• Interesting to hear how limited some people are being.

    I'm towards the other end of the spectrum I guess (but a long way from those I see taking the piss).

    On the restrictive side:-

    • I'm WFH and haven't been into the office since March
    • I have no problems wearing a mask when required/requested but don't wear one everywhere I'm out
    • I sanitise my hands more often than others I see (e.g. entering shops/pubs/etc)
    • I think I've used public transport < 10 times since March and never at peak times
    • I have the NHS app and have no problem running it all the time

    On the reckless side:-

    • I have a child in full time education (Y6) and is mixing with the other 28 people in her class (but years are kept apart as much as they can)
    • She's had friends over for playdates and she has gone to friends houses or local parks/etc
    • I play 5-a-side football twice a week, which involves direct physical contact with others (one of the games is properly competitive) but we are reminded to sanitise hands after playing and I'm good at not touching my face anyway
    • I go to the pub after 5-a-side with up to 5 others (that I've just been playing with) but we're sat outside - we might have had 7 of us for 15 minutes once (call the cops!)
    • There might be another pub visit (inside) at the weekend with friends for a meal
    • I've been going swimming 3 times a week indoors but the pool has all the "Covid secure" practices and I follow them
    • I've been doing a spinning class once a week (indoors again) albeit with machines >2m apart
    • I've donated blood twice since March, both times at the donor centre at the local hospital
    • I go out running 3 times a week (obviously no mask) but pick routes where I can maintain social distancing and have no problems stopping to let people through the few places that are bottlenecks
    • I go to the local supermarket 2 or 3 times a week - this is up from one big shop every 2 weeks and then a couple of top ups for perishables - no chance of getting a delivery here

    The playdates, spinning class, indoor pub visits with friends will all go away from Saturday and we've moved a restaurant booking with friends (again, parents of a child in my daughter's class) to tomorrow night from Saturday night to avoid cancelling it completely.

    I'll comply with the new rules but, as kl put it, more in terms of a "doing 30 in a 30 is still legal" sense.

    If we still can (i.e. the restrictions don't get stricter) we'll still be going on a mini half-term break to Kent for a few days.

    Whilst I'm doing all of the above I'm avoiding visiting my family. If I did want to visit my parents then I'd plan it properly and hunker down for 2 weeks properly before going to see them (but the rules pretty much prohibit it now anyway so it's a moot point).

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