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Anyway, this court my I in the Guardian Live blog a minute ago - mined those power tools lads and lassies. Maybe go for a ride instead?
Data released by NHS Digital in 2019 showed there were almost 4,800 admissions to hospital for injuries caused by drills and other power tools in just 12 months, with common injuries including fingers that have been chopped off by a lawnmower or power tool, as well as deep cuts caused by hedge trimmers, and infections following people pricking their skin on thorns.
abuse of homographs
You mean homophones, not homographs…
You mean homophones
It's got nothing to do with people's opinions of other folks sexuality.
I went for a 30 minute spin earlier.
I thought that there were a surprising amount of people out but all seemingly acting in accordance with yesterdays announcement with the exception of a chap that wanted to stand very close to me in the line to pay for some milk .....
On a plus note the new build "not a gravel" bike was far more comfortable than I was expecting.........
Followed very swiftly by a text from an A&E nurse saying are you serious? Do you know how many motorcyclists end up in here every weekend?
The medical profession don't refer to them as 'doners' for nothing.
I'm staying off the bike as I can absolutely guarantee that I'd spanner myself and end up in A&E. I have serious form on that front.
Just been out for a walk up Holcombe Hill with Mrs Binners. Saw quite a few lone mountain bikers and a few walkers, but it's really quiet. Didn't come within 5 metres of anyone at any point. Bloody lovely day for a stroll though. If you're WFH, surely you can't not go out fo a walk on a day like this?
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The medical profession don’t refer to them as ‘doners’ for nothing.
Yawn.
I know the same number of people who've killed themselves as i know who've died on motorbikes.
Of them, that's 3 each...
I've also know 6 more from motorbike forums just die of ilness/age...
I'm a former biker myself Weeksy. Former courier in fact so used to put some serious mileage in. Christ only knows how I'm still alive, the amount of bikes I've chucked down the road.
It's a personal thing, obviously, but I think at the moment I'm severely restricting any activities that could put me in A&E, given my track record 😀
It’s a personal thing, obviously, but I think at the moment I’m severely restricting any activities that could put me in A&E, given my track record
Not working from home then?
So can I drive to the trails or somewhere nice and open for a walk?
Seems to be conflicting info.....
Don't like walking the dog around the estate - would sooner take him somewhere a bit more open - but that means a drive....
I believe the advice has been left deliberately broad because people's circumstances differ, and some may really benefit from a short, safe drive to a quieter spot to exercise in nature.
Also, it's clear that driving two hours to get your single dose of exercise by doing Helvellyn on MTB is bending the rules a bit.
IMO stick to the spirit of the guidance and you're fine. But if you feel you're endangering people MORE by driving to ride, follow your conscience.
That's just my two cents anyway, other people have much stronger opinions and have been sharing them forcefully on the internet all day, if you want more choice.
You mean homophones, not homographs…
Yes I did. In my defence, it's really hard being relentlessly pedantic even though there are no official limits on pedantry so far.
An hour on the bike in the country lanes (Cotswolds directly on my doorstep) this afternoon. 33km and saw only 1 cyclist, 1 walker and 2 cars. I gave each at least a 2m berth and a wave.
Glorious afternoon. First day in short sleeves and summer bibs.
this is the headline site for those are high risk asthmatics.....
dig down and it lists all the doses of all the inhalers that could stick you in the shitlist.
So can I drive to the trails or somewhere nice and open for a walk?
Seems to be conflicting info…..
No. Travel is allowed for the four things listed by the government only. Driving to a nicer place to get your exercise is not one of them, sadly.
Beast my self in 90 minutes yeah i think so Today was a quick 10 mile spin, tomorrow home
Don't usually wade into threads like these as internet keyboard speak is often taken out of context.
My initial thoughts on this subject were that some people were just looking for an excuse to basically take the hit and miss by going out riding when there is absolutely no need to do so.
In a normal working week through winter I've been getting up early most mornings, doing 30 minutes to an hour on the turbo then off to work.
Thought I'd just keep that up. Get up 30 minutes later, still do the turbo and get to the office 20 minutes earlier than usual - given it's only 20 foot away.
However been at home working for just 4 days so far has killed my passion to train in the morning. I just simply don't want to but still feel the need to ride.
