Covid restrictions - are you adhering or not?

[Yorick]

I sold the folding camper as the kids are too old to want to be stuck in a field with their parents for two weeks but kept our tents.
Decent UK pitches were not cheap or easy to find even before lockdown, for the price of a campsite pitch for two weeks we could get a pretty 3 bed cottage with WiFi for a week.
This year my holiday money is going into improving the garden, stuff the bun fight that will be UK holidays this year.

I always loved camping near sea, lake or river etc.
Not much fun just being in a field.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Logic would suggest that if people aren't saving up for holidays abroad they may spend more on other stuff, the money has to go somewhere.

Home improvements, if my experience is anything to go by. Basically impossible to find tradespeople ATM.

[Yorick]

My mate and his extended family all have motorhomes and they refuse to pay for sites so they do "wild camping" - basically anywhere they don't have to pay. Often they find a nice boozer with a decent carpark and tell the landlord that they'll eat and drink in there all night if they're allowed to kip in the motorhomes on the car park

We did that many times.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

My mate and his extended family all have motorhomes and they refuse to pay for sites so they do "wild camping" - basically anywhere they don't have to pay. Often they find a nice boozer with a decent carpark and tell the landlord that they'll eat and drink in there all night if they're allowed to kip in the motorhomes on the car park

You friends with pikies?

[Yorick]

My mate and his extended family all have motorhomes and they refuse to pay for sites so they do "wild camping" - basically anywhere they don't have to pay. Often they find a nice boozer with a decent carpark and tell the landlord that they'll eat and drink in there all night if they're allowed to kip in the motorhomes on the car park

You friends with pikies?

Our lass was born in a caravan

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

My mate and his extended family all have motorhomes and they refuse to pay for sites so they do "wild camping" - basically anywhere they don't have to pay. Often they find a nice boozer with a decent carpark and tell the landlord that they'll eat and drink in there all night if they're allowed to kip in the motorhomes on the car park

You friends with pikies?

Our lass was born in a caravan

So was my older sister, I'm posh, I was born in a maternity hospital 18 months later (then lived in a caravan for 7 years, we were so rough we had to wait until 1974 for a council house)

[Yorick]

You friends with pikies?

Our lass was born in a caravan

So was my older sister, I'm posh, I was born in a maternity hospital 18 months later (then lived in a caravan for 7 years, we were so rough we had to wait until 1974 for a council house)

Some pals called her the posh pikey

In her defence, her dad was building a big house in Marlow and they lived in a caravan on site.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I don't think living in a caravan was that unusual in rural 1960s Britain, there were at least 4 other families in the site we lived on, all of them had Dads that worked full time, it's just what poorer people did.

[irie]

I don't think living in a caravan was that unusual in rural 1960s Britain, there were at least 4 other families in the site we lived on, all of them had Dads that worked full time, it's just what poorer people did.

It certainly was a completely different world.

[DefTrap]

As a skint 20something the missus and I would holiday in the crap vwcamper - it was pub carparks very often, they were pleased to get the business

[Docca]

Lovely seeing small groups out tonight. I got over my initial ‘for fucks sake are you mad’ reaction in a nanosecond. Laughter and people being people. Almost there

[Noggin]

So cool to read peoples posts on FB and messages from a friend who did a TD in his Porche yesterday.

Sadly, France is probably heading for another lockdown

[Asian Boss]

You can all forget about all that Covid bollocks, yeah?

[Taipan]

Socially distanced BBQ!

[weeksy]

Two parks in Nottingham have been closed to the public after large crowds gathered, leaving rubbish and failing to socially distance.

Footage shared on social media showed people celebrating, drinking and brawling at the Arboretum on Monday.

The following day police introduced a dispersal order on parts of Nottingham to prevent large crowds gathering and an alcohol ban.

Now leader of Nottingham City Council David Mellen says he's "taken steps to prevent a repeat of the appalling scenes" by shutting the Arboretum, and Lenton Recreation Ground.

"We regret having to take this action since everyone has been looking forward to the chance to visit our parks," says Mellen.

"Sadly, the actions of a thoughtless minority has spoilt that."

