nigheandonn wrote:I don't think the law, strictly interpreted, stops you from *walking* into the highlands, as long as you start within 5 miles of the LA boundary and walk back again, although it's not exactly within the spirit of the guidance ('you should travel no further than you need to reach a safe, non-crowded place to exercise in a physically distanced way').
It's all very mixed up and probably deliberately ambiguous and even the polis are getting it wrong.
For me the rules say an exemption for leaving your home and travelling within your local authority area or 5 miles outside is to
"undertake exercise or recreation"Hill walking is a recreational activity and most people can't do that within a few miles of their house. It is different from exercise which maybe can be done (in a lot of cases) far closer to home.
No one is interested in hillwalkers, fisherman or anyone else travelling within their area. They said thousands gathering on a beach on the south coast was negligible in the spread of covid. Outdoor minimal risk activities like solo hillwalking (in your own LA area) isn't even on the radar. Many hillwalkers are travelling the length and breadth of their local authority area and some just outside perfectly legally and within the spirit of the law. The spirit of the law is to be sensible and stay apart from other people, it is not to lock people up for practically no benefit.
Personally I think it is ridiculous that people in Glasgow are going to have difficulty accessing the hills possibly into may or june. Hopefully things move a lot faster than the framework suggests.