Daily walk ?

30 minutes round the block with DH and doggy every day.
We have woods nearby so always see a few joggers. We do miss our walks in the woods but for now 30 minutes is fine.

We live two minutes from a fairly isolated beach and there are lovely paths to walk where we hardly see anyone. We've been going out mid morning for about 40 minutes, discovering paths and areas we haven't been along before. We live in a flat without a balcony so it's lovely to get out in the fresh, sometimes very bracing , air.

I walk every day about 45 mins there are certainly more people about now I change my route between the park and footpaths every day.

Walking every day, quiet here but it is rural. People are keeping distance but managing a greeting.

Why?

We were told to go out once daily, obviously to limit the number of people we meet. I don’t think this is relevant in the country. I’m walking my dog twice every day because she needs that. Going up the road I might see a couple of people and out in the fields we can walk far apart. I haven’t been within 3m of anyone for a fortnight.

I don't walk around where I live, but I do have a walk around at my place of work (sheltered housing scheme). The residents each have their own bungalow, and as I'm not actually going into their properties whilst all this is going on, I've been knocking on doors, asking how they are. Some of them have been in their gardens, so I've chatted with them over the fence.

We walk our dogs three times a day but not together. It's important we all get fresh air and exercise. We live out in the country so it's much easier than if we lived in a city.

Im thinking about it. If I do go a walk it will just be around the street and back.

It's definitely beneficial to go for a walk I think. Provided we
keep to the rules. It's good for us physically and mentally.
I'm lucky to live in the countryside. I've got woods and a lake nearby.
Anyway, if I don't keep moving my back would seize up, so I'm told.
So I really would recommend you go out, if you can, Sheena.

I started having a walk for the first few days now just can't be bothered, spent most of the day online trying to get a shopping slot and trying to get a volunteer to seek my mother's shopping. Desperate for a sugar fix I made a cake and filled it with chocolate butter icing I then ate most of it. Looking for my shopping tomorrow to get some chocolate. I go to bed at 9pm and up at 9am, spend most of my time I'm my Hamas but no one cares, no one sees me so why not. I should go for a walk but I've got no motivation or energy. I don't want to retire if this is what its like

I walk every afternoon, about 4 miles but encounter very few people. On the other hand I don’t go to the shops every day like a lot of people seem to, and if I do need the odd thing I combine it with my walk. I go late afternoon so that when I get home, washed changed it is time for wine!

DD is a swimmer, swimming 5 times a week, about a mile each time. She is now working from home and all the swimming pools are shut, so much against her will, she has started going for walks, something she has never enjoyed.

We are now being inundated with pictures of the views and fields she has discovered close to her home that she never realised were there. I love the countryside and often talk about everything I see round my village. She is now beginning to sound a bit like me, although I have been wise eough not to say so.

DH are going for long walks at night after a day of us both working flat out from home - it’s great to get some fresh air and exercise, the place is deserted and it’s lovely to reconnect with each other after a gruelling day work wise and being cooped up with the DC.

DH and I

So many people jogging now and dog walkers aren't too bad on the whole but with the extra walkers it can be difficult with so many people on the pavements now. I find crossing the road easier but I am walking in the road suddenly to avoid a lot of joggers. I may have to start going out in the dark.

Jane10, only 150 minutes a week - can't be enough, surely?

I haven't been out for a walk for over a week now. I wander round the garden and up and down the stairs.
I miss it and if I wasn't in total lock-down I would love nothing more than a brisk walk. We are surrounded by beautiful countryside with relatively few people about.
Maybe by the end of next week , if we aren't showing any signs of the virus, I may venture out.

Grammaretto, you'll probably have to gradually build up distance again when you do venture out.

I can't imagine being just in the house and garden. I hope we don't have total lockdown as I'd find it very difficult.

Remember all that rain?
I thought how lucky we were to live on top of such a steep hill, that we'd never get flooded!
Now we can't go for a nice walk as we can't drive anywhere flat

Sheena I go out every day with my dog. Usually it is for 45 mins to an hour but if the weather is especially good, I go for over an hour. I'm used to walking quite a lot and think it's important to retain some degree of fitness - and get some fresh air.

I know what you mean about feeling a bit uncomfortable - I sometimes do too. Seeing another person feels awkward now. I usually cross the road - or they cross it before I do.
There is a lady I know from dog walking who now when I see her rushes past me, making a point of keeping her head down, obviously keen to avoid saying hello. I'm keeping my distance, we're both out in the open so I don't know what she's so scared of as I have never attempted to start a conversation. If I was that scared, I think I'd just let the dog in the garden.

It's necessary, I know, that we stick to these guidelines but it makes me wonder whether, if this goes on for a very long time, there will be more of a tendency to avoid people and see them as a threat.

These rules have only been in a week or so and it feels like much longer than that to me.

We walk every day, missed Sunday because it was cold and our walk was cut short Monday when it started to rain. Under normal circumstances we will walk for anything between 40 minutes and usually an hour, have been known to make it an hour and a quarter. We are very lucky we have Bushy Park, which covers miles on our doorstep so make for there most days because it offers wide open spaces. Thus, far touch wood, it has never been crowded, dog walkers, joggers, bike riders all very well spaced, the deer are more prolific than the people. Within the park there are enclosed gardens which are absolutely lovely, trees, flowers, ponds and wildfowl are there in all their glory. We've been sighting a family of Egyptian Geese, and their young for a few weeks now.

It makes a welcome break from the inevitable being on line, particularly as some of that is sometimes the frustrating task of trying to get more things delivered, which seems to take up so much time these days.

Why do you think there’ll be another mad scramble in the shops before Easter EV? People still won’t be allowed to meet up with family and friends, so won’t need to be buying in food for big social gatherings.

I thought Easter might just pass by quietly this year.

We are lucky to have vast woodlands on our doorstep

We take our dog out every evening

Hardly see a soul

DH is on The Very Vulnerable List and has been sent a letter saying he has to shield, he should stay indoors (the garden is allowed) and instructions on how we should co-habit in order to stay safe. It’s not easy! And we have to live this way for twelve weeks! So I’m shielding with him. This means no walks. No visits to the shops. It started on the 21 March so there’s a while to go yet. I‘m wondering if we can sneak out in the car very early in the morning and drive for a look at the sea. It’s not too far.