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Be interested to see how they will 'Close' beaches

Social distancing in Parisian cafes:

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Compared to the German version:

"Personal helicopter society defy lockdown restrictions for annual meeting." /HIGNFY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Yu56fAxXg

This is more amusing if you assume Parisians are using full body teddy outfits as PPE.

Well, probaby similar to how lockdown was enforced.

In the case of the beaches near my parents house, (very lonely and bored) police patrols and fines.

EDIT: Oh and curtain twitchers calling the police if they saw anybody sitting down for a few moments instead of obviously exercising.

Be interested to see how they will 'Close' beaches

After ten years of austerity and shrinking police numbers the simple answer is that we'd have to ask nicely. Policing is now very much by consent, they don't have the numbers to control anything other than a small crowd if it really comes to it - they Police themselves say that if we had the London riots today they'd have to stand back and leave the rioters to it.

I dunno. Surely you do it two fold;

1) physical barriers and close car parks,
2) police by identifying the most high profile beaches and station 1-5 police at the key artery points handing out £2k fines reduced to £200 if you pay within 14 days.

Nobody cares about Stonehedge running on a remote beach. What they care about is thousands of dickheads on the main beaches.

like in 2011?

three men stabbed at Bournemouth beach; No 10 says it's councils' job to manage crowds

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/jun/26/uk-coronavirus-live-visitors-social-distancing-beaches-covid-19-politics-latest-updates

From some junk mail...

"according to the Fortune 500 Outlook Survey, CEOs don’t expect things to revert to normal for a long while yet. In fact, when asked, ‘When will at least 90% of your workforce have returned to their usual place of work?’, 26% said never. That’s a quarter who believe remote working is here to stay for good!

And even those that expect their employees to return, 20.2% said this would only happen in January 2021 and 17.9% said June 2021."

Nobody cares about Stonehedge running on a remote beach.

We're still going to grass him up though, right?

Nobody cares about Stonehedge running on a remote beach.

I'm sure this is mostly true but there is not a shortage of bored pensioners with 101 predialled on their phones in the area I'm talking about.

Totally agree that the authorities won't care about my lone runs...

Snitches get stitches mother fuckers.

I'm watching you

Also, the train doesn't go to Donaghadee. Bangor is the end of the line. Could walk to Groomsport from Bangor though.

Sure, but it's only six miles from Bangor to Donaghadee.

Did you just write that in an Irish accent, Oliver?

Irish

You might get away with that talk in parts of Bangor, but not Donaghadee.

Totally agree that the authorities won't care about my lone runs...

Why would they care? Running on a beach is allowed?

Groomsport

Had to google this to check it wasn't a really weird cross between JD Sports and Moss Bros.

As do unfit people out running along the beach ;)

Have you been to the area?

The whole north coast of NI is lovely, and the scenic route is great. You can also take the train up, you won't see as much with the car but still get some views.

Get parma violet icecream if you ever make it down :)