Was also going a little stir crazy being in the house all day and night so this evening I went out for a 40 minute ride. From the front door, round local doubletrack and back. Saw loads of runners, dog walkers and 2 cyclists. Everybody kept there distance and observed the rules, apart from a group of around 7 kids (early teens probably) that were all sat in a huddle on a playground thing in the distance.
Not sure where I'm going with this but, it seems that the government advice of 'getting out' is very valid and not taking the proverbial as I had initially surmised.
Just hope people can and do keep up with it sensibly.
Kelvin
I cant see anything in the advice that says you cannot drive to get exercise.
It just states that you should minimise time doing the four activities.
In fact driving to walk, cycle or run may be preferable as it could minimise contact with other people, if there is not a suitable area where you live.
the bbc lunch time news were suggesting it was perfectly acceptable to drive somewhere for exercise. Obviously it would be better from one of the gobshites in the government but most cabinet ministers seem to be conspicuous by their absence.
Infil straight to trail, ride- ride safe, exfil straight home.
/close thread
Well, I had a spin out earlier. Hour and a quarter on the local flat-ish bridleways, lanes and roads. Rode from home. Driving to ride is a red line for me. I won't be doing it.
Came across a few people out walking (less than five) and everybody behaved themselves on the social distancing front. Where we couldn't be 5m apart I stopped, pulled well into the side and let people walk past me on the other side. I didn't come within 2m of anybody at all.
It can be done. I can also confirm that 75 mins is enough time for a thorough beasting (at least by my standards). I haven't ridden at that cadence non-stop for that length of time for a long time. Over the last few years my low cadence grunt fitness and strength has improved a lot. My top-line hammering along fitness hasn't kept up. So here is the opportunity (for now) to build in a different type of fitness for when this shitshow is over.
If the advice changes and cycling is banned I will struggle, but I'll have to dig out the knee support, don the trainers and run. I hate running.
If going outside for any reason is banned then so be it. This really isn't the time for heroics.
Not sure where I’m going with this but, it seems that the government advice of ‘getting out’ is very valid and not taking the proverbial as I had initially surmised.
The government advice has always said the outdoor exercise was to help both mental and physical well-being.
You can see how cranky all these people staying at home have got 🤷♂️
I consolidated my freedoms today into a single cycle trip to Waitrose 🙂
Look on the bright side: everyone on this thread will finally be able to agree about being able to go for a decent ride once the nearest available click ‘n collect bog roll is 40 miles from home.
Sorry I badly worded that last bit in my post. Didn't intend to insinuate that the advice given by the government was a piss take, more my initial thoughts that people used it as an excuse to go out riding when they didn't need to - thus taking the piss.
After my ride tonight I can see that as long as we abide by the instructions and basically don't be dicks, getting out once to break up working from home is a great idea.
Just all comes down to not extracting the urine IMO.
100 mile round trip to surrey hills for a 'cycle ride'? Probably too much...
Live in a concrete jungle and want to drive to a green area 5 miles away for a walk in some fresh air? Have at it.
Running an ultramarathon, even from your front door, is probably bending the rules a little too.
I would feel pretty guilty and self conscious putting my towbar rack on and loading up my MTB for my once a day allowed exercise however, when I can ride along almost deserted countryside 5 minutes from my door. I'd be expecting to get pulled over and questioned where I was going.
There you go, that's a good way to work out if it's 'right' or not. If you're driving, and were to see the blue lights behind/police checkpoint ahead, and think 'oh, shit!' then you're probably bending the rules a little. Humans are good at unconsciously knowing if what they're doing is 'the right thing' or not. Well, mostly anyway...
I think I’m going to come out of this fitter than when I entered it.
Daily routine is:
30 minutes of PE with Joe Wicks before breakfast.
15 mins of body weight work over lunch.
10 or so miles running or an hour on Zwift in the evening.
Still only out the house once, not smashing myself up and feeling really sharp too.
2hrs out today. Passed a few family groups out, a few couples on bikes they look like they'd barely ridden, maybe three roadies and two MTBers.
Loads of cars out though. It was like normal evening post-rush hour traffic.
Driving to ride is a red line for me. I won’t be doing it.
