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[Manoverboard]

without having had a Covid test 7 days prior to entering our country.

And what would that prove apart from someone proving positive/negative on that day - it certainly would not prove that they were free from Covid19 when the arrived.

And if the drivers were from the Balkan States it should be understood they ' normally ' operate on a system of bribes and false documentation.

[Onelife]

I would have thought David that if they were required to have a covid test 7 days before entering our country “with documentation” then by the time they entered our country they would or wouldn’t be showing signs of Covid

So if a person was tested seven days ago and found to not be infected (two days later) what happens if they contract the virus the day after? They may not show any signs but they could be infectious but have a piece of paper saying that they are OK.

Well David…if you want to look at it that way then it just goes to prove what I have been saying from the outset…track and trace will prove a complete waste of time until figures are in the hundreds not the thousands.

[Onelife]

without having had a Covid test 7 days prior to entering our country.

And what would that prove apart from someone proving positive/negative on that day - it certainly would not prove that they were free from Covid19 when the arrived.

And if the drivers were from the Balkan States it should be understood they ' normally ' operate on a system of bribes and false documentation.

We’ve been allowing “false documentation” undesirables into the country without check for as long as I can remember….take it up with the Government.

[Manoverboard]

We’ve been allowing “false documentation” undesirables into the country without check for as long as I can remember….take it up with the Government.

No need, we just paid the bribes but had to send a MAAAAYN to border control cos they won't deal with a woman

[Mervyn and Trish]

Ironic isn't it. Reading today's papers. On one hand moans about mixed messages on the lockdown. On the other leaks and unsubstantiated rumours about what might happen on Sunday/Monday. If the idiot hacks stuck to reporting what the government actually said instead of speculating what it might say the message would be a lot clearer.

[screwy]

You mean 2+2 =5 according to hacks.?

[Mervyn and Trish]

So now we're all going to urged to cycle and walk everywhere. I wonder how that'll work out.

[towny44]

So now we're all going to urged to cycle and walk everywhere. I wonder how that'll work out.

Especially when you live halfway into the pennine foothills, OK going down to town, but bloody hard work coming back with a pannier full of groceries.

[Mervyn and Trish]

And the average commute to work is 9 miles And 9 back. How many will walk or cycle that every day?

[towny44]

And the average commute to work is 9 miles And 9 back. How many will walk or cycle that every day?

Cycling is great in Cambridge and other flat areas, but cycling lanes on our narrow hilly roads are dangerous for cyclists, motorists and even pedestrians.

[Onelife]

I think this initiative is more about getting around towns using social distancing…as the lockdown is relaxed the more public transport will be required making social distancing difficult to adhere too. In most towns work travel probably involves no more than a few miles hence the reason the Government is asking towny to get on his bike…no pun intended.

It would clearly be impractical in rural locations.

[Happydays]

Just wait until it's raining then they won't be so keen.

[Manoverboard]

Cycling is great in Cambridge and other flat areas, but cycling lanes on our narrow hilly roads are dangerous for cyclists, motorists and even pedestrians.

Same as Darzet, flatter than your area of course but loadsa narrow, very narrow, wiggly lanes where one is at grave risk of being mown down by some lunatic tourist dashing about on their newly acquired colour matched bikes ‘n’ Lycra outfits.

[Stephen]

Why are they using the roads anyway. With all the safety kit they wear I would have thought the pavements and non cycle paths would be safer for the little mites

[Mervyn and Trish]

And the average commute to work is 9 miles And 9 back. How many will walk or cycle that every day?

Cycling is great in Cambridge and other flat areas, but cycling lanes on our narrow hilly roads are dangerous for cyclists, motorists and even pedestrians.

Agreed. Some places ok but not here either.

[david63]

I'm obviously missing something here (nothing new there I know!).

Whilst appreciating that it is not possible for everyone but surely being in a car is the perfect social distancing solution. If cycling or walking then there will always be other people around you but in a car you are all alone.

[Manoverboard]

.... and if one falls orf one's bike one will probably need another one to scrape one orf the road, less likely in a car I would have thought.

[Mervyn and Trish]

I think they're confusing saving the polar bears with saving the population.

[Manoverboard]

An update on Dorset's kn*b Eating Competition

The ' kn*b Throwing Competition ' has also been sacrificed until 2021
.

[Onelife]

I'm obviously missing something here (nothing new there I know!).

Whilst appreciating that it is not possible for everyone but surely being in a car is the perfect social distancing solution. If cycling or walking then there will always be other people around you but in a car you are all alone.

It is, l believe, as l have already said David....This move is all about releaving pressure off Town public transport in order to keep social distancing in force on them.

P.s.... lt appears the "trace and track" App experiment is falling apart.

[Stephen]

An update on Dorset's kn*b Eating Competition

The ' kn*b Throwing Competition ' has also been sacrificed until 2021
.

Sounds painful.

[barney]

Why are Dorset, Cornwall and Devon in the bottom five for covid contagion?

Compliance to social distancing?

All three counties tend to have an older than average demographic, so logic would dictate more fatalities, not less.

I wonder if they have just adhered to the guideline better

[oldbluefox]

Why are Dorset, Cornwall and Devon in the bottom five for covid contagion?

Compliance to social distancing?

All three counties tend to have an older than average demographic, so logic would dictate more fatalities, not less.

I wonder if they have just adhered to the guideline better

You can't be serious!!!
I do wonder how many of those in hospital at the moment or who have sadly died have succumbed to the virus as a consequence of ignoring the lockdown. And could this explain why some communities are more vulnerable than others?

[screwy]

Loads of cars turned up at Ainsdale beach yesterday,just what is it people don’t get.? At the beginning the government asked us to be sensible that didn’t work so introduced a ‘soft’ lock down,that’s obviously not working,. Hacks then start spouting the lockdown wasn’t hard enough from the beginning but were also spouting civil liberties. Brits just cannot be trusted, that’s the truth of it.

[Onelife]

Why are Dorset, Cornwall and Devon in the bottom five for covid contagion?

Compliance to social distancing?

All three counties tend to have an older than average demographic, so logic would dictate more fatalities, not less.

I wonder if they have just adhered to the guideline better

Hi Barney.....l think a lot of rural counties have faired better than the more populated Towns.....Shropshire certainly has... 516 infection case when l last looked.