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

[Ming the Merciless]

If you've not tried it...here's a spoiler they melt.

Easter eggs fondue via a BBQ. Now we are talking.

 

[carlosfandangus]

My neighbors are South African and barbecue (Braai) is in there blood, they have had 2 in the garden this last week, however it is only mum,dad and their 2 young daughters not a gathering (it usually is)

 

[Blue Hills]

On the parks, kinda related to the thread, good to see some common sense and broad humanity from the communities sec and labour deputy leader.
You can be further away from someone in a park than a next door neighbour over the fence (if you have a garden)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52181808

It also says Brockwell Park in south london is open again - well out of range of the derbyshire police drone i assume.

I see nothing wrong with sunbathing as long as you obey distancing rules.

 

[Guzzi]

perhaps changing some of the enterances to brockwell park to entry/exit only would be an idea to keep people 2m apart going in and out

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I think they could do a lot in built up areas by blocking off many roads so they can’t be driven down. That then opens up much more space for people to get exercise and maintain spacing without worrying about cars.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Noticed the same in Lidl here ! Barbecues and easter eggs.In some ways maybe it would be better if it pi5sed it down all weekend.

Nothing wrong with having a bbq in your own garden. Lots of people will benefit from being outdoors while keeping within the guidance. I might get one myself.

 

[matticus]

I think they could do a lot in built up areas by blocking off many roads so they can’t be driven down. That then opens up much more space for people to get exercise and maintain spacing without worrying about cars.

See Berlin, Chicago, Calgary. Bogota ...

Some cities have just massively widened existing bike-lanes.

These aren't very difficult things to do! Assuming you dare to risk upsetting the pressssscious motorists ...

 

[Dogtrousers]

I see nothing wrong with sunbathing as long as you obey distancing rules.

Neither do I. But note that (for London at least) there was a communication from the council about things not to do while exercising/out in the park, and sunbathing was one of them.

On the subject of BBQs some friends of mine had a BBQ at the weekend. Or so they told me by email. They didn't invite me.

Can't see the problem with shops selling BBQ fuel. I'd have one myself were it not for the fact that it's an enormous pointless faff for food that would be nicer cooked in the oven.

 

[Rusty Nails]

A north-south divide you say? How European!

;-)

Very Welsh!

 

[snorri]

Can't see the problem with shops selling BBQ fuel. I'd have one myself were it not for the fact that it's an enormous pointless faff for food that would be nicer cooked in the oven.

Your words deserve so much more than a simple 'Like'.

 

[figbat]

Taking a dogmatic view:

- sunbathing in a public place is not a legally-permitted "reasonable excuse" to "leave the place where they are living".
- BBQ fuel is not a "basic necessity", being neither "food" nor "medical supplies for those in the same household", nor is it needed "for the essential upkeep, maintenance and functioning of the household".

So putting aside the social responsibility morals and government spokesperson advice, it seems to me to be illegal. On the sunbathing one I'd happily go with the law. On the BBQ fuel it falls into the same category as deodorant, crisps, artichoke and myriad other non-essential items that may reasonably be picked up during a shopping event intended primarily for essential needs.

I don't think we have any charcoal left, but we do have a large wood pile, which I am considering chopping further to become BBQ fuel.

 

[Rusty Nails]

As a Gog, I agree, oh for some money spent up here!

 

[glasgowcyclist]

yes - sad - I chucked the terroni thing at a southerner a while ago - because they were being racist - can't remember if it was about black folk or chinese.
such is the sadness of human nature.
I'm a northern brit and have experienced some crap in my time from southern brits but it's on a different scale in Italy - pretty much racism.

If you've not already seen it, I can recommend the film 'Benvenuti al Sud', which deals with that whole north/south situation. It's feckin' hilarious.

"Overwhelmed by his wife, a postal worker from Northern Italy feigns disability to request a transfer to Milan. When he's unmasked, he is sent to a tiny village near Naples for two years. He moves there alone, scared and full of the typical prejudice about the south. But he meets lovely people who quickly make him feel at home. Now the challenge is to explain this to his wife, so he chooses to make her believe that his life is hell."​

 

[Dogtrousers]

it falls into the same category as deodorant, crisps, artichoke and myriad other non-essential items

Crisps? Non essential? What madness is this?

Are you one of those Marie-Antoinette "let them eat Wotsits" types?

 

[figbat]

Crisps? Non essential? What madness is this?

Are you one of those Marie-Antoinette "let them eat Wotsits" types?

Sorry, should've been more specific. Obviously there are the essential varieties - cheese and onion, salt and vinegar, ready salted - I assumed this went without saying.