Same here, would feel like a right dick putting the bike rack on the car! I'm still cycling to work as I always have done, I may extend the ride back taking a quieter route back if it's sensible (it's traffic-free) and that will count as my daily exercise. Other than that it's on the turbo trainer only for me for the 3 weeks. If I have multiple days at home I may take a spin along the coast path just to get out the flat but if it's even remotely busy I'll turn back home.
If the rules tighten up further I'll obey them fully. And I'm someone who suffers badly mentally without riding time!
Going out after work for an hour.
Straight onto the quiet lanes and areas.
No MTb just gravel and I'm not flogging it either just steady dont need to be a burden so being sensible
Given the amount of effort the NHS has put into telling us what we should or shouldn't do, and how they've geared up hospitals and delayed potentially life saving treatments to get ready for the influx of virus patients, I can't help thinking that if they didn't want us to go out for short steady bike rides, they'd probably have said something officially by now.
I'll happily stop pootling when the experts ask me too.
Same here, would feel like a right dick putting the bike rack on the car!
I feel a dick putting a bike on a car even when there isn't a zombie apocalypse.
Was out for an hour at lunch on the bike. Nice easy ride with a bit of singletrack but stuck on the gear for the reds/blacks so to keep chances of damaging myself as low as possible
Once I got beyond the outskirts barely a person on foot to be seen although may have to reevaluate route choices since the quarry and recycling plant are still open resulting in several large vehicles passing close by.
One random cop parked up on a track in the middle of nowhere which was tad odd. Thought they were getting really carried away with checks for a few seconds.
I wish the family groups who were out for a walk thought things through a bit more and instead of scattering to each side of the track just went to one. If they managed that then be easy enough to keep a sensible distance from everyone.
I cant see anything in the advice that says you cannot drive to get exercise.
Car parks full of people driving out for walks and rides will result in new rules banning all riding, and walks more than 50 metres from your own home. As has had to happen in countries we are only a week or two behind. Take the piss in this way and we’ll all be hit by the more stringent measures you will push the government to take.
I repeat. Take the piss, and drive to places for exercise, or exercise with people you don’t live with, and you’ll ruin it for all of us, and put lives at risk.
I wish the family groups who were out for a walk thought things through a bit more and instead of scattering to each side of the track just went to one. If they managed that then be easy enough to keep a sensible distance from everyone.
That's always happened and people don't seem to be able to think to go one side, I see it all the time when running/cycling along a towpath.
That and people just casually 3/4 abreast without bothering to check/keep a look out for bikes/runners. It's a shared path FFS. You'd think this highly contagious virus that is killing people would prompt people into thinking a bit more, and some do - but a lot are still oblivious.
Still, looking forward to my normal solo run tomorrow afternoon after work, first one since 'proper' lockdown, we'll see how many are out.
I feel a dick putting a bike on a car
Bet you’re popular at trail centres.
I cant see anything in the advice that says you cannot drive to get exercise.
Apart from all travel non essential travel being banned ?
It is not essential to put your bike in a car to go and do exercise. You can ride from your doorstep. Why is that so hard to understand?
Apart from all travel non essential travel being banned?
Sounds like you are mixing up the advice. Here is the guide to staying at home and away from others: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/full-guidance-on-staying-at-home-and-away-from-others which says what you can do. Here is the guide to essential travel, which is a totally different issue: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-essential-travel-guidance
The applicable bit in the first guide is probably "you should be minimising time spent outside of the home". Arguably driving a short distance to an area where it is easier to get away other people fulfils this, but also you could say the driving bit adds time to the whole activity. You need to use your own judgement, but it isn't black and white
Is there a bit in there about minimising time spent having non-essential arguments on the Internet? 🙂
This crisis has really highlighted people's inability to deal with any non-binary decision.
Either to make one themselves, or to understand that different people in slightly different circumstances might make a different decisions.
Turns out the UK is more ready for a dictatorial regime than I realised
Is there a bit in there about minimising time spent having non-essential arguments on the Internet?
It'll only become nonessential when everyone and everything on the internet is correct. I think we are nearly there 😛
It’ll only become nonessential when everyone and everything on the internet is correct. I think we are nearly there
Except in that transport of bicycle is not essential travel.
It works just as well on the road outside your house for your daily exercise.
