COVID - general discussion - Temp Locked

Isn't the problem that the advice is you can go anywhere within your LA area, I know that is the case up here.

There has been some of course, that are not happy that their area is smaller than others.

We are lucky as we live in one of the biggest LA areas, Perth and Kinross, so legally we could go for a drive and then a walk/cycle over 60 miles away from where we live. 

Some folk were complaining on the Scot.gov site that they live close to LA border area and there nearest shop is just a few miles but if they stay within their LA they would have to travel over 20 miles to shop.

It would make life so much simpler if they were now, under lockdown, to forget about LA areas and just say 10 or 15 miles from home. When in the tier system it did give folk a defining area but under lockdown it is meaningless.

Oh no, TG, that would be unkind to folk in Altnahara say --  I know only too well that its at least 22 miles to the nearest shop from there,  and a shade further if you want / need a Sunday paper    !!

Do the latest rules still mention LA areas?

Since we are pretty much all in tier 4 now, it seems pointless.

OH found this..........you can leave home for  essential shopping, including essential shopping for a vulnerable person. You should use online shopping or shops and other services in your immediate area wherever you can

so if the nearest shop is just over a LA boundary, surely more sensible to go there?

https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/

"It would make life so much simpler if they were now, under lockdown, to forget about LA areas and just say 10 or 15 miles from home. When in the tier system it did give folk a defining area but under lockdown it is meaningless."

Hi TG, Just to illustrate how difficult it is defining a restriction my nearest supermarket is 18 miles away and my LA area is the whole of Cornwall.

So under one, miles, I would be unable to shop and under the other drive to Lands End if I had a reasonable excuse!

and applied immediate fine if vehicle registered more than 10 miles from the location might discourage what appears to be a lot of unnecessary travel.

I agree with the sprit of what you sat but it wouldn't work in practice. My company car was registered at the companies head office 80 miles away so would i be fined for having the car outside my house?

As you say brue, each to their own, but I’ve always been happy with the quality of produce in our online shop, we do often ‘add a note to the picker’ about size or freshness and haven’t been disappointed.  Like you I wouldn’t consider using a supermarket in person, (unless we were starving!)  especially not at present! 

Yes, I wouldn't normally get into a discussion about food deliveries but just at the moment it's come to the fore as it reduces contact with Covid infections. Even with deliveries just now I handle everything carefully and wipe things over, we had slackened off on that one.

We are still washing/wiping all our deliveries.  In fact I sometimes feel I’m getting a bit obsessed about it but I can’t help it!  I feel it’s the safest thing for us so I continue to do it BUT when will I ever stop?  I often ask myself that question!!  This new version of Covid seems more frightening than before.

Morning

Very similar to you, my motorhome and car are registered in Cambs. I'm locked down at work in Cirencester. In March I'm hopefully headed to north Devon.

As for supermarkets, we couldn't get a delivery slot for 3 weeks so we braved the local Tesco's on Friday. Traffic light system in place and majority of people distanced ok. I think folk get frustrated when they get to the trolley cleaning / hand sanitizing station just inside the door, many people just pushing past not bothering. In store was ok if an aisle was busy we'd just go back later. The queues were too big at the self serve check outs so we waited at a manned one. Overall we felt ok with our masks, visors and gloves on. On the way out I fuelled the car at pay at pump.

It's a large Tesco extra but I think they are limiting numbers as the queue outside was around 50 deep but inside it felt ok. We managed to get all our supplies, especially the bulky ones, so for the next few weeks I'll just walk to the local Tesco metro. On the way back I thrashed the car half way to Swindon and back as it's not been out since November. Glad to be back to the feeling of safety on site with the gates locked!

Talking of gates, Saturday morning I had to call the authorities as there were so many cars trying to park up in our driveway. There were 3 particular cars that were together with 12 people aiming to walk in the park. Obviously not a bubble and no distancing at all. The Police turned up on quad bikes 10 minutes later. We had intended to attempt a walk in the park ourselves but the amount of people strolling past was unbelievable, decided to clean the car again!

JK

If Chris Whitty is saying today that this is the most dangerous time for Covid and is saying avoid any uneccessary trips out I think he's probably right! 

JK we're still seeing people walking around in groups for country walks round here. Hope you've got a nice clean car...