contradictory information yet again about dog walking!

SpringArising said:
So you're not driving somewhere to take your dog for a walk?

These rules apply to everyone - regardless of whether it's a 10 minute drive or an hour's drive.
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Sigh.....I am driving for 10 minutes to take my dogs for a walk not because it is scenic, or I fancy a change, or it's a nice day but because I prefer to avoid other idiot dog walkers when I'm out. What I do NOT do on those 10 minute journeys is stop as you have suggested to potentially spread the virus by stopping off for fuel, or to get a drink or a snack. I go straight there, I touch nothing except my own car and my own dogs, I see nobody else, I return home.

Yes the point has been made that this is against Government guidelines, as totally illogical as that seems in these particular circumstances.
 
Levrier said:
hen I'm out. What I do NOT do on those 10 minute journeys is stop as you have suggested to potentially spread the virus by stopping off for fuel, or to get a drink or a snack. I go straight there, I touch nothing except my own car and my own dogs, I see nobody else, I return home.

Yes the point has been made that this is against Government guidelines, as totally illogical as that seems in these particular circumstances.
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Do you have a magically refilling fuel tank?

And by taking your car out you put yourself at risk of a car accident and thus a potential drain on NHS resources.
 
conniegirl said:
Do you have a magically refilling fuel tank?

And by taking your car out you put yourself at risk of a car accident and thus a potential drain on NHS resources.
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Not sure how many MPG your car does, but I find I can do many 10 minute journeys on one tank of fuel :)

I have already said, I accept this is against Government guidelines, so no need to keep labouring the point....
 
FinnishLapphund said:
Why does Levrier look so tired?


Because she's out walking her dogs at 3 in the night to avoid the idiots who doesn't get social distancing.
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No I look so tired because I am fed up with having endless discussions with the Virology experts who now infest social media and want to Ram Their Point Of View Down Your Throat At Every Possible Chance...... it just gets tedious. I know what the Government guidelines are, I am entitled to state that in my particular case I feel they are inappropriate, everyone else is entitled to say how wrong they think I am and what a dreadful terrible person I am for even expressing such views, but quite frankly it just gets really boring. None of us are stupid, we all know what we should be doing, we are all doing it - end of as far as I'm concerned.
 
Levrier said:
No I look so tired because I am fed up with having endless discussions with the Virology experts who now infest social media and want to Ram Their Point Of View Down Your Throat At Every Possible Chance...... it just gets tedious. I know what the Government guidelines are, I am entitled to state that in my particular case I feel they are inappropriate, everyone else is entitled to say how wrong they think I am and what a dreadful terrible person I am for even expressing such views, but quite frankly it just gets really boring. None of us are stupid, we all know what we should be doing, we are all doing it - end of as far as I'm concerned.
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except clearly you don't and it is because of people like you that we are headed for a full lockdown with very strict rules like france.
 
We are stopping driving the dogs to our isolated local places, only from fear of busybodies, but I agree totally with Lévrier. It is highly illogical to have to walk the dogs in restricted spaces such as pavements when you have miles of wilderness just a short car ride away as some of us have. You cannot increase the number of coronavirus cases if you touch nothing and meet nobody surely?
 
I normally drive 5 mins to a quiet community woodland where I can usually avoid people. I drive rather than walk along an A road busy with heavy goods vehicles and plonkers with excessively loud exhausts which scare my noise phobic dog.

To comply with the guidelines I have been walking there from home and it is nightmare. Not only do we have the traffic but all the creatures who have appeared out of the woodwork suddenly in need of exercise who are cluttering up the pavement and narrow paths along the road. They would have been quite happy to brush shoulders or pant all over us and I was constantly risking our lives going on to the road or crossing the road to avoid them. Only one chap out running crossed over when he saw us and I thanked him.

I am hoping that that these people who have only just discovered a world outside their front door will be like the gym goers in the New Year and we will soon see the back of them.
 