I rode an early morning loop on the roads I usually commute on and actually saw other cyclists for a change.
Except in that transport of bicycle is not essential travel.
It works just as well on the road outside your house for your daily exercise.
Wow! How far are you away from the point of the post that you quoted!? It was a tongue in cheek response to Bez's tongue in cheek response about arguing on the internet. Unless your response is ironic, cryptic humour, in which case well played!
Unless your response is ironic, cryptic humour, in which case well played!
Ah, the classic back-stop ploy, just in case 🙂
Unless you were joking of course.
i am lucky enough to be able to ride from my door, i just have to negotiate a few roads before i am on the hill, less than 2 miles spin.
I decided to ride with the dog yesterday to kill 2 birds and only leave home once - but as such i drove those 2 miles. only occurred to me i was probably not conforming afterwards.
For anyone wondering about driving to ride, this is what Derbyshire Police has just posted on FB. Apparently they were visiting Peak District carparks yesterday and telling folk basically to go home and walk from their own front door.
Derbyshire Constabulary
35 mins ·
What a lovely day! The perfect day to drive up into the Peak District for a walk, bike ride, climb or horse ride, isn’t it?No, actually it isn’t.
We’re seeing a lot of confusion over whether people are allowed to travel to the Peaks to undertake daily exercise while the government are asking us to stay at home. While we have this fantastic space in our county, right now is not the time to be using it.
Daily exercise should be taken locally to your home. Under government guidance all travel is limited to essential travel only. This is to help ensure that our emergency services aren’t put under even more pressure during this time.Should you trip, fall or have a road traffic accident while you are travelling to, or are out in the Peaks, then this will add additional pressure to an already stretched service.
The safety and wellbeing of you, the residents of our beautiful county, is our priority and these measures are being put in place to ensure that you are kept safe.
If you need advice on how to look after your wellbeing at home during this time visit https://www.gov.uk/…/stay-at-home-guidance-for-households-w….
For more guidance on the current government guidelines, please visit https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus.
Daily exercise should be taken locally to your home. Under government guidance all travel is limited to essential travel only. This is to help ensure that our emergency services aren’t put under even more pressure during this time.
still doesn't explicitly state no driving to exercise, this is why it needs to specified all the vague ambiguous waffle needs to stop. They need to state exactly what you can and can't do and how long you can do it for.
I suppose as long as you are pottering along at 3mph, enjoying the rare sun and the wind in your hair(should there be any left)
Blasting about you risk falling and injury, which a local hospital/paramedic, possibly aircrew then have to deal with along with contamination risks.
If you live in the country I expect its a requirement, but to go out with this virus going on you might just open yourself up to criticism from locals or such.
And rural folk own shotguns 😯
Are we allowed to use time travel to get somewhere to ride?
Car parks full of people driving out for walks and rides will result in new rules banning all riding, and walks more than 50 metres from your own home. As has had to happen in countries we are only a week or two behind. Take the piss in this way and we’ll all be hit by the more stringent measures you will push the government to take.
That's what would worry me.
Go for a ride = fine
Get in the car to go somewhere slightly less populated = probably pushing it as you're potentially spreading it in/out of your area, but probably fine if you don't take the piss.
The MTB'ing population of the SE converging on Peaslake in their T6's, Edinburgh and Newcastle decamping to Glentress en mass in Transit Customs and the M4 corridor bombing over the Severn bridge to Afan in their VAG estates all to get their Boris given entitlement to some "exercise".............. = probably going to result in stricter rules.
The trouble is, individually none of those people will think they've done anything wrong. It'll just be the other 99.9% acting irresponsibly and having the same idea as them. Some might argue they always ride there, therefore it's their normal exercise, others will argue they needed a change of scenery and the locals should have shown consideration and stayed at home for the day.
Are we allowed to use time travel to get somewhere to ride?
Oh yeah, great idea. Take the bloody virus forward into the future or back to the past. I'm pretty sure that one of the government guidelines says something about this. Hang on.. yeah, it's classed as 'non-essential travel' by default. But really, common sense says don't.
It’ll only become nonessential when everyone and everything on the internet is correct. I think we are nearly there
Everyone has the correct answer.
It's just that all the correct answers are different... 🤣
just got back from a short road pottle, it's no different today to any other wednesday lunch time traffic wise.
