KatTai wrote:Category: Non-Contact solo/small group outdoor activity. Non-contact outdoor activity is known to be low-risk, there is no reason to not allow outdoor activity - walking, fishing, golf, running, cycling etc - to go ahead. As it is, allowing more freedom for these activities is at the back of the queue behind getting people into churches, pubs and polling stations. Restrictions need to be logical, and I'm afraid I can't see the logic here!
Agree totally with that KatTai. I can understand why travel restrictions could be necessary if some areas were virus free, doing everything possible to stop it getting to new areas. But as the virus is well established around the country, there isn't much point restricting travel, the virus is already there. With "essential" travel permitted, there are millions or people travelling around Britain every day, some of them spreading as they go. Lone outdoor activities if allowed, wouldn't do much spreading at all, so why not open this up?
It's been mentioned on here before about staying in your LA and 5 miles beyond, and how this differs hugely for people around the country. An interesting point I noticed is that the people of Aberdeenshire can go around their own LA and also go anywhere within Aberdeen City. Nowhere in the city is further than 5 miles from the boundary. Yet the people of Aberdeen can only stay in the city, or just get to go the 5 miles beyond the boundary...to me, that just about sums up how ludicrous the rules are.