Covid: What's the situation where you are?

I would go for a drink if your local levels aren't high

People seem to be staying at home here but our levels are high. I had to go to halfords to buy some adblue and I was only customer in there!

I am Merseyside on the outskirts of Liverpool reading the local news a top school here has sent home over 180 pupils. We have relatives of family who go to that school but they are not in the bubble they are older. The recent outbreaks are apparently the younger generation who have not been vaccinated yet.

We have been out just a few times for meal and drinks since rules were relaxed. We went for a short drive for a drink yesterday it was very quiet and lovely sitting in the beer garden. I have to say everywhere we have been to staff are sticking to the guidelines etc.

I think you should go out and enjoy your meal with DH have a nice time I hope you do. Let’s face it we just don’t know what’s around the corner.

North East. I work in schools, am part of a team therefore that is working in a lot of schools over the area. Have been made aware of numerous schools and staff who are self isolating, I would say it's been the last two weeks when I have noticed the shift. I have had both vaccines so have eaten out. My habits have changed generally anyway.

Gone from about 40 to over 500 since May bank holiday, when the city was crowded with visitors.

We do eat out, but always al fresco. Luckily our favourite restaurant in the middle of Sussex has a delightful terrace south facing looking at the South Downs ?

I live on the south coast, in Hampshire. I’ve just checked on the BBC Covid in my area site and in the last week we have had 41 cases in the previous week, which is 36 more than the previous week. This translates into 32 cases per 100.000 people. This is low, but unfortunately quite a lot higher than very recently, and it is reasonable to assume the numbers are now set to rise rapidly.

I am happy to go out to restaurants because I’ve had the virus and I’m fully vaccinated. I go shopping normally, to the hairdresser, and I’ve been for a spa pamper session, including a body massage and facial. I treated my daughter and myself to this before she left with her family to work in New Zealand for two years. I’ve seen my dentist, and I socialise every weekend with my remaining family, two sons and partners and one grandchild. We socialise all together in the garden, and my twice vaccinated 93 year old mother comes too. I went to London last week, and met a friend for afternoon tea in a nice hotel. I was amazed how quiet the trains and tube were, and also the restaurant, where we were the only people there after another couple left.

I am very happy to continue to wear a mask, sanitise regularly, and avoid very crowded places, but I need to get on with living my life. I need to guard against depression as well as a second bout of Covid. Depression is the bigger risk at the moment as I have suffered from it before.

Well we have had a sudden increase in our little town pushing the rates up to 132 per 100000 but we had zero to 2 a couple of weeks ago so according to our local figures published that's 8 people having a positive test in the last week. Will it make any difference to me not at all rates go up and down
I dont actually go out that much but pretty sure it wont stop my husband going to the local hostilary
The choice of course is yours but wouldn't stop me going out for lunch.

I am in Leicestershire where there are quite high rates so I am still very careful when we go out but we are having coffee and meals out again. I suppose I am hoping be being careful and having had both doses of the vaccine it is okay.
I think we have to try and get a little bit of normality back into our lives.

We have been eating out twice a week since restaurants/pubs were allowed to re-open.

Table service only still in pubs, socially distanced tables, all staff wearing masks feels safe.

I am in S E Essex our borough has low Covid rates at the moment.