Does that mean we can wild camp though?
Those of us shielding have to wait until August
I'm toying with the idea of heading down to Derbyshire in a few weeks time to see a couple of old friends, then hopping over to Lincolnshire to catch up with another very dear friend where a visit has been long overdue. This C-19 sure makes you sharpen up your priorities!
Shan't be staying at any campsites along the way though, just parking up in the grounds of their properties and practising all the necessary C-19 rules.
More than welcome to drop in for refreshments if you are passing this way Marie - if we are here, I'll make you a brew and a sugar butty.
Ditto if you pass near Loughborough and I'm not away myself. I have a drive you can park on (dependent on size of vehicle), can give you EHU and wine in my garden?More than welcome to drop in for refreshments if you are passing this way Marie - if we are here, I'll make you a brew and a sugar butty.
Ditto if you pass near Loughborough (I'm not too much south of a drive East from Derbyshire to Lincs) and I'm not away myself. I have a drive you can park on (dependent on size of vehicle), can give you EHU and wine in my garden?
Marie, same as the others, if you happen to be passing my place on your way to Derbyshire and Lincolnshire, you are welcome to drop by to top up power and water.I'm toying with the idea of heading down to Derbyshire in a few weeks time to see a couple of old friends, then hopping over to Lincolnshire to catch up with another very dear friend where a visit has been long overdue. This C-19 sure makes you sharpen up your priorities!
Shan't be staying at any campsites along the way though, just parking up in the grounds of their properties and practising all the necessary C-19 rules.
Marie, I'm sure the shielded were always allowed to keep essential hospital appointments within the rules. I know there have been volunteer drivers in my area transporting shielded patients to appointments.I'm not waiting until August. Don't forget this is only 'advice', as it has been all along.
It's very much up to the individual to asses the risk, take their own precautions and not be bl**dy stupid if venturing outside.
If I was to adhere to the government advice on shielding 100%, then strictly speaking I shouldn't even be leaving the house to visit the hospital every few weeks - which I am doing, because I'm being 'advised' to do so by my consultant and the hospital, and I trust their judgement. That trumps the government's 'blanket' advice in my book. Others are not attending hospital when they should, because they are adhering very strictly to the shielding guidelines. Personally speaking, I would rather continue with medical treatment that's potentially saving my life in the longer term than not take that treatment because I might be unlucky and contract C-19 by setting foot over my doorstep.
You can't have it all ways, and everyone's life has to go on as best and as safely as you can manage it.
Some may want to wait until a vaccine is available, which will be God know's when. That's fair enough and each to his own.
Until then they will have to be content with living as prisoners in their own homes. Thanks but no thanks!
Marie, I'm sure the shielded were always allowed to keep essential hospital appointments within the rules. I know there have been volunteer drivers in my area transporting shielded patients to appointments.
I don't blame you at all for choosing to relax your shielding a bit... plus the new announcements about shielding the other day must have been a real lifeline to many. I've not been shielding but might as well have because I just didn't want to go out! I've been a lot more bold this past week or so and actually walked to the town centre for the first time today with my daughter-in-law and little grandot. It was very quiet and not the least bit scary. Actually the most frightening bit is that I spotted clothes I wanted to buy within the first 5 minutes, from about 30 paces away and through the window Incurable! I need to put my purse back in lockdown because it's not safe out and about with me
Izzy does drive by shopping, I'm in the drivers seat and all I can hear is, that's a lovely dress, oh what a nice jacket, £30 for that coat wow.
It must be a woman thing.