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Mar 2021
3:39pm, 16 Mar 2021
2,260 posts
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CumbriAndy
That part is still unclear Speedy - without wanting to stray into a different thread, the gov.uk guidance, updated 8th March, says
'You can leave your home to exercise or visit a public outdoor place for recreation, such as a coffee on a bench or a picnic in a park. You should minimise the time you spend outside your home, and you should not travel outside your local area.' (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home#sports-and-physical-activity)
So the debate as to what is or is not 'local' can continue unchecked. For myself, I interpret this as meaning I shouldn't be driving somewhere for exercise until the stay at home is lifted on the29th.
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Mar 2021
3:51pm, 16 Mar 2021
28,702 posts
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macca 53
According to a friend whose BiL is a policeman our local force is (informally) applying the principle that your “exercise” should take longer than your drive. Don’t drive for two hours to have an hour run in other words.
In fact a friend of mine used a similar principle to determine how far he was prepared to travel to races (remember them?!).
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Mar 2021
3:57pm, 16 Mar 2021
319 posts
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Limegreenjelly
29th of which month is that? Sorry Cumbri Andy I did try and clarify a few things on the gov website over the weekend! I want to be able to drive a bit further afield!
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Mar 2021
4:07pm, 16 Mar 2021
2,261 posts
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CumbriAndy
No need to apologise - the gov website is a masterpiece of ambiguity and circular referencing so takes some navigation. According to the roadmap, the 'Stay at Home' rule, lockdown by any other name, ends 29th March so I'm assuming the 'stay local' guidance for exercise will be quietly relaxed at the same time.
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Mar 2021
4:26pm, 16 Mar 2021
13,863 posts
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geordiegirl
I was wondering if the guidance for once a day had changed I did exercise more than once some days as I run and we walk the dog (walking dogs is allowed additionally to exercise) and occasionally I’ve done a double day run to fit around work. My reasoning was other than once a week trip to the supermarket I don’t go anywhere other than exercise. I figured I’d I was in the office everyday or shopping multiple times a week then once a day would limit contact. I rarely see anyone on a run anyway as it’s early morning or later at night and my routes are quiet too.
Def good to be formally allowed to do it though.
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Mar 2021
4:29pm, 16 Mar 2021
3,945 posts
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kstuart
In Jan with the ice i'd walk to assess routes and then run later on. These days there is no ice but with RTS and longer runs i kinda need to walk before or after to loosen up.
I do however live in rural West Cumbria so it's not exactly crowded. Other than going out on the cycle track on the only vaguely dry spell for a weekend in which case it's full of walkers and dog walkers...
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Mar 2021
5:10pm, 16 Mar 2021
2,262 posts
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CumbriAndy
gg - sorry to be a pedant (I sometimes can't help it) - but the guidance doesn't formally say that we are allowed out more often. It has simply been updated to remove the once a day 'limit' and now says nothing at all. It's reasonable, I believe, to interpret the absence of a stated limit to mean there isn't one in practice but I've not seen anything official to confirm the validity of that interpretation.
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Mar 2021
5:38pm, 16 Mar 2021
14,358 posts
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NDWDave
Non-affirmative cover versus excluded...
Macca - I could travel anywhere in the UK based on that guidance (longest run was Bristol to London non-stop)... However all my exercise has been from my house
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Mar 2021
5:45pm, 16 Mar 2021
35 posts
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Jase
Anyways it's been a lovely day for a spot of wsw'ing 😎
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Mar 2021
6:07pm, 16 Mar 2021
324 posts
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Minimag
I'll stick to the once a day guidance until officially confirmed that it is over - did have to walk back from a run today after twisting my ankle (which looks like 2 activities on my profile, first time since guidance started), but my ankle might make any form of exercise difficult over the next few days 
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