Pubs and restaurants opening this weekend

I’m not going to a pub for a while yet. In any case, we only go to a pub if we’re going to eat as well. We’re going to a barbecue at one of my son’s houses/gardens. I’m in the process of making a banoffee pie to take with us. Socialising with family is all we’ve done up to now, and probably all we will do for a while yet.

From what I've seen when driving through Staffordshire countryside this afternoon, not many of the country pubs seemed to have bothered opening, even though they have gardens and outdoor areas. Is it mainly town and city centre pubs that have bothered?

It must be so hard for people who run pubs and restaurants and I am sure they are eager to start making money again. The economy is obviously an important thing.

I am going to leave it a couple of weeks to see how things go.

Oh dear HAZBEEN Sorry to hear the update about the pub near you.

The fact that there was a police presence shows they are aware of the potential problem with that place.
I hope they come back because the noise situation sounds intolerable.

HAZBEEN

Sorry WOODHOUSE49 but thats a bit different to the queues of drinkers who are piling into the pubs today!
The pub across the road is absolutely heaving at the moment with a queue along the road! The noise has reached the level where it is drowning out our tv. It all went quiet for a while but then we realized there was a police presence in the road. They went and its rising again. Its only 6 what will it be like at 10? Hope its better for Gillybobs daughter.

My comments was really meant to reassure timetogo2016 as they felt it was unsafe to get a takeaway.

I live in Cornwall and am weeks if not months away from going inside a pub, restaurant or cafe here. I do miss our visits to our favourite restaurant at Polkerris but will wait to see what the repercussions are.

Sorry WOODHOUSE49 but thats a bit different to the queues of drinkers who are piling into the pubs today!
The pub across the road is absolutely heaving at the moment with a queue along the road! The noise has reached the level where it is drowning out our tv. It all went quiet for a while but then we realized there was a police presence in the road. They went and its rising again. Its only 6 what will it be like at 10? Hope its better for Gillybobs daughter.

"You do understand if you expect the worst from someone that is what you will get" I've trawled back so I could quote you verbatim Paddyann, hope you appreciate that it seems you are always expecting the worst from anyone south of the border when they trespass into your country.

I hate to talk shit but apropos of your "I still don't have any issues with the campers who camp near me every year" only you insinuate that you didn't welcome the motor cyclists, English of course, using that area in Scotland as a toilet, well who would, sympathies there. However, and I accept that some travellers behave in a perfectly acceptable way, some don't, so do you suppose if your back garden was used as a receptacle for human waste, you might be inclined to go the full shouty capital letters, even if you weren't expecting the worst! hmm a bit of conundrum! English biker shit bad! Travellers' shit not great, but on the whole can't complain in the interests of Scottish/Traveller community relations

@lemongrove
The cluster in Dumfries and Galloway was traced to Carlisle. The area affected was around Gretna and Annan. There were in total 11 positive cases and it appears quashed.

We've had a takeaway from both our fish+chip shop and the pub over past few weeks,

With both I rang first, ordered and paid. I was given a time slot to collect and they brought it out. Left at 2m away for me to pick.

Can't really see how much safer that could be. I washed my hands when I got home and after I'd put it on the plate.

paddyanne

I think 50 folk coming from a Covid hot spot into an area which has successfully driven the numbers down is a bit different from travellers.Maybe you dont think thats a problem but we've had 10 days out of 16 with no deaths and numbers of infections dropping.The 2 areas where there was a rise and a small one both involved people crossing from England .Bojo might be keen for a second wave ,well his pub opening shows that ,but we'd rather not go down that route ,thanks

Covid hotspot ? Ah, you mean Dumfries and Galloway.

GagaJo

Someone sent me a photograph taken outside an absolute dive pub in Newcastle this morning at 8.30am. HUGE queue of dodgy punters lined up.

There is a pub in my neighbourhood. When I moved here, about 10 years ago, it was quiet and respectable. Management must have changed because it can be very loud at the weekend. I'm sure they will be cavorting and risking life and limb there tonight. Natural selection.

