Winter Walks

Late last night Derbyshire Police issued a statement about the matter. It is rather long so I'll paraphrase it.

They say that they have received further guidance from the NPCC which has clarified policing response. They conceded that the Covid Regulations do not restrict the distance that may be travelled for exercise. Officers will now just encourage people to follow the guidance and stay local to their home unless there is a blatant breach. All fixed penalty notices so far issued will be reviewed and the recipients contacted. They were employing the same heavy handed tactics at Elvaston Castle Country Park on the edge of Derby city.

One assumes that this police stance must apply to the whole of England at least until and if further specific restrictions are made. In the words of Chris Whittey at Christmas, though,  which apply equally now "Just because you can do it doesn't mean that you should". It's nice to think that when I get fed up of tramping the same old streets and paths around home and passing the same people doing the same walks along relatively narrow paths I can, without impunity, go to our local nature reserve, historic house or even relatively local park, all of which require a drive of less than 5 miles.

Similar actions and refunds occurred in Wales and probably elsewhere in previous lockdowns

"They say that they have received further guidance from the NPCC"

Rather strange as guidance, on what constitutes a reasonable excuse to leave home,was issued by the NPCC last year and, to paraphrase, the walk should take longer than the drive.

The latest .Gov info is that you must have a reasonable excuse to leave your home.

As we all know that is open to interpretation but, as an example of how it can differ my nearest supermarket is 18 miles away, so may be reasonable to drive there, but may not be reasonable to drive 18 miles if there is one just down the road.

Are these viewable on line anywhere Corners?

I don't know, I have them on DVD from way back. There are parts of them on youtube and there may be even complete episodes but I haven't found any? I like this one as it shows him actually smiling,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgemioDKUnU

As we all know that is open to interpretation but, as an example of how it can differ my nearest supermarket is 18 miles away, so may be reasonable to drive there, but may not be reasonable to drive 18 miles if there is one just down the road.

I would agree with the above.
As we have been using Tesco online we have not visited our nearest Waitrose (16miles away) for almost a year. Yesterday in an attempt to get us back they sent a brace of £18 off £90 vouchers, only redeemable in store. I’ve no intention of using them and we have passed on similar from other stores. However, given the timing and the fact they know how far we are from the store, I thought it a bit irresponsible.

At least Notts Chief Constable indicated 5 miles is OK, so we should be safe walking in Clumber when we tire of our local forest.😀

As Corners says YouTube is the place to go.

There may also be a BBC recording of his Desert Iln Discs interview in the archive.

Can I just remind folks that this thread is about winter walks.  There is a separate thread to discuss COVID in general.

I haven't caught up with the Julia Bradbury Cornwall and Devon walks yet, something else to enjoy....ITV LINK