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

[matticus]

1. When am I allowed to leave the house?
You should only leave the house for very limited purposes:

• shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible
• one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members of your household
• any medical need, including to donate blood, avoid or escape risk of injury or harm, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person
• travelling for work purposes, but only where you cannot work from home

But by all means keep doing your own thing, because you're interpreting it "as you wish" and even seeing it in black and white isn't going to convince you.

That isn't what the law says (and we've been round this many many times, so I'm sure you know that).

 

[lazybloke]

Flyby shows 109 athletes during my 21 miles this morning. That's a lorra lorra cyclists.
A few couples. Some family groups, but mostly all solo.

Saw just one paceline, of 3. I hope they were from the same household!
Went past the bottom of Box Hill just to confirm it was closed: Yep, coned and taped off, and guarded by the police!

EDIT: 119. I guess not everyone has uploaded yet.

 

[DaveReading]

1. When am I allowed to leave the house?
You should only leave the house for very limited purposes:

• shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible
• one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members of your household
• any medical need, including to donate blood, avoid or escape risk of injury or harm, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person
• travelling for work purposes, but only where you cannot work from home

But by all means keep doing your own thing, because you're interpreting it "as you wish" and even seeing it in black and white isn't going to convince you.

It's about time we knocked this one on the head once and for all.

What the law (in other words what you can be prosecuted under) says about exercise:

That's it. The sum total of the law's reference to exercise. No mention whatsoever of how often, how long or how far.

Anything else you see published is advice or guidelines (and may well be sound advice), but it isn't the law.

 

[Brandane]

1. When am I allowed to leave the house?
You should only leave the house for very limited purposes:

• shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible
• one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members of your household
• any medical need, including to donate blood, avoid or escape risk of injury or harm, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person
• travelling for work purposes, but only where you cannot work from home

But by all means keep doing your own thing, because you're interpreting it "as you wish" and even seeing it in black and white isn't going to convince you.

Can common sense not prevail. By your rules, it's ok to go out at 6am and stay out cycling as far as you can until whatever time suits you, as long as you get home by midnight. But God forbid that someone nips out in the morning for a 10 mile ride, comes home for lunch, then nips out for another 10 miles in the afternoon.

 

[anothersam]

Can common sense not prevail.

View: https://youtu.be/iQVZ-0EMeVQ

 

[mjr]

Flyby shows 109 athletes during my 21 miles this morning. That's a lorra lorra cyclists. [...]
EDIT: 119. I guess not everyone has uploaded yet.

A bit under six per mile? No one would bat an eyelid at six car passengers a mile and they're only allowed for work, medical and essential shopping not exercise. Double standards?

 

[lane]

It's about time we knocked this one on the head once and for all.

What the law (in other words what you can be prosecuted under) says about exercise:

View attachment 514176

That's it. The sum total of the law's reference to exercise. No mention whatsoever of how often, how long or how far.

It's about time we knocked this one on the head once and for all.

What the law (in other words what you can be prosecuted under) says about exercise:

View attachment 514176

That's it. The sum total of the law's reference to exercise. No mention whatsoever of how often, how long or how far.

Anything else you see published is advice or guidelines (and may well be sound advice), but it isn't the law.

Anything else you see published is advice or guidelines (and may well be sound advice), but it isn't the law.

You should be following the guidance not the law. Maybe you are doing but just feel the need to be some sort of Barack room lawyer which is fairly pointless because I don't think anyone disagrees your interpretation MAY be correct. Maybe you think it's OK to ignore the guidance in which case I will keep my thoughts to myself.

 

[Blue Hills]

Report on local CTC Facebook page of police pulling up when a cyclist stopped for call of nature and a second hand report of cyclist being stopped and asked where he lived - not sure if true or not due to being second hand but suspect it probably is.

Local to where?

 

[lane]

Local to where?

Derby

 

[Blue Hills]

Derby

Ta, where these folks in deep country?
I wouldn't go for a deep country ride at the moment, far from home, in case i was hit with bonk or worse. But that still leaves a lot of miles within london.

 

[lane]

Ta, where these folks in deep country?
I wouldn't go for a deep country ride at the moment, far from home, in case i was hit with bonk or worse. But that still leaves a lot of miles within london.

No don't think so

 

[ColinJ]

The simple solution :

Jog or cycle on the road not where walkers are - after all there are precious few cars there now!

You would think so, eh, but you are not allowing for the way that some people (don't?) think!

I rode up onto a little hilltop lane yesterday. It is permanently closed to vehicles due to landslips repeatedly breaking up the surface. A family, like me, were taking advantage of the lack of traffic and enjoying the views. They were coming towards me so I slowed down to approach and pass them safely. They saw me coming and mum (with a baby on her back) moved over to her right, dad moved over to his left and two daughters on their bikes moved to right of centre and left of centre, leaving me a narrow strip in the centre of the road. Other than turning round and riding away from them, there was no way to avoid a close pass so I held my breath and cycled slowly between the two girls. "Lovely day!" called out dad...

 

[mjr]

You should be following the guidance not the law. [...]

It is not possible to follow all the contradictory guidance and given a choice between Gove and a medic specialising in my illness, I ain't choosing Gove! I do of course obey that law.

 

[lane]

It is not possible to follow all the contradictory guidance and given a choice between Gove and a medic specialising in my illness, I ain't choosing Gove! I do of course obey that law.

It is possible to follow the guidance the Government has published.

 

[vickster]

You are allowed to go out more than once for medical reasons as per updated guidance - if questioned you can explain that you are following your specialist’s recommendation

I both cycled yesterday and walked to the shops in the village around a mile from home. My rheumatologist encourages me to be as active as possible

I followed the social distancing 2m rule as best as I could (mostly much more)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...avirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do (paragraph 15)