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Yeah, I get it. Given that schools and businesses are running though it's still bullshit.
Do ride in April, enter for month x, change dates on file, problem solved.
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Yeah, I get it. Given that schools and businesses are running though it's still bullshit.
Not really, schools being in is part of a nuanced balancing act with regards to mixing vulnerable groups of people.
Put simply, kids have been mingling with the same kids/teachers for the last few months, it's probably the safest place for them if that remains stable. The main problem is that their parents have much more diverse social mixing (random people in pubs/restaurants or on public transport, large geographical distributions via workplaces, etc) which is why they are being told to isolate/wfh if possible.
If you close schools early then millions of people have to source childcare at late notice, not least a huge number of NHS staff. The most likely demographic that will take up the slack are grandparents, exactly the group that the Government is trying to isolate right now.
Yes, it's only a couple of weeks until the Easter holidays where childcare becomes an issue anyway, but I sense the Government are trying to get the over 70s isolated now in an attempt to minimise the number that then get lumped with childcare (and subsequent spike in infections and deaths in 3-4 weeks' time.)
tl;dr it's far more nuanced than "schools are businesses are running though it's still bullshit." Audax is a tiny tiny niche of a minority sport that's entirely unnecessary.
Greenbank
Strava kudos only then.
Before people say, sure some individuals would be able to go out and do a 200km DIY x GPS taking all of their food/water with them so they keep to the social distancing restrictions, but AUK can't do anything to enforce this so it runs the risk of someone doing something stupid on a ride under their auspices.
Also I doubt the AUK insurers would pay out if something went wrong, and if they don't pay out then AUK itself could be liable.
Lastly, there's the emergency cover issue. If you choose to do something like this and end up needing emergency care the Government has hinted you'd be back of the queue. Again, this is something AUK as could not be seen to be condoning/facilitating.