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trevskoda said:
As i passed tesco yesterday the car park was full to bursting, no more queuing outside as in the first lockdown, so bad we had to go elsewhere for cat food, wife went in to the Range and it was not much better with people just in browsing rather than doing a real shop, many men with no masks and standing right behind you ar checkouts rather than at the 2 mtr floor markings.:eek:
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Can't you get delivery or click and collect over there? Sounds like a nightmare.
 
Debroos said:
Can't you get delivery or click and collect over there? Sounds like a nightmare.
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Yes but many older folk no nought about smart phones or internet, anyway folk like to pick there own and a shop would send out rubbish, fact is people just want to shop and have a chin wag in shops, not us mind you, it must be the English bit in me. 🤔
 
Got a couple of MOT's next week and considering they have to get in the vehicles to move them certainly not happy with it - but it has to be done so i will have to take my chances - not in at risk group so thats a bonus
 
mfw said:
Got a couple of MOT's next week and considering they have to get in the vehicles to move them certainly not happy with it - but it has to be done so i will have to take my chances - not in at risk group so thats a bonus
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After the MOT, open the windows and take disinfectant wipes or spray to use on the controls etc......dont forget the seatbelts and outside door handles.
 
yorkslass said:
After the MOT, open the windows and take disinfectant wipes or spray to use on the controls etc......dont forget the seatbelts and outside door handles.
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Good info. I had my van MOT'd at my local authority test centre. They fogged the vehicle interior before the test but I don't know about after. I still gave everything I would touch on the way home a disinfectant wipe. Then left the van a few days so didn't bother with any other surfaces.
 
mfw said:
Got a couple of MOT's next week and considering they have to get in the vehicles to move them certainly not happy with it - but it has to be done so i will have to take my chances - not in at risk group so thats a bonus
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Interesting you should mention this. Its caused a bit of a dilemma for me. We only have one car now and its due for MOT in three weeks. Normally we take to Darlington 17 miles away which usually involves either me following on the scooter (out of the question in this weather) and leaving it or sitting around in the garage (also out of the question now) and hoping it passes and doesnt need work, sometimes they have a courtesy car. Anyway I found a garage between Barnard Castle and Darlington yesterday (about 5 miles from here) that does drive through MOT's and I asked how it worked with the Covid restrictions and she said and I quote "You just drive up, stay in the car and we do the test with you in it". I said "well dont you need to come inside the car and she said we just get you to press the brakes etc! The only downside I can see is she said if its a fail where its dangerous to drive you wont be allowed to take it home which would be a problem but I cant see that happening.

Never heard of this kind of MOT before but maybe there is something like this in your area.
 
Also. What exactly are the rules for travel for exercise shopping etc? On the news it was reported that two ladies were fined £200 for travelling 5 miles to walk by a lake. Seems excessive to me. Nearest shops to us are 7-8 miles, Richmond or Barnard Castle. We generally go into both on a Saturday for a few bits which I think we will be stopping after today despite cases being low in Barney at least but Michelle always has a walk by the river. Going on the case in the news we could be nicked!!

The guidance as always is not clear and it seems the enforcement is at the discretion of the Rozzers.
 
barryd said:
Also. What exactly are the rules for travel for exercise shopping etc? On the news it was reported that two ladies were fined £200 for travelling 5 miles to walk by a lake. Seems excessive to me. Nearest shops to us are 7-8 miles, Richmond or Barnard Castle. We generally go into both on a Saturday for a few bits which I think we will be stopping after today despite cases being low in Barney at least but Michelle always has a walk by the river. Going on the case in the news we could be nicked!!

The guidance as always is not clear and it seems the enforcement is at the discretion of the Rozzers.
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The papers are indicating that the police are going to crack down on travel distances. I can give you two recent examples where common sense has gone out of the window. One of my relatives works at a large garden centre near Chester, this week they had an 80 year old woman who drove on her own from Preston to buy a handbag and an elderly couple from the north of Liverpool overheard saying we'd better buy some scones in case we get stopped on the way home. It beggars belief!! As to being fined, as "local" hasn't been defined in the legislation, the police can't fine you as long as you are travelling for an exempt purpose, but if you are stopped and they think you have "strayed" too far, they can warn you and tell you to go home. The recent cases in Derbyshire have led to the police receiving new national advice on what is appropriate action.
 
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barryd said:
Also. What exactly are the rules for travel for exercise shopping etc? On the news it was reported that two ladies were fined £200 for travelling 5 miles to walk by a lake. Seems excessive to me. Nearest shops to us are 7-8 miles, Richmond or Barnard Castle. We generally go into both on a Saturday for a few bits which I think we will be stopping after today despite cases being low in Barney at least but Michelle always has a walk by the river. Going on the case in the news we could be nicked!!

The guidance as always is not clear and it seems the enforcement is at the discretion of the Rozzers.
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Barry, if you're essential shopping for foodstuffs etc. and your nearest facilities are where they are - i.e. 7-8 miles away - it is perfectly reasonable for you to be going there.

Don't get put off by the odd power-mad individual(s).
The Derbyshire force are getting a bit of a reputation for being slightly heavy handed and silly anyway.
They're just one extreme end of a 'scale' on the 'common-sense-o-nometer'.

Everybody is once again jumpy and nervous about where the latest with the virus is leading us.

If you need your vehicle to drive you to somewhere where you can get your essentials, then personally I would go ahead with the MOT.

What you don't want to be is a) short of essential foodstuffs and b) sitting with a potentially dangerous/illegal vehicle that you can't use to help you acquire those essentials.

Nothing has really changed from the first lockdown situation, except that a lot more people are finally beginning to realise the real seriousness of what we're all facing.

Just carry on with a normal, common sense approach and all will be fine (y)

Anyway, I understand the shenanigans in the Peak District are now under review.
The over-zealous individuals involved are getting reined in a bit ;)(y)
 
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No police here as 50% are of with cov or shielding, only seen two police cars in months, seems you can and many do as they want. :(
 
mariesnowgoose said:
Barry, if you're essential shopping for foodstuffs etc. and you're nearest facilities are where they are - i.e. 7-8 miles away - it is perfectly reasonable for you to be going there.

Don't get put off by the odd power-mad individual(s).
The Derbyshire force are getting a bit of a reputation for being slightly heavy handed and silly anyway.
They're just one extreme end of a 'scale' on the 'common-sense-o-nometer'.

Everybody is once again jumpy and nervous about where the latest with the virus is leading us.

If you need your vehicle to drive you to somewhere where you can get your essentials, then personally I would go ahead with the MOT.

What you don't want to be is a) short of essential foodstuffs and b) sitting with a potentially dangerous/illegal vehicle that you can't use to help you acquire those essentials.

Nothing has really changed from the first lockdown situation, except that a lot more people are finally beginning to realise the real seriousness of what we're all facing.

Just carry on with a normal, common sense approach and all will be fine (y)

Anyway, I understand the shenanigans in the Peak District are now under review.
The over-zealous individuals involved are getting reined in a bit ;)(y)
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We have enough food in this house to last a nuclear winter so none of it is what I would class as essential. Michelle insists on going to the Butchers in Richmond for fresh meat though but she doesn't "need" to. I reckon this will be the last time though, despite low risk here its not one worth taking IMO even though they are pretty much one in one out and screens up. Barnard Castle is just for a trip to the Chippy!! So again not really essential but Im not fussed about getting stopped by the Rozzers there. My eyesight's not so good today so Ill just tell them I am out testing them. 😬
 
Undertakers are doing a roaring trade here as 1 in 60 have it now and many dropping like flies, all their own fault for still thinking its all a scam by the cov.
 
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