If you could not go more than 2km from your home.

[Bazzer]

Assuming a 2km radius from my house:
Attend a primary school (totally unwanted)
Attend the parish church
Go to two pubs
Walk through a housing estate
Walk through and around fields

Edited to remove underlining I wasn't aware of.

 

[Sharky]

How would they enforce the 2km restriction?
Glad I am not on Strava.

 

[Accy cyclist]

2 kilometres is 1.24 miles. In a radius of 1.24 miles from my flat i have a hilly park (7 minutes walk away) which i've used for years to do cycle laps(20 laps=12.78 miles). There's a reservoir and its surrounding hills which would just be in the radius. Then there's Bowley 'international' scout camp and it's surrounding hills. So i'd be ok for exercise,both cycling and walking. Shopping wise there are 3 'supermarkets' way within the limit. Then for my relaxation and socialising i have the cemetery which is about a third of a mile from my flat.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Is that 2 km by road, 2 km as the crow flies, or does it take into account the curvature of the earth?

I‘d treat it as crow flies. Anyone seen a crow fly in a straight line for very long?

 

[ColinJ]

I had already been planning very local little routes. If you are going stir crazy and want to see some tough Yorkshire road climbs, why not spend half an hour doing a virtual tour*** of them on Streetview (I have linked to the foot of each climb)!

Nearby Centre Vale park in Todmorden is fantastic for walking. The park itself is great but there is also a lovely wooded hillside rising up behind it with a network of criss-crossing paths. Normally, I would suggest that nipping up/down/round those paths on a cyclocross/gravel/mountain bike would be fun but I suspect that there will be a lot of people walking dogs there so hard to keep your distance. Another time would be better!

2 km up and down the A646 or A6033 wouldn't be brilliant but there are some very tough (15-20%) climbs away from the main roads that I could tackle for a quick dose of cycling pain.

2 kms would get me to Sourhall up the vicious Ridge Rd/Doghouse Ln climb or up the slightly easier Ewood Ln/Sigget Ln climb. I would have to turn round and go back to stick within 2 kms but if I cadged a cheeky 0.8 km extension then a 3rd option would be within range - the Sourhall Rd climb up from Bacup Rd. There is a 4th way up to Sourhall which I like to ride (Carr Rd from Portsmouth), but that would take me over 4 km from home so perhaps a bit too cheeky in this context!

If allowed that extra 0.8 kms then I would also have 3 possible climbs up to the Shepherd's Rest above Lumbutts - up Shaw Wood Rd with hairpin right up New Rd and on through Mankinholes, up Woodhouse Rd through Lumbutts, or ride to Walsden first then come back along Hollins Rd and climb Lumbutts Rd.

A third route would be to climb Cross Stone Rd from the A646 on the eastern fringes of Todmorden. It is a very tough little climb up to the hamlet of Cross Stone. From there, to stick within the 2 km limit I would turn left up Hey Head Ln past Todmorden golf club. That road continues to climb steeply up to Keelham Heights at 2 kms. A 0.8 km extension would have allowed me to stick on Cross Stone Rd as it levels off at Cross Stone and continue along that to Great House Rd until it kicks steeply up Crossley New Rd towards Great Rock. I could then turn left and go up to Keelham Heights.




*** If you fancy suffering on some of these climbs on a post-COVID forum ride, I will organise one for you!

 

[night rider]

how manys miles is that ?

 

[Ridgeway]

The beach, sun kissed and with golden sand
The Alps, black runs and super off piste runs
A river full of salmon that's free to fish
A thermal baths with sauna and massage facilities
Formula one racing circuit with free entry
3 x 3 star Michelin restaurants

Oh and a chocolate factory

In reality: station (closed) boulangerie (closed) corner shop (closed) hairdressers (closed) garage (closed) agricultural supplies shop (closed)

The forest is open though..... i know where the deer live and my rifle is itching to go

 

[Dirk]

3 miles of beach, hundreds of acres of dunes and burrows, an estuary and river, loads of off road bridleways and footpaths, woodlands, 2 nature reserves and a local village with most amenities and six pubs.
Apart from that.....nothing.

 

[Sharky]

In built up areas, a 2km limit might in someway restrict the spread of the virus, but if you live in a more rural area, in a village etc, a 2km would restrict you to staying within the populated areas, whereas going a little further a field, would get you into the countryside where you hardly see a sole, apart from other cyclists.

 

[PeteXXX]

Six 'local' shops, all containing a booze section.
A large shopping centre, including Tesco, Wilko etc etc
A nature reserve woodland, with a 1km flattish circuit, all within the 2km radius.
A couple of bridleways, leading out of the 2km radius.
Usual estate roads, plus a couple roads not to ride.

 

[Accy cyclist]

how manys miles is that ?

See post 18.👍

 

[Ian H]

We're sandwiched between two AONBs, with footpaths & lanes within 5 mins of the front door. So no problem for us. It must be more difficult for those in larger towns & cities.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

how manys miles is that ?

47

 

[Sea of vapours]

- Fell, complete with lambs.
- Quite a few dry stone walls.
- Lanes
- Errr.... a view which won't change meaningfully within that circle.
That's it.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Trees trees and more bloody Sitka Spruce. A little bit of sea, the local dump, a forestry lorry depot, a quarry, the local laird's manor, a few sheep and two horses.

Edit: In response to above. No lambs yet. Plenty of nervous rotund ewes though.