contradictory information yet again about dog walking!

When I read JB's post about the radio programme I was initially tempted to say sod it and go by car to the woodland but it sort of went against my principles and understanding of the "rules".

If I am going to continue to be self righteous then I need a weapon. If I had had a baseball bat this morning, the lumbering oaf who jogged past within 2 feet of me when he had another 10 feet of path and verge at his disposal, would have never walked again. (I am joking of course).

Where the path is narrow I cross the road to avoid people but I thought that stretch was idiot-proof :rolleyes:

How are the rest of you dealing with "space invaders"? I am in danger of becoming very rude.
 
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skinnydipper said:
How are the rest of you dealing with "space invaders"? I am in danger of becoming very rude.
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Politely at #interaction 1, ramping up rapidly after that. By #3 I’m :mad:.
It’s couples walking side by side in the middle of our narrow lanes who refuse to single up or move over that are the main offenders.
 
skinnydipper said:
When I read JB's post about the radio programme I was initially tempted to say sod it and go by car to the woodland but it sort of went against my principles and understanding of the "rules".

If I am going to continue to be self righteous then I need a weapon. If I had had a baseball bat this morning, the jogging oaf who lumbered past within 2 feet of me when he had another 10 feet of path and verge at his disposal, would have never walked again. (I am joking of course).

Where the path is narrow I cross the road to avoid people but I thought that stretch was idiot-proof :rolleyes:

How are the rest of you dealing with "space invaders"? I am in danger of becoming very rude.
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Yes there seem to be a lot of men suddenly wanting to sweat and heavy breathe all over everyone, urgh.

I did grunt 'that's not two metres' to a pair of cyclists that passed me the other day. They're the same pair that I barked 'you're welcome' at, a couple of days before, after I moved off the path and they didn't thank me. Never seen them before last week.
 
skinnydipper said:
If I am going to continue to be self righteous then I need a weapon. If I had had a baseball bat this morning, the jogging oaf who lumbered past within 2 feet of me when he had another 10 feet of path and verge at his disposal, would have never walked again.

How are the rest of you dealing with "space invaders"? I am in danger of becoming very rude.
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In the park today, there was a bloke with a 7 foot pole and a tiny jrt. Jrt came near us, we walked away, bloke kept following us til I asked if he could keep his dog away. We were doing scent work. I dunno if he was channelling Lennie James from the Walking Dead or if he was going to use it to poke people who came too near him!
 
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In the park today, there was a bloke with a 7 foot pole and a tiny jrt. Jrt came near us, we walked away, bloke kept following us til I asked if he could keep his dog away. We were doing scent work. I dunno if he was channelling Lennie James from the Walking Dead or if he was going to use it to poke people who came too near him!
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It would be impractical a bit of a nuisance to carry but I am liking the long, pointy stick idea :D
 
skinnydipper said:
When I read JB's post about the radio programme I was initially tempted to say sod it and go by car to the woodland but it sort of went against my principles and understanding of the "rules".

If I am going to continue to be self righteous then I need a weapon. If I had had a baseball bat this morning, the lumbering oaf who jogged past within 2 feet of me when he had another 10 feet of path and verge at his disposal, would have never walked again. (I am joking of course).

Where the path is narrow I cross the road to avoid people but I thought that stretch was idiot-proof :rolleyes:

How are the rest of you dealing with "space invaders"? I am in danger of becoming very rude.
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On the bbc news this morning (I'm sure it was this morning) they were giving tips for checking you are social distancing properly and one of the things they said was "could you hit them with a bat?" Meaning visualise swinging a bat and if you can hit them then you're too close. But of course my OH said 'did you hear that, I'm taking a bat out with me, bbc said I could':rolleyes:
 
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On the bbc news this morning (I'm sure it was this morning) they were giving tips for checking you are social distancing properly and one of the things they said was "could you hit them with a bat?" Meaning visualise swinging a bat and if you can hit them then you're too close. But of course my OH said 'did you hear that, I'm taking a bat out with me, bbc said I could':rolleyes:
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I SOOOOO read that as the wrong kind of bat.
 
I have just come back from a 5 min drive, with full tank of petrol, to footpath and woods. Met no one, didnt have to open or close any gates, kept hands in pockets all the time. I feel so much better for it. Plus I gave the car battery a bit of a charge. If I had to stay inside only seeing a human face on the telly for 12 weeks,I would end up slitting my wrists. Then you go outside and still catch it cost whilst everyone else may have had it and hopefully got some immunity I would still be a target.!
on the battery charge front I have ordered a charger off the net, but a lot are sold out or have long deliveries, so seems everyone has the same idea.
 
No good when you have a noise phobic dog, I am afraid.

I didn't realise I had a latent tendency to violence but I am leaning more to that approach :D

Bring on the stick and the whip!

Our local cases (not deaths) have more than doubled in 24 hours. 3 times more than the number of beds in our ITU when I was last in there (visiting).
 
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Cheshire police are having a big push today at turning the public back from driving out to rural areas to exercise. They are having words with walkers and car drivers and telling them to go home, they are taking a very hard line.

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They also shared a post from another force.

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To be fair, the road photo is from Macclesfield Forest where I walk and ride regularly, and I believe most of those drivers drove for a maximum of ten minutes to exercise or walk dogs in a place where there are paths in all directions and a ton of space, which is a damned sight more safe than the two parks in town stuffed full of dog walkers.

That's the utter nonsense of this ruling.
 
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