Outdoor exercise ban?

BelindaB; Okay I get the fact you love the dogs. I am a dog owner and have two myself. One of my dogs is partially blind but still has a walk and enjoys it she is very fast because she knows her route by everyday experience and smell. The other dog likes to take her time on walks. Normally I am in and out during the day and walk them separately but because of the rules I am doing the one walk a day and it is difficult with one so fast and the other one slower. There should not be one rule for one and one rule for someone else. I too have been told by my hospital specialist that I should have a lot of walking but at the moment I am no exception to the rule.

3nanny6 I’m so glad you said that because I was when I read it. I take it your daughter lives with you or lives within walking distance Belinda? Furthermore, driving to the allotment is not classed as an essential journey. We’re all having to deal with difficult challenges sadly

I live in a two bedroom apartment with a balcony. Opposite are tower blocks, where young families live. I am fortunate to have any outdoor space, and because I live alone I do not feel crowded. I have enjoyed seeing families walking in the park, children on bikes and scooters, and older people keeping their distance from one another. I am grateful the Birmingham Parks Department are keeping our park open, and beautifully maintained. I know Victoria Park in London, it is huge, and it is a great pity that, rather than policing use, the park was closed. It is in one of the most deprived and densely populated parts of London. Closing parks means that people are using streets and canal towpaths instead, where it is more difficult to distance. Dr Jenny Harries recommended that even over 70s should get some form of outside exercise each day, unless they were in the “cocoon” group. Not everyone has access to a garden, a beach or a country lane.

Belinda you say your garden is too small for your dogs to use as a toilet, and yet you take them out to go— where?

My elderly neighbour has an allotment he can walk to. He has stopped though. He really only goes out to the supermarket now.

*My youngest DD has a tiny garden but her house backs on to fields. She has a very very active 2 year old (besides a 1 year old and a 9 year old!) if the 2 year old is not taken out for some sort of intense exercise at least once a day he is a nightmare! The garden is not big enough to meet his needs and so the daily kick a ball about in the field is a must!
DD 2 and DGD live in a 2 bed flat by the beach with no out door space so her exercise is a walk on the beach every day; it can’t be avoided that it’s the beach and it annoys me that other selfish people drive there to take their exercise and walk dogs risking all of it becoming out of bounds!*

Your daughters right to the beach is no more important or secure than anybody else’s right to use the beach for the same reason. If anything, the people using the beach are doing the exact same thing as your first daughter is doing.

I read that in a Italy people were going to the supermarket every day just to get out the house I don’t think the other countries are any different to us although they are held up as shining examples Sweden still has no lockdown at all
My son in NZ is on similar lockdown to us but they go out for family bike rides every day

Bluebelle the same is happening in France according to some young French people working overseas, who are in touch with their families.