Longbower Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 I am still transporting 'essential workers' children to day centers and back , by mini bus . And I still maybe , right through Easter. (No PPE , except some spray , and Wipes). The teachers at the school/day center, seem to feel the lock down will continue for some considerable time. I have to drive through Delamere Forest , four times a day , and in this weather its like the 'Tour de France', with some folk who need a 'wide load' sticker on the back of the saddle. Obviously regular cyclists 🙄 !! And today , lots of Horse riders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 One of the ‘inmates’ where I’m working at the moment is obviously heading somewhere this weekend, if the medium sized suitcase I saw her putting in a car this morning is anything to go by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTaylor91 Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 On the dog walk today I witnessed an obvious amateur having a riding lesson. The horse bolted, she was thrown off and received a bit of a trampling for good measure. How stupid do you have to be to: A) give a riding lesson B) have a riding lesson while we are in a lockdown. My horsey other half helpfully commented that she would of stayed on if she had just sat up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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old man Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 17 hours ago, Mice! said: I'm hoping the police have road blocks out this weekend and anyone out without a genuine reason are punished I love your optimism Mice. Thanks for reversing my negative thoughts.😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 1 hour ago, JTaylor91 said: On the dog walk today I witnessed an obvious amateur having a riding lesson. The horse bolted, she was thrown off and received a bit of a trampling for good measure. How stupid do you have to be to: A) give a riding lesson B) have a riding lesson while we are in a lockdown. My horsey other half helpfully commented that she would of stayed on if she had just sat up. There is a stable yard near me run by an experienced person who rides horses allot, she has fallen of more time than ive had my leg over, had more accidents in her car than ive been drunk. Experienced riders still come off, the yard that my Mrs has her horse on is on shut down, but then thats run by someone with common sense, and being fair to the Mrs she has plenty too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTaylor91 Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Dougy said: There is a stable yard near me run by an experienced person who rides horses allot, she has fallen of more time than ive had my leg over, had more accidents in her car than ive been drunk. Experienced riders still come off, the yard that my Mrs has her horse on is on shut down, but then thats run by someone with common sense, and being fair to the Mrs she has plenty too. Horse people are a weird bunch. My other half has got on horses that she knows are going to throw her off. Thankfully she’s packed it in for the foreseeable as we have a baby on the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted April 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 So I've just driven home, driving is such a pleasure when the roads are quiet, normally at night. I can best describe the roads as like an early Sunday morning, cars about but not many, normally driving along the M6 on a sunny Thursday afternoon before Good Friday would be carnage, there would be tail backs forever but not tonight. Hopefully it shows that people are going to stay home and not head out for the weekend, but there have been several reports today of people being turned away from the Lakes, having a cannoe on your roof isn't exactly subtle is it? @NatureBoy driving along the A590 I suddenly thought why is my car making all this noise? Then suddenly boom, a Chinook came over the top of me really low, I had the sunroof up and windows down so it made quite a racket, for those that know the area it carried on following the road then went out across Grange and the Bay, never seen one in the area before. The other thing I noticed was that there was loads of dead stuff on the roads despite the traffic being light, 2 badgers, 2 squirrels a fox lots of smeared feather and fur patches, lost count of the numbers of pheasants and on the M6 a brace of mallard side by side! Arrived home to happy smiling children and home made cake 😁 Stay safe, sain and at home everyone and hope it rains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 The roads are quite busy around here, but with cyclists, riders and walkers. You’ve got to take these country lanes pretty steady at the best of times, but with all this going on there are more walkers than I’ve ever seen. Entire families out at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 We are quite rural but the cyclepaths are out in force by us, most ignoring the guidance. It is busy at the weekend at best of times but it is everyday at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord v Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 Pretty dead around here. I have been walking over the M5 as part of my daily stroll, traffic about the same as a very early Sunday morning and mainly HGVs and light vans. For 4pm on a Thursday before a good Friday that's pretty stunning. Despite all the belly aching, griping and chest thumping to the contrary I think the message is sinking into 95% of the population. Tons of walkers though, quite nice tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted April 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 37 minutes ago, Lord v said: Tons of walkers though, quite nice tbh. And people are mostly being polite and giving each other space, saying hello. