Obviously, it is what is generally meant by your post code, but even if you went to the full six you’d get further than the end of your garden/balcony/block of flats unless you’re incredibly wealthy.
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Not sure about you, but I personally can’t exercise in any way shape or form unless I’ve driven 5 miles and stopped off to get a coffee.
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The definition over here if local was walking distance from your home. (I would walk 2 hours or so)
All playgrounds, tennis courts, and group sports were prevented. You were prevented from fishing or any water sports due to risk.
You could only travel in cars to go to your nearest supermarket, petrol station or pharmacists. You could not travel by car for any recreation.
Because I lived in a rural location I got stopped virtually every time I drove my car. Once 4 times in a trip to a supermarket.
For me it was the correct way. Half arsed measures get half arsed results.
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And The Proclaimers would walk 500 miles.
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Did they stop off to get a coffee? My impression was that they’d brought coffee from their respective homes, in flasks.
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Sure, and if that was the case here then they would clearly have been in breach.
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Going by the photo, they’re both carrying take away cups from a certain shitty chain coffee shop.
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Gees you lot are making me feel guilty about today’s bike ride now.
You’re forcing me to be fat.
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I think someone’s telling porkies. The shortest distance from Ashby-de-la-Zouche in Leicestershire, to Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire, (via the nearest Starbucks) is at least 9.6 miles. 
By a remarkable coincidence both traumatised young ladies are pictured holding their respective coffee cups so that the coffee company logo is clearly visible!
As we used to say in the street of shame, never let the truth get in the way of a good story. 
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Tbf, from the Starbucks in Ashby De La Zouch to Foremark Reservoir is just under 5 miles as the crow flies.
I think I should also mention another factor in my defence of the two women.
They’re hot, your honour.
The defence rests.
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UK is doing comparatively well on vaccines, albeit many countries have found that a slow start is part of the process and the UK was one of the earliest starters. But the current daily rate is getting through the population faster than the vast majority of countries. The real star is Israel, though. The end is pulling into sight for them.
Here, in the classic Canadian tradition, the Federal government is responsible for securing the vaccine supply and the Provinces are responsible for the vaccination program, as well as most public health measures. So, in early December the Provinces were blaming the Feds for being slow to get the vaccine, quite possibly to move the focus onto something they were not responsible for. Then vaccines started arriving, the Provinces had a slow start, and Trudeau happily pointed the finger. Now the Provinces have momentum and are renewing blaming the Feds as they run out of vaccines.
Sort of a Hegelian way at arriving at a joined-up system.
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I’ve been wanting to point out, I can see why the Police Officers ‘surrounded’ them, but I didn’t want to be accused of being inappropriate. You can’t be too careful these days.
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Agree
At first glance I like the one in the foreground, but as you realllly study the photo in depth the one in the background has something about her…ahem…
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Yeah, slow start in Germany as well. Apparently part of that is that they’ve mostly concentrated on mobile teams that vaccinate in elderly care homes thus far, so the big vaccination centres have only just started going or will soon. They’re also currently holding back half of the vaccines for the second dose. Not sure if they’re not overly cautious on that tbh. I don’t even mean that they should necessarily do the delayed strategy, but to just sit on 50% because of fear that there might be shortages in supply seems a bit too much, but I could be wrong there of course.
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Don’t be so stuck up, go to Aldi or Lidl, there’s one on every other corner and much closer than tesco.
Yes, much smaller population though. They’ve done less vaccinations and at a rate of around 70,000 a day, but it’s getting a good amount of the population vaccinated with 21% of the population already having received at least one dose.
UAE is at 12%
Bahrain at 5%
UK 4th at 4%
USA 3%
Italy 1.2%
Spain 0.9%
Canada 0.9%
Germany 0.7%
China 0.7%
France 0.2%
I’ve rounded some of the above numbers.
My local Aldi and Lidl are a bit further away for me but we do go there occasionally. On the way back from Waitrose, obviously.
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I read that they’ve requested more but the EU Commission has said that countries can’t have more than other EU states, which makes sense if the rates of infection were all equal, but they’re not.
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