Daily exercise should be taken locally to your home. Under government guidance all travel is limited to essential travel only. This is to help ensure that our emergency services aren’t put under even more pressure during this time.
still doesn’t explicitly state no driving to exercise, this is why it needs to specified all the vague ambiguous waffle needs to stop. They need to state exactly what you can and can’t do and how long you can do it for.
We're still in the stage where many things are should not must. If people don't think a bit those shoulds will become musts.
just got back from a short road pottle, it’s no different today to any other wednesday lunch time traffic wise.
Round here the M4 is almost silent, as is the A33, I can normally hear both from my garden.
The back roads do seem quite normal though, but I think that's just in my head seeing one or two cars overtake and thinking it's busy. I'm looking out the window and have barely seen a car all day.
Loads of families out walking and riding though which is perhaps a nicer consequence of all this.
Ironically, the current nice weather isn't helping as so many people are keen to get out.
If it was still pissing down it may be a different story
If it was still pissing down it may be a different story
It *is* raining up here. Still the area within 2km of Dunblane is packed, all things relative, with people. On a 12km bike ride or run up Kilbryde castle lane I would usually meet 1 other person, maybe someone in thier garden. First 2km today = 9 people.
Just back from 30km round Rothiemurchus and Glenmore on the SS Onion. Once outside Aviemore I saw one cyclist and one walker on the way to Glenmore and a family of four at the CC footbridge. That was it. Town is very quiet. A few folk are obviously still driving to Loch Morlich for dog walking but I guess this spreads them out a bit rather than all using the paths nearer the town..
Incredibly quiet/silent though. Spookily so. Partly due to atmospherics - low cloud, no wind - but lack of people, vehicles and forest activity are obviously a factor.
Surely it's only ambiguous if you're looking for a way to justify it to yourself. How can driving somewhere to go for a walk or bike ride be seen as essential if you've got any common sense. I'll be going out for a local night ride and hopefully won't see anyone. Once I've found my lights.
Pleasant 22km out of the door at 07:30, minor lanes to check out the farm shops are still open. Bought the last STW Timber Bell when I got back so I can let people know I'm approaching if they're out walking.
Surely it’s only ambiguous if you’re looking for a way to justify it to yourself.
And there's the rub. That really is the crux of the issue. A lot of people's MO is to basically look for loopholes to get around stuff.
One thing you can always find if you try hard enough is ambiguity.
The government, for all their sins (myriad) and failings (too many to mention) are having to implement changes that would be unthinkable normally. The T's and C's at the bottom of your vacuum cleaner warranty probably had more time spent on them than these society-wide measures.
I posted this this morning in the Ukgravelcollective channels. People driving to places to ride are taking the mick imo. Just ride locally or around the block 100 times and be thankful you can even do that.
Surely it’s only ambiguous if you’re looking for a way to justify it to yourself.
But it doesnt say I cant go on a tandem skydive over international waters wearing a batsuit and glide back into the country as long as we detach before we enter the uk and parachute down the last bit seperately before riding home?
That should be within the rules surely?
Surely it’s only ambiguous if you’re looking for a way to justify it to yourself.
Ambiguous enough for yesterdays bbc lunch time news to report that it was perfectly acceptable to drive somewhere for exercise. All they have to do is state in the advice exercise from your own door only and for x mins max. And again I don't own a car so I'm not looking to justify anything.
It really is quite amazing that some people's first reaction is to go over the rules looking for inconsistencies so they can justify doing what they want to do, rather than they what they probably know they actually should do.
Local sailing club watsapp group is discussing going for a sail as its not been banned and apparently a load of people vaguely socially distancing arround the boat park, changing rooms, toilets etc is OK because youre allowed to drive there potentially bringing you into contact with people from all over the county.
One of the protagonists is GP and really should know better.
Go down quietly on your own, and have a blast arround the lake, and at your own risk, dont encourage a flipin group of others to turn up.
Local sailing club watsapp group is discussing going for a sail as its not been banned
I thought that only walking, running and cycling were allowed?
I went for a 10 minute walk over the chase at lunchtime today, saw a couple of walkers but didn’t get within 20m of anyone.
The weather is too nice, I’m really tempted to go for a little poodle before work tomorrow, I’ve not been on my mtb this year yet.
