Why dont people understand the words ‘stay at home’ !

But with the amount you can buy at a time limited, he is finding he needs to more often than he would like.

This is an annoying one - attempts to ensure fair shares mean that more trips to shops are needed, increasing the risk.

Flexiblefriend I am sorry to hear that, they do leave a hole in your heart when they go.

I have been for a walk in my village. Was passed by several people in cars bringing their dogs for a walk here. Came home to this message from the police.

We are still seeing people drive to remote locations to take their daily exercise, walk their dogs or have “drive around to clear their head”.

I would ask those people to pause for a moment and think about this:

Yesterday whilst out shopping you picked up a can of beans, 10 minutes before you a person who had picked up the virus in the last 5 days, so wasn’t showing any symptoms, picked up the same can of beans and has now transferred the virus to you. Today you have driven and gone for a walk on the moors, on your way home your car breaks down and you have to call a recovery service now you passed the virus on the breakdown driver. Or, you have a minor RTC, the Police attend, chances are now the Officers who attend have picked up the virus along with the person who you had the RTC with. Or even worse, it’s a serious RTC, Police, Ambulance, Fire and Air ambulance have to attend all now who have the potential to be affected.

Please be part of the solution, not the problem

Please Stay at Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives.

I know of at least two people here who went into hospital for operations and have caught the virus in hospital. One has died.

The man in Perth who was walking down the street saying he had COVID19 was not going to obey the rules.

Having watched footage of several police officers trying to order him to Go Home and him refusing time and again and trying to move towards them, it is time for more protection for police officers and more powers. Perhaps there should be an armed officer with each patrol group.

That's my observation too Summerlove and it really is making me very angry.

The elderly are obeying the rules, some of the young are just NOT and it p*sses the pants off me.

Not all of the elderly are complying. That’s as ridiculous as saying all of the young or not. There will always be some people from all sections of age groups who will not comply.

A note of warning: I know someone who went on a holiday we refused to go on because of the danger at the airport and the destination . She is now on a ventilator in our local hospital .

We ate avoiding shops , and not seeing any friends or family,but will need to drive 5 miles to collect prescriptions soon. If we go for a walk in our village we will probably come across several people doing the same ,especially dog walkers.If we drive a mile up the road we could walk on open moorland and not meet a soul( or at least be far more than 2 m apart instead of passing on a footpath. It doesn’t make sense.

I'm still working (mornings only, Warden of sheltered housing), but a friend of mine is not working today, so she and her husband were going to go to the park for a picnic.....it's not a ruddy holiday.

Please be tolerant. I am a key worker, I went shopping yesterday. A very old man was out, my partner was with me because I have a problem with my leg at the moment. Hospital appointment cancelled. This old man got to close to me and I politely asked him to move away. We realised he may have been deaf and my partner thought he may have dementure as he really did not understand.
My partner and I both said he maybe on his own and has no one to help him. Not everything is as it seems.
Could your neibours be volunteering or helping adult children?

I do worry about those relishing the chance to inform on their neighbours, that is not the sort of society I want to live in. Fortunately the police ignored the man ringing them up to complain that his neighbour had gone out twice yesterday and asking them to arrest him!

I'm afraid some people are just ignorant idiots. That's why the self distancing and isolating laws need to be strictly enforced by the police and if need be the army. Flexiblefriend I am so sorry to hear about your dog. What a sad time for you. My dog was pts last November and you were one of those who sent me kindly words.

Best thing to do, close your curtains or occupy yourself in some way and let them all get on with it. If you are at the window watching your neighbours everyday, you will drive yourself dotty. As long as YOU are following the rules, why bother what everyone else is doing?

I've just read on FB that Kent and Sussex police are stopping cars and asking the reason they are on the road. Fines are being given for unnecessary travel.

That made me smile. I've found myself doing exactly that - how stupid! There seems to be more cyclists on the roads too.
Maybe the ones who are left after all this will be super-healthy - just off for my daily constitutional, bye .....

Elderly neighbours who never leave the house are now going out for a walk daily. Maybe they think the one episode of exercise we’re allowed a day is compulsory!

Sophiesnana I agree. Yesterday I watched several adults and seven or eight children playing football in the church carpark here in the village. I do know them and I do know they are not all members of the same family. I was in my garden which is next to the church.
Just because they're young, in the open air, and healthy - if just one of them does down with it the potential of spreading it around the whole village is beyond my ability to compute.
The elderly are obeying the rules, some of the young are just NOT and it p*sses the pants off me.

In a local park groups of lads playing football, basketball and cricket. Another group sitting smoking weed!! When something was said( not by me) they became abusive. These boys/ young men must go home to their families. Unbelievably selfish.

I had to go to the local chemist to get a prescription and was pleased to see a very orderly and sensible queue. The pharmacist saw us one at a time. The same in the local bread shop.
It is possible.

I'd like to see these people put in cages and given food and medication as appropriate. Its seems the only way to make some people understand what the word "essential" means. It would save police time too!

We have a house being built near us and at the moment there are 7 lorries and vans there. The builders generally sit in the vans with a couple of others to have lunch so much for self-isolation. I get so cross when like other neighbours we are staying in as we are told to do. So selfish

We go out for a walk, or to shops for food. Wear gloves and keep distance from others.

As long as you don't have contact with these people, they can't harm you. You don't know what they are doing, but if you are like my next door neighbour you will do your best to find out; ( emergency dentist, chemist, prescription x 2, food and exercise)

Apparently the police are inundated with phone calls from people reporting their neighbours; now they are busy pursuing by drone the dog walkers who apparently polluted the Peak district by taking their dog for a walk far from the haunts of man.

My neighbours are having an extension built. There have been 3 different trades in there today, 6 people all working together and the neighbours are in their late 60s. They obviously think the rules don't apply to them. It's water tight so they could leave it. They also have a separate annex they're living.