This is the document if interested in the exact wording, I think the papers are running with 'picnic' perhaps as clickbait I don't know, but it really just means you can stop and have a bite to eat while on a long walk.
Thank you It mentions take always.....which presume they mean to take home to eat as their lunch/evening meal.....not a picnic. I wonder what they class as a luxury item!
Friends have told me they are not allowed to buy certain items in our nearby well known super markets.....such as clothes, greetings cards, homeware etc 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
I've seen the odd person with clothing in their trolley along with food. TBH, I wouldn't fancy trying anything on at the moment. Shelf stackers doing their thing in non food aisles so I suppose they're selling things.
I feel sorry for my daughter in London. She can walk, but not for long, park is about 15mins away so can't spend long there. Home is cramped with partner working from home, taking all the internet for it. She can't read, cook, or much else as had hand op and is in a cast. She is slowly going up the wall.
Went out for the first time in several weeks to get horse poop. Tons of people out in the local town and the traffic has increased since last time I went out. I think the extra 3 weeks might be a bit much for some people. It's not even nice out, chilly overcast with cold easterly wind, but dozens and dozens of people 'exercising'.
As I understand it, the police guidelines have been clarified. There is no limit on how long you can exercise for and you are allowed to stop for a snack meal and short rest. As you say @Pansyface, the rules may well be different in Scotland and I suggest your friend' husband gets a letter from his doctor saying he must exercise his knee on flat ground and wave that at the police.
As for buying non-essential items whilst you are in a supermarket, that has again been clarified - if the shop is legally open, you may legally buy anything in it and the police are just making up the rules as they think fit.
I agree, this is very hard for lots of people for many different reasons. Living in flats, people without gardens, living in cities, towns etc with no parks or places to go for walks. People living in abusive relationships, living on their own.....there's so many reasons. It may be lovely for couples with young families, spending special times watching them grow, making memories. Not missing out on 'first' moments with their little ones. All different for everyone.
But......we must remember, we're not Stuck at home......we're safe at home.......from this awful virus.
As for buying non-essential items whilst you are in a supermarket, that has again been clarified - if the shop is legally open, you may legally buy anything in it and the police are just making up the rules as they think fit.
I have always thought that if the shop has any item on its shelves and you are there anyway you can buy it. If you are not actually allowed to buy it it should not be on the shelves in the first place!
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https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/COVID-19/Documents/What-constitutes-a-reasonable-excuse.pdf
Regarding people in the vulnerable category, I haven't read anything to say the guidance has changed.
It mentions take always.....which presume they mean to take home to eat as their lunch/evening meal.....not a picnic.
I wonder what they class as a luxury item!
Friends have told me they are not allowed to buy certain items in our nearby well known super markets.....such as clothes, greetings cards, homeware etc 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
I'm in no hurry to go to any clothes shops when I'm allowed out at last 😉
As for buying non-essential items whilst you are in a supermarket, that has again been clarified - if the shop is legally open, you may legally buy anything in it and the police are just making up the rules as they think fit.
It may be lovely for couples with young families, spending special times watching them grow, making memories. Not missing out on 'first' moments with their little ones.
All different for everyone.
But......we must remember, we're not Stuck at home......we're safe at home.......from this awful virus.
We should not be saying another 3 weeks might be too much for people, the lockdown is saving lives, it is the law.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
If you are not actually allowed to buy it it should not be on the shelves in the first place!