How very dare you Gaga....it’s The Argy Bargy Bar! ?

By the way I still dont have any issues with the travellers who camp near me every year .

I think 50 folk coming from a Covid hot spot into an area which has successfully driven the numbers down is a bit different from travellers.Maybe you dont think thats a problem but we've had 10 days out of 16 with no deaths and numbers of infections dropping.The 2 areas where there was a rise and a small one both involved people crossing from England .Bojo might be keen for a second wave ,well his pub opening shows that ,but we'd rather not go down that route ,thanks

I`m not going to any pub/eaterie/cafe/fast food outlets or takeaways it`s round two of covid 2 in the making.
I drove past the local rather large pub today and it was packed albeit they were outside.
NO social distancing at all,in fact it`s the busiest iv`e ever seen it.
Total stupidity.

Good for you, Scribbles

I'm glad you had a lovely time

I'll not be going anywhere but our lovely local Chinese Restaurant is opening this evening and we will be ordering a take out

It's so important to help the local economy get back on its feet

Just back from a late lunch with a friend at my local. Absolutely no problems and nothing to worry about. We were greeted at the door, handed a laminated menu and directed to our table.Tables were all pre-booked and are well spaced out (more than 2m in some cases). You have to order food and get drinks at the bar but any queuing was well spaced out and policed. Food, cutlery, condiments were all brought to the table. There were dispensers of hand cleanser dotted around the place, too.

It felt wonderful, after so many weeks of lonely house arrest, to do something so blessedly normal. Whoever would have thought that steak pie and a pint could feel so special?

I suppose things might get more raucous later in the evening but I doubt it. It's not that sort of pub and the landlord is notorious for not standing any nonsense from anyone.

They say use it or lose it and I'd really hate to lose our pub so I'll have no qualms about returning.

Hell no!
Don't miss it, don't care.
Dreading the inevitable filth in the streets, when the drink hits the yobbos full force.
Yuk!

I definitely won’t be I’m still shielding until August 1st! My husband is planning on going to our local cricket club tonight and I’m full of dread !

Someone sent me a photograph taken outside an absolute dive pub in Newcastle this morning at 8.30am. HUGE queue of dodgy punters lined up.

There is a pub in my neighbourhood. When I moved here, about 10 years ago, it was quiet and respectable. Management must have changed because it can be very loud at the weekend. I'm sure they will be cavorting and risking life and limb there tonight. Natural selection.

Nope, non, nada. It’s too soon and a terrible idea IMO.

Barm (autocorrect again!)

Purplepixie what is a barmy pot?

Oh well 50 motorcyclists passing through, excrement or no excrement, probably isn't as bad as having travellers parked up for several weeks in a residential area and chucking their waste over residents' fences, which I posted about a year or so ago, and apropos of that, can't help remembering at least one poster saying something along the lines "if you look for trouble you'll get it" strangely when it's in your own backyard it becomes unacceptable lockdown or no lockdown!

Not safe! Not only is the virus still out there, there is a Covid variant (recently discovered mutation) that appears to be more contagious than its predecessor. There is also increasing evidence that some people are getting re-infected.

Masks and social distancing offer the most protection especially outdoors. Restaurants, indoor family reunions and bars are where most of the Covid spreading is being traced.

The US is now leading in a second wave resurgence and the numbers are staggering! Why? Because people like us were led to believe that we could let our guard down and that it was safe to resume.

The protests may have played a role, but I blame the political leaders who (even as I write) are enabling bars, restaurants, hair salons and beaches to stay open!. I get that the economy or someone's livelihood is important, but where does that leave us, when the trade off is the loss of even more lives?!

Dustyhen its coming,,50 motorcyclists from Manchester camped at the Commando monument at Spean Bridge last night ,the FB pages were not amused.Police apparently couldn't move them on because they had all been drinking,using the site as a toilet and generally getting up peoples noses .We actually heard them passing on their way North and wondered why so many ,now we know a wee day out for the boys!