Covid and restrictions

[racebuddy]

So confused

so i work in high risk area

live in tier 2 but horse in tier 3 so therefore i take it i am not allowed to travel ?
So confusing

 

[Goldenstar]

So confused

so i work in high risk area

live in tier 2 but horse in tier 3 so therefore i take it i am not allowed to travel ?
So confusing

I think that animal care and welfare allows you to travel

 

[outdoor girl]

I travelled to see to my horses during the first complete lockdown at the start of all this. I just made sure I had the horses passports in the car to prove where I was going. It's all very confusing now isn't it.

 

[Polos Mum]

You can probably justify visiting - and the police have bigger issues to deal with. BUT

As an alternative view - if you can find an alternative - i.e. the yard owner providing basic care - or organising a rota so you only have to visit a reduced number of times. Could you be helping the situation rather than risk making it worse?
The longer lockdowns go on, the longer the misery for so many people (jobs, mental health etc), so maybe rather than justifying why we are exempt from the rules we could spend time working out how we can reduce contact with people. Especially given recent research showing it can live on hard surfaces for days and days.

Just because you can does it mean you should

 

[outdoor girl]

I'm lucky in that my horses are kept on a farm where there are no other horses or people so meeting up with someone else was never going to be a problem. I have friends who worked out a rota with others on their yard so their horses were done for them at certain times and they did horses for others in return. It just meant that there weren't too many people on the yard at the same time. It depends on your circumstances.

 

[cumbriamax]

I've just seen Lancashire is now in Tier 3 lockdown. Friend was meant to be going to view horse at yard in Lancashire next week (plan was not to stop anywhere other than the yard, remain outdoors and use hand gel etc), however, won't be going now.

I personally think that a two week circuit breaker lockdown might be useful.

 

[racebuddy]

I have worked through the first lockdown as key worker and was allowed onto yard ect , just so confusing different restrictions ect and what u can and can’t do , some shows running some arent xxx