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conniegirl said:
except clearly you don't and it is because of people like you that we are headed for a full lockdown with very strict rules like france.
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How on earth do you know what I am doing and what I am not doing???? Answer - you don't.

Stop assuming.

And "people like me"?? How to make yourself look very silly in one post :D
 
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planete said:
We are stopping driving the dogs to our isolated local places, only from fear of busybodies, but I agree totally with Lévrier. It is highly illogical to have to walk the dogs in restricted spaces such as pavements when you have miles of wilderness just a short car ride away as some of us have. You cannot increase the number of coronavirus cases if you touch nothing and meet nobody surely?
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Well it will be assumed you are still doing that regardless of whether you are actually doing it or not....because someone on an internet forum knows your movements SO much better than you do :)
 
I'm taking my dogs with me when I go to the yard to look after my horse - I can get straight from private property onto the trans pennine trail via quiet footpaths, which means I very rarely see anyone. This feels reasonable, as I am making the journey anyway, but I'm still worried about getting stopped and challenged as to why I'm taking the dogs out in the car :confused:
 
I think the trouble is everyone is translating the rules to fit in with what they want to do. Few people are thinking what is best for the community. Dogs can cope without a long walk - especially greyhounds I think? - or go really early in the morning.
I work in a supermarket and have seen pretty well every form of stupid over the last few weeks.
 
Clodagh said:
I think the trouble is everyone is translating the rules to fit in with what they want to do. Few people are thinking what is best for the community. Dogs can cope without a long walk - especially greyhounds I think? - or go really early in the morning.
I work in a supermarket and have seen pretty well every form of stupid over the last few weeks.
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Ditto this, there seems to be lots of people just carrying on regardless and for some people the lockdown has made no difference to their lives.
 
Levrier said:
How on earth do you know what I am doing and what I am not doing???? Answer - you don't.

Stop assuming.

And "people like me"?? How to make yourself look very silly in one post :D
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No it is you that is clearly the idiot. You have already said you are taking your dog in the car. Therefore going against government advice and that is the whole reason we are going to end up on full lock down.
 
At work today(I am very local) 2 people who travel in from the next nearest town were pulled over and asked where they were going and why.
 
I want this over asap with least loss of lives or liberty.

I was I admit confused over the ruling in the beginning, not helped by BBC website saying what I wanted to hear and a Govt Minister seeming to compound that but have so far only walked from home and will continue to do so.

There must be reasons why they do not want people driving about which may not make sense to those of us that have people free walks a 5 min drive from home, but so be it.

So far I have followed the guidelines to the letter, and am just grateful that we still have a degree of liberty. I dread a complete lockdown which I fear may happen if the fairly lax restrictions in comparison to other countries are continuously flouted.
 
Police in our town today pulling vehicles over, asking reason for being out, noting registration details so can be flagged up if pulled again. Just need them to spread out into the villages and surrounding areas.
Commons car parks now shut, folk told to go home and stay there, to walk their dogs from home instead. Police pressing things home but obviously wont be able to reach everyone, shame.
 
That’s because the legislation was finally enacted today - naturally it differs from the Government guidance, for example no stipulation that you can only exercise once a day?

All police services will be enforcing the law now, rather than trying to get people to follow guidance
 
I have the opposite problem to Lev. Sort of :p
I live in a town at the start of a linear walk, I literally turn right out of my gate onto it. Left goes to town and a park, which I've been avoiding for the last while.
I would normally meet three people at the very maximum at any time of the day. There's a car park at the other end, it's a few kilometres long.
Since Saturday the place is mobbed, people I've never seen before, whole families out with little vectors, dogs I've never seen, new puppies, brand new bikes, it's bananas. No one wearing gloves, masks etc, runners panting.
Impossible to keep 2m apart on certain sections.
I was considering tonight driving ten minutes to go to somewhere I would not meet anyone (like Lev was proposing) but if the cops are acting on the legislation now then I won't bother and hopefully people will stop driving to the car park or the bottom of my lane.
 
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