Are you planning on meeting someone

Absolutely dontmindstayinghome we have to start making our own risk assessments. My daughter and I came to the same decision independently. We have each stayed in our own homes since mid March, neither of us have spent time with anyone else or been outside our houses apart from daily walks round the block. All shopping has been done by delivery or click and collect and we have doubled up so as not to waste slots.

My DGS is SEN and they are starting to struggle with some of his set school work and so he came here to my house a week ago and we sat in the garden and worked on his Maths. This last weekend (horror!) we sat side by side on the sofa inside the house and worked on his French.

If he went back to school, I would go back to not seeing him. I would love to see my son but he is working so it's a bit riskier so I will be patient a bit longer. We are intelligent people and we now have to work things out for ourselves.

I am with Hetty58 the guide lines are quite clear only meet one to one in a park or open space, not your garden, and no food except if you bring your own including utensils. The second wave will be bigger than the first, the doctors at London hospitals are exhausted and brazing themselves for the next stage. We need to protect them and our loved ones. Stay at home and save lives please.

I was really naughty yesterday, I went to my daughters with the intention of sitting at the other end of her garden. However, whilst I did that, as I was leaving she burst into tears and said "I've been working at home for the last 8 weeks and have had no contact with anyone". I just had to give her a quick cuddle, and I have to say, it felt great.

If you've both been in isolation for several weeks I don't see the harm in a hug. What do you think?

Well,if it’s to help a vulnerable family member it is ok to rely on instinct isn’t it?

Yes we all know what these guidelines say. But they do not make scientific sense.

Well reading this thread makes me wonder why I have resisted visiting my family 2 hours away. I can’t believe people saying they are just going ahead and hugging etc.
I’m not going to visit until my DS and DDIL are happy with the idea, I have such respect for the way they have dealt with this lockdown while WFH with two small children

I think they are about to change the guidelines to enable 2 families to meet so preempting for a week won’t make much difference. 2 families who have been isolating anyway are surely less of a risk than the hoards of journalists all from different families that we’ve seen clustering round Cumming’s house this week.

My Mum lives in sheltered accommodation. Her hairdresser, who is a young mum and has been sheltering with her family for over two months, is not allowed back into the building.

At the same time, their cleaner, who also works in a local care home which has had several cases of covid19 resulting in at least five deaths, continues to work there.

Where is the logic in that? Its complete madness.

I know which of the two I would prefer to be close to!

We can not continue to be incarcerated in our own homes forever. In my view its time to venture out into the world again. We must continue to be aware of the risk and take appropriate precautions.

The Govt obviously thinks along the same lines or they wouldn't be easing the lockdown would they?

I've been out today to meet my oldest friend, in a park midway between our homes. We took chairs, flasks and biscuits and sat in the shade of a tree enjoying the sight of many young families all out together, keeping their social distance from everyone (as of course did we). Everyone was careful and considerate, and yes we are going to do it again.

Hawera1 Wed 27-May-20 03:27:52
If you've both been in isolation for several weeks I don't see the harm in a hug. What do you think?

I think that to protect another person whom I love and to hopefully prevent taking up an NHS space and perhaps to allow my children and grandchildren to still have a loving gran - I know exactly what harm I see in it and what I would do.

Hawera1 no way was that what your PM had in mind either.
Here in the U.K. we have a further 400+ deaths in the last 24 hours- can anybody say we are on any sort of way out of this crisis?