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 I've been out a couple of times this week to do some work and the A14 trunk road local to me has been pretty devoid of anything other than lorries, delivery vehicles and trade vans. I've been combining my daily exercise, mental health therapy & dog walks doing a security patrol on our shoot's land most afternoons and have been kicking out no end of walkers. It's not the usual dog walkers, you can tell they look like fish out of water - it's people who normally never go out for country walks and just think they can get away with wandering along a track that "looks like a footpath" even though there is clear signage telling them they are not welcome. Had one woman arguing the toss with me yesterday whilst my 3 year old son was leaning out the passenger side window heckling them shouting stuff like"NO! these are DADDY'S woods not YOUR woods!" 😅😅 Oh and the cyclists.....if I have to stare at many more men's bums in lycra wiggling away at me whilst I wait for a safe place to overtake them I think I'm gonna puke!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesj Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 I had to go out last night and was surprised to see how many cars where out on the roads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 16 minutes ago, bluesj said: I had to go out last night and was surprised to see how many cars where out on the roads! Same here many more cars than previous days, many with families in them. My son said that on the latest Skype with his mates they were describing the lack of following the government advice to be now called the "Jenrick manoeuvre" 🍋's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 33 minutes ago, old man said: Same here many more cars than previous days, many with families in them. My son said that on the latest Skype with his mates they were describing the lack of following the government advice to be now called the "Jenrick manoeuvre" 🍋's Since the lockdown started the local Co-op shop is much busier, hopefully people shopping without driving and we have a black Audi estate with a couple in who seem to visit relatives for 4 nights and then go again, only to re-appear, obviously essential means different things to different people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 15 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Since the lockdown started the local Co-op shop is much busier, hopefully people shopping without driving and we have a black Audi estate with a couple in who seem to visit relatives for 4 nights and then go again, only to re-appear, obviously essential means different things to different people! hello, same here dave, a whole family of 6 turned up to one neighbour, over 70 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 The only real issue I've seen several instances of are young teenagers out and about around town on bikes in groups of six or more - I passed a group coming the other way right outside the Police Station yesterday afternoon. I was on a bike myself, riding solo, combining my daily exercise with delivering a bike I'd just sold to a friend locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Walking the dog this morning, I noticed three classic soft top MG’s coming through the village. Met three cyclists yesterday on our walk out. Nothing special about that you might say, but all three had bells....and used them! No Lycra in sight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesj Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 3 hours ago, old man said: Same here many more cars than previous days, many with families in them. My son said that on the latest Skype with his mates they were describing the lack of following the government advice to be now called the "Jenrick manoeuvre" 🍋's Been out again this morning and its like a normal Sunday (it is sunday isn't it) morning! the only difference is the cycle racers are spread out a long the road and not in a bunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Scully said: Walking the dog this morning, I noticed three classic soft top MG’s coming through the village. Met three cyclists yesterday on our walk out. Nothing special about that you might say, but all three had bells....and used them! No Lycra in sight! I'm not really sure why so many people seem to have an issue with lycra - is it really a problem? Our club had a virtual ride on zwift this morning, with the discord app we were able to make it far more social than if we'd been out in the real world on a group ride. There is also an elastic band feature where everyone sticks together regardless of effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 26 minutes ago, Raja Clavata said: I'm not really sure why so many people seem to have an issue with lycra - is it really a problem? Our club had a virtual ride on zwift this morning, with the discord app we were able to make it far more social than if we'd been out in the real world on a group ride. There is also an elastic band feature where everyone sticks together regardless of effort. Elastic band feature? Can I join in then as I’m a bit slow on me new bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Just now, Jaymo said: Elastic band feature? Can I join in then as I’m a bit slow on me new bike Not a problem so long as your outfit meets the prerequisite standard for minimum allowed lycra content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 No Lycra, but Ditchie did buy me some nice leather/pvc gear once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Just now, Jaymo said: No Lycra, but Ditchie did buy me some nice leather/pvc gear once Not even your underpants!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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