I’ll have to see what the rest of the day brings.
I’m really tempted to go for a little poodle before work tomorrow,
It might help with loneliness but I'd advise something larger if it's your back-up food plan.
It really is quite amazing that some people’s first reaction is to go over the rules looking for inconsistencies so they can justify doing what they want to do, rather than they what they probably know they actually should do.
Yep, don’t get it, it’s not a fk9ng extended bank holiday.
I’ve not left the house and garden since last Tuesday so thought I’d get some exercise in. Figured a pootle along the canal on my new bike to check setup was in order. It’s normally deserted bar the occasional dog walker or bloke fishing at this time of day.
Rammed with people! None of them giving each other any distance whatsoever and most of them were old folk. I just rode a small stretch between two access points and came back home. Never seen so many folk on one small stretch and I normally walk or ride home from work every day when not working from home.
Looks like people took advice seriously for one whole day!
Just back from a little one hour road ride from home. Not masses of folk about but I don't live in a tourist hot spot. A couple of families with tiny kids out cycling which struck me as the best way to get them out for a bit of fresh air and exercise without all piling into the car to "go somewhere nice".
Of course it's lovely to get out into some prime biking territory but for now I'll make do with short loops from my urban front door. Until the idiots highlighted by Derbyshire Police screw things up for everyone. The FB post mentioned by BadlyWiredDog is here:
I thought that only walking, running and cycling were allowed?
"One form of exercise a day - for example a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members of your household;"
One of those things that's "ambiguous" / "being a dick" depending on which side of the fence you are. Not banned, done sensibly it's far more 'isolated' than probably anything else. But OTOH Golf courses were apparently ordered to close, and it'd be hard to argue there's a significant difference in risk.
Ah - missed the "for example" bit. Ah well, packraft tomorrow then while the snow is still melting! Not sure how I get back upstream though, unless I wait out all night before walking back 😉
15km, mostly on canal paths and bumpy tracks.
Hardly any cars around which was great. More people out than - but then it's been wet, grey, and miserable for months. The people were running, walking, or cycling - some with kids. Everyone was keeping their distance from others, they all seem to be obeying the rules.
My mum says she went for a short walk and met her friend at a churchyard. There are two benches there a few metres apart, so they sat on the benches for 20 minutes to chat. I'm not sure if that's strictly within the rules, but they're both widows in their 80s and need some sort of social contact.
I combined my ride with a shop, I wanted some fruit and juice. There's still no pasta on the shelves, which amazes me - surely everyone has all the pasta they need for the moment? How many packets are some people hoarding? 100s?
Well the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority have just officially shut down the whole park (just about), including the canal towpath. This will upset a huge number of people for sure. Proably see the same happen in all the other national parks too.
https://www.breconbeacons.org/coronavirus-covid-19
Oh bugger!
I've been doing a steady 20-25 miles local to me each evening on the CX. Mix of quiet lanes and gravel tracks. A few people out this evening - it was stunning weather - but everyone was keeping their distance. One obviously family group, everyone else in ones and twos.
Might try a slightly longer ride at the weekend, just need to work out a route that avoids the main honeypot areas. Hopefully, with most pubs, cafes etc being closed and the Peak District National Park closing most of their car parks, it should be fairly quiet... (famous last words...)
It really is quite amazing that some people’s first reaction is to go over the rules looking for inconsistencies so they can justify doing what they want to do, rather than they what they probably know they actually should do.
I have been sticking to the rules pretty closely, I take this seriously - however I don't believe a solo 2hr road ride is actually risking anything. Do you think it is?
only passed about 5 people in a 2 and half hour MTB ride this afternoon, only one that was a bit closer than the 2m was when a woman walking her dog held a gate open for me.
was great to be wearing shorts and short sleves and still feel a bit to warm.
also as i was taking it a little bit slower on the downhills managed to spot a couple of newish built trails in the local woods which look worth investigating next ride out.
Just about surviving on the turbo. Utterly fed up.
Cycling here is permitted to your work (except mine is non-essential) or to your nearest shop or pharmacy (mine are about 50 metres away). Running banned outright.
What I wouldn't give just to be allow to trot around the block.
Two more weeks, at least, to go.