The rules are, you can meet one other person from another household. That’s you as a single person, not your household, so there are only two people. Never more than two, unless you are all from the same household. I suspect this helps young people to meet their best mate and helps those living alone to feel less isolated.
It’s about stopping large groups gathering and having to draw the line somewhere, so the rest is down to common sense! If hubby and I go out for a walk and happen to meet another couple we know, we’d stand and have a chat. We’ll probably all bend the rules slightly but better bent than broken completely.
But my point is, household groups are allowed to go to the park, provided they stay more than 2 metres apart. So what is to stop one family group sitting down and anther family group sitting 2 metres away from them? That would be allowed if they are not "socialising" but just happen to be there, but suddenly if they know each other they are breaking the rules, even if they stay 2 metres apart?
On the bank holiday Friday, like many people we had a distanced street party, where people sat in their front gardens or at the end of their driveways. We were close enough to chat to the neighbours even though we stayed on our own property or the pavement outside. As far as I know that wasn't breaking the rules, or was it if we happened to be on the pavement while talking to the neighbours, rather than on the driveway?
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13 May 2020 14:50:51
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