The Natives Are Revolting!

[JennyMorgan]

Rightly or wrongly Southwold is defending its boundaries. Seems a bit drastic to me but I suppose these two gentlemen have a point. Apparently Easter is going to be crunch time and travelling to the coast is hardly necessary travel. With all the pubs closed I really can't see the attraction!

 

[MotorBoater]

Unfortunately this assumes the morons can read  

[CambridgeCabby]

Sadly , due to the behaviour of a few selfish idiots , I can see the U.K. having to tighten further the existing regulations .

It’s fairly clear and simple , NO UNNECESSARY JOURNEYS means exactly that and when you get high profile government staff ignoring the rules it is a shame that they are not prosecuted fully and heaven forbid that they are actually supported by their leader until public  pressure forces their hand.

If you watch the YouTube video of the police stopping the couple holding a barbecue on Hove beach you can see the attitude and contempt some people have for the current rules , nobody wants to have martial law and soldiers on the streets but with the behaviour of the minority then it may well be the only solution .

 

[grendel]

there was a report of one family fined because they drove from bromley down to hythe to 'exercise' yet there are some who are asking on facebook questions such as is it ok to drive from kent to yorkshire for their child to visit with its father, which is technically permitted, but surely inadvisable under the spirit of the ruling.

[Chelsea14Ian]

I would love to just go for a walk to my local shops.Sadly I have to stay at home and will have to wait until at least  mid June.Only go out if it really  is necessary. The daily figures are frightening, they say however numbers are starting to flatten out. 

[SwanR]

I think that reminding people to follow the Government instruction is fine. But the emotive language of telling people they are not welcome is unfortunate. When this is all over the local economies of these areas will surely need our support. We spend a significant amount of money in the Lowestoft area when we come up to our caravan. 

[BroadAmbition]

But the emotive language of telling people they are not welcome is unfortunate

Agreed but it is maybe just what some ignorant people need as asking them politely isn't working.  Government instructions? - obviously don't apply to them so a direct in your face approach by the locals just might get the message through, if so imho it is justified as it will save lives, that takes precedence above hurting their feelings

Griff

[Smoggy]

I'm with Griff on that one, the rational folk won't get to read the "sod off" message as they'll be at home, the kn0bheads can be as offended as they like, and if they have a holiday home there they'll be back anyway.

Besides that sign is not in any way offensive anyway, just to the point, it says nothing Boris has not said on national TV.

[snunn]

Where we are here in Padstow there are loads of second homes in fact we only have 2 neighbours at our address all the other homes are second homes NONE of them occupied at present ,it’s the same in another part of Padstow where we own a second home that road is almost completely holiday homes and as of yesterday all empty.

Our letting agent has cancelled all bookings up to and including 5th. June so far a great shame for us as we were fully booked but given all that is happening a small price to pay for our overall survival.

[Ray]

Some in our village have gone full on pitchforks! Polite requests with an explanation are fine but it pays to remember why we still have a Post Office, Pub and Chip Shop!

[SteveO]

People's behaviour over Easter is going to be very telling and could be make or break for the UK. I see the supermarket ads suggesting family Easter meals without actually saying so. Surely they must know that get-togethers with anyone except those living under the same roof would breach self-isolating rules. 

[Meantime]

11 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:

Rightly or wrongly Southwold is defending its boundaries. Seems a bit drastic to me but I suppose these two gentlemen have a point. Apparently Easter is going to be crunch time and travelling to the coast is hardly necessary travel. With all the pubs closed I really can't see the attraction!

 

Can't help feeling there's a little of do as I say, not as I do, about this. They may be 2 metres apart, but unless they are calling that exercise!!! There are no shades of right or wrong here. Stay indoors means exactly that for EVERYONE.

[unclemike]

yarmouth webcam showed a group of 8 teenagers messing about next the closed stalls at the side of the pier

[SteveO]

2 hours ago, EastCoastIPA said:

Can't help feeling there's a little of do as I say, not as I do, about this. They may be 2 metres apart, but unless they are calling that exercise!!! There are no shades of right or wrong here. Stay indoors means exactly that for EVERYONE.

So the usual roads signs saying "No Riff-Raff" don't work anymore? 

[Guest Jayfire]

Returning back from my run today I thought I was trying to be banned from my own village when they started the essential roadworks, I sneaked my way in regardless 

[floydraser]

5 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:

 Government instructions? - obviously don't apply to them so a direct in your face approach by the locals just might get the message through, if so imho it is justified as it will save lives, that takes precedence above hurting their feelings

Griff

So true. There's a narrow road in North Walsham were the locals have put up 20mph signs; it works better than the law and makes you slow down.

[JennyMorgan]

2 hours ago, Jayfire said:

Returning back from my run today I thought I was trying to be banned from my own village when they started the essential roadworks, I sneaked my way in regardless 

Now, Jay, is that a statement of fact or a directive?

[jwb]

So no one saw the paper this morning where for one of the few times in my life I agreed with the writer. 

"Nobody knows when it will all end.

That is why we need a dose of common sense and proportionality.

The aim, dash it, is straightforward: to stop people getting too close to one another.

So why are the police harrying sunbathers when they are yards away from other people?

Why shouldn't people drive for more than 10 minutes given that in a car you can neither be infected by nor infect anyone?

Why shouldn't people walk on the beach?

As long as people are not congregating, why does any of it matter?

Why should not relatives fashion protective clothing out of disposable material, put on disposable gloves and sit on the other side of the room to visit the sick and elderly?"

Stay safe all.

Happy boating sometime maybe

 

[ExSurveyor]

Mostly because a minority can't be trusted to follow basic instructions thereby putting others at risk.

Making masks out of scraps of material is pointless and gives a false sense of security,  medical masks aren't made from scraps but specialist materials,  It surely can't be that difficult to follow the governments instructions for a period of weeks in order to save potentially thousands of lives.

It isn't the biggest sacrifice people of this country have ever been asked to make.

 

[BroadAmbition]

Why shouldn't people drive for more than 10 minutes given that in a car you can neither be infected by nor infect anyone?

Easy answer.  The more folk drive the more likely there will be accidents.  That puts a demand on limited resources of the ambulance services and the NHS

It's in plain English and is not hard to understand, it's an instruction by our government not a request  - Stay at home

Griff

[CambridgeCabby]

1 minute ago, psychicsurveyor said:

Mostly because a minority can't be trusted to follow basic instructions thereby putting others at risk.

Making masks out of scraps of material is pointless and gives a false sense of security,  medical masks aren't made from scraps but specialist materials,  It surely can't be that difficult to follow the governments instructions for a period of weeks in order to save potentially thousands of lives.

It isn't the biggest sacrifice people of this country have ever been asked to make.

 

Sadly can only like a post once 

[Meantime]

13 minutes ago, jwb said:

Why shouldn't people drive for more than 10 minutes given that in a car you can neither be infected by nor infect anyone?

This story probably explains it better than I can.

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/18366078.bored-driver-crashes-fence-lockdown-drive/

 

[Smoggy]

I had to go out in the van last friday at work to pick up avgas and was quite surprised just how easy it was to lose the sense of danger once out of town on desrted roads with a bit of music playing, it was quite disconcerting considering I'm normally quite happy to drive and ride like a bit of a tw*t.

 

[webntweb]

In answer to JWB.

With the amount of deaths rising daily, I can't believe that people can't understand how contagious and virulent this virus is.

[floydraser]

1 hour ago, jwb said:

Why shouldn't people drive for more than 10 minutes given that in a car you can neither be infected by nor infect anyone?

Because you have to then buy fuel which involves distance risk. Buy more than £30 worth and you have to touch the pad.