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

[nickyboy]

Not a road I would normally contemplate à velo, too busy to enjoy. I imagine it was quite pleasant today?

You're quite right. I've taken to cycling on a number of roads I wouldn't even contemplate normally...Chapel en le Frith bypass and Woodhead Pass from Glossop

The main road Poynton to Adlington was nice today

 

[glasgowcyclist]

LNP_COVID19_Lockdown_UK_BCA_586.JPG

It would be interesting to see the exif data for the shot. It looks to me like a long lens was used to give a foreshortening effect, making the riders appear closer together than they really were.

 

[hoopdriver]

It certainly looks that way to me. And I use long lenses a lot.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

It certainly looks that way to me. And I use long lenses a lot.

Pap?!

 

[hoopdriver]

Pap?!

Nothing so well paid as that - landscape and travel

 

[BigMeatball]

In Italy they started to give hundreds of euros in fines to the people who were pushing their luck and it seems like that solved the problem quickly.

I haven't seen the cops enforcing these measures yet, but I really hope they do.

You have to punish a few to educate the rest.

 

[mjr]

Round here early morning or late evening are the quietist times. Not that it is busy round here.

Mid morning and mid afternoon or very late evening here. Lots of commuter and commercial traffic ... well, three parts naff all compared to usual, but lots relative to everything else!

 

[roubaixtuesday]

You're quite right. I've taken to cycling on a number of roads I wouldn't even contemplate normally...Chapel en le Frith bypass and Woodhead Pass from Glossop

The main road Poynton to Adlington was nice today

The Woodhead is a great call. Last time I enjoyed cycling over there was sometime in the 1990s when the bridge over the reservoir was closed for maintenance but passable for cyclists.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

and that could escalate exponentially

Sorry, but you're off topic, that's a complete tangent.

 

[Domus]

They didn't hide their ride, obviously thought it was fine to do so

No, they are just selfish, ignorant, barstewards.

 

[mjr]

Does Strava experiment on upsetting and winding up its users like some other social media owners have, or does it just happen naturally?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Lots of people out on bikes today our way. The vast majority on their own. I did see a fair few couples out (man and woman so I assumed partners but you don't know)

I did see one group of four, two kids and presumably their parents

Lots of joggers out as well, all on their own.

Everyone, without exception, was giving everyone plenty of space

 

[Rusty Nails]

No it is not. A throwaway comment on a chat show by Gove. There is nothing in the guidance about an hour.

It is amazing how people keep making these 'facts' up, even when it is demonstrated they are not true.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

The offending article

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11284289/daily-walk-or-run-maximum-one-hour-coronavirus/

The Legislation (again)

Restrictions on movement
5.—(1) During the emergency period, no person may leave the place where they are living
without reasonable excuse.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a reasonable excuse includes the need—
(a) to obtain basic necessities, including food and medical supplies for those in the same
household (including any pets or animals in the household) or for vulnerable persons and
supplies for the essential upkeep, maintenance and functioning of the household, or the
household of a vulnerable person, or to obtain money, including from any business listed
in Part 3 of Schedule 2;
(b) to take exercise either alone or with other members of their household;

Michael Goves opinion is NOT the latter.

 

[Slick]

I know it's not in the legislation. But if the Government clearly said we only want you to go out for one hour I would stick to it. However they haven't. Gove's comments were not clear advice as far as I am concerned. Why did @Slick say it is one hour?

Obviously everyone is free to to interpret their own understanding of what constitutes guidance and what doesn't is up to them, but if we were currently doing it correctly, we wouldn't be under threat of losing that right quite so soon. The rules say, we must minimise the time we spend away from the home as every time we step out the door we increase our risk of catching it or passing it on and place an undue burden on our NHS. I think the whole point of the daily briefings is not only to give us the figures but to provide further explanation as to justify why we are taking the steps we are taking to ensure we have the best chance possible. Boris mentioned the 60 minute exercise as being reasonable and yes Gove gave further guidance on the hour but added the caveat of fitness level, which is why I would have no issues with the pro triathlete that posted the 200k ride on Strava or whatever the exact circumstances were. I personally take the rules at face value and make decisions on what that means for me as I know the difference between guidance and Legislation.

The guidance, in the quote from Gove which referenced an hour, was that it depends on your fitness.

Yeah, I did realise that and accept that.

No it is not. A throwaway comment on a chat show by Gove. There is nothing in the guidance about an hour.

It's a political show used since its inception by politicians to get their message across. Politicians don't make throwaway statements in such an environment especially in these times.