule, and how much space everyone would theoretically have. The 2 metre distance is only if you are doing one of the above.

The rules don't allow sunning yourself in the park or at the seaside. I understand that families want to get out, I'm going stir crazy myself looking after small ones, but of course we are perfectly entitled to get out and walk or cycle. Unlike residents of Lambeth however, I understand that our walk is exactly that, we can go through the park, but it doesn't give us carte blanche to hang out in the park for the afternoon.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Matt Hancock has told the BBC that people need to stop taking the pith or the government will ban "all forms of" outdoor exercise. Well, he said it slightly more politely than that, but that is exactly what he has said.

Keep it shortish, sensibleish, and closeish to home or you'll ruin it for everyone. I appreciate some people are mileage monsters and arent happy if theyve not done a ton plus every day, 6 days a week, but a quick 10 or 15 is better than zero miles, which is what we'll all be having soon if people don't stop being twits. It's only for a few months, so just grin and bear it.

It’s madness as well he’s thinking they would ban exercise because of people who aren’t exercising. I’m going to ban walking, running and cycling because those people over there are driving makes about as much sense.