At other parks in the city, patrols by community officers have been increased to help enforce the current ban on drinking in public places across Nottingham.

"None of this would be necessary if people took their own personal responsibility seriously, especially at a time when we need to be much more cautious in the way we behave and follow the gradual lifting of restrictions, if we are to hope to put this pandemic behind us," says Mellen

WTF people.

[Docca]

I guess people are only so resilient.

I’m reminded about the steppes increase in people struggling across all ages. Congregating en masse in a park is nuts, but almost understandable.

I’m hoping we’ve come a long way

[gremlin]

Look at the photo. It's the fucking litter people leave behind that BMP.

We lost the dog's tennis ball in the undergrowth in the local woods this morning. My missus saw it and told me it was 'Between the Stella can and Peroni bottle'.

Some people are just scum.

[Yorick]

Look at the photo. It's the fucking litter people leave behind that BMP.

We lost the dog's tennis ball in the undergrowth in the local woods this morning. My missus saw it and told me it was 'Between the Stella can and Peroni bottle'.

Some people are just scum.

Yeah. Stella is overrated and Peroni overpriced.

[gremlin]

Look at the photo. It's the fucking litter people leave behind that BMP.

We lost the dog's tennis ball in the undergrowth in the local woods this morning. My missus saw it and told me it was 'Between the Stella can and Peroni bottle'.

Some people are just scum.

Yeah. Stella is overrated and Peroni overpriced.

Any lager is overpriced compared to Casa Yozza.

[Noggin]

Well todays announcement isn't unexpected but it does suck

I'm hoping that Vital professional training includes the language school (3 of 4 students are there to learn for work!) - we are all sat at a proper distance and wear masks and follow all the rules (windows open in the classroom as well to help with airflow!! Really don't want that to stop!!

SO FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS - RESTRICTIONS
From Saturday evening 3rd April at 1900 hrs the whole of France will go into Restrictions currently in Paris and other selected areas.
From Sat 3rd April to 2 May Curfew from 1900 hrs to 0600hrs You will need an Attestation to be out after 1900 hrs.

Working from home reinforced and all but essential shops to be closed.
Travel within 10 km of home without Attestation allowed but over that distance, with Attestation for imperative Travel only.
NO Inter Regional Travel but from only Mon 5th April to allow leniency over Easter Weekend.
No large Gatherings

The full list of accepted reasons for being out are;
Vital professional activity, education or training
Medical appointments
Vital family reasons such as taking care of a vulnerable person or child
Vital trips out for disabled people their carers
An administrative or judicial appointment
Brief trips out to walk the dog
Shopping for essential items, collecting or delivering ordered items
Exercise – must be individual exercise within 10km of your home
Participation in an authorised gathering such as a religious service or permitted group activities in a public place

For trips out AFTER 7pm the previous curfew rules come into force, so attestations are needed, trips out for exercise are not allowed and dog walks should be limited to within 1km of home.

**School stuff**

The vaccinations are increasing. France has done a decent number of second jabs, so that's good -

A total of 3,527,481 second doses have been administered in UK ...
2 610 990 in France ...
68m to 64m ...

With luck and a following wind (and the French being willing to have the vaccine!) this is the plan -

Vaccinations will now be ramped up to take place 7 days a week with many more medical professionals such as Doctors, pharmacists, firefighters, nurses, veterinarians undertaking them.
If you are over 55 and have medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, over weight .. You can now make an appointment with your doctor, nurse or pharmacist for the AstraZeneca vaccine.
From 16 April - over 60's for vaccinations
From 15 May - vaccinations for the 50 - 60 age group
From mid-June all French people under 50
Timetable that by the end of the summer, all French people over 18 who wish, will be able to be vaccinated
Fast track envisaged for teachers, police, firemen etc alongside these dates

I've got three friends in another resort who called the local vaccine centre that I went to and got dates for Saturday and Sunday (2 are almost 50 but high BMI and the other is over 50 and just finished chemo). So they are already working more than 'usual' for France and have enough vaccine to put in people. Little wins!!



But, it really really sucks that lockdown has started again (well, from Monday!). I was fairly positive last time (a year and two weeks ago) but am not feeling that way at all this time