Reply to: Well if that doesn't reinstate lockdown...

[AtW]

Brum is ideally distant from imminent mega-tsunami hitting beaches from every direction.

FTFY

[Old Greg]

as if people went from Birmingham to go on a beach with half a mil people ������

Brum is annoyingly distant from beaches in every direction, so Bournemouth is definitely an option. The drive isn't great but there is a direct train - and while it takes 3 hours each way, that's all drinking time.

[d000hg]

A lot safer outside - now imagine same crowds in pubs all week long

For once AtW makes a good point. Pubs are going to face a proper onslaught of lager-lager types if the weather is fine. No chance of getting drunken folk to obey rules.

Those I know are trying to set up gradual opening and so on, but the way the public act every time the sun comes out makes a huge seething throng seem pretty likely. I'll wait a week or two!

[scooterscot]

The only things social distancing on that beach are brain cells.

[Halo Jones]

This lot were not really distancing either

Liverpool

[Old Greg]

Don't listen to the nanny statists.

[Excursion UK]

I nipped down the beach for a lunchtime swim today. Busy enough - 300 people over a 1 km stretch, I reckon, but that's an advantage of a less densely populated country. Maybe some of the Dublin city beaches (and there are some really lovely beaches near the centre) will be more crowded).

I used to live in Bournemouth and it would be predictable that the stretch 200m either side Bournemouth Pier would be packed, whereas 2 km to the West, where the beach is still beautiful golden sand, it would be half deserted. It was always thus. People like to congregate closely, and can't get it into their heads that it's probably a good idea to spread out given the circumstances.

Branksome Chine through Sandbanks

[NotAllThere]

Keep track of the effective reproductive number here: https://ibz-shiny.ethz.ch/covid-19-re/ You can get the UK's figures using the navigation menu on the left.

Most recent figures available are for ten days ago, due to the way the calculations are done and the data is collected. 95% confidence interval is currently below 1, centred on 0.954.

[vetran]

Many have been saying that for years!

Take off and nuke it from orbit!

[Paralytic]

Just lock down Dorset.

Many have been saying that for years!

[LondonManc]

Just lock down Dorset.

[ladymuck]

With no one going abroad on holiday maybe will make people realise how bloody congested the UK really is.

When people do start going abroad they are supposed to self quarantine on return for 3 weeks!!!! So a nice busy summer F&*^&% everywhere in UK.

Personally I am staying away from any crowded place. Maybe China and India will start WW3 and do everyone a favour.

14 days was the quarantine, not 21

It has been announced that several countries are not subject to the arrival quarantine as of Monday.

[mallisarealperson]

Natural Selection.

With no one going abroad on holiday maybe will make people realise how bloody congested the UK really is.

When people do start going abroad they are supposed to self quarantine on return for 3 weeks!!!! So a nice busy summer F&*^&% everywhere in UK.

Personally I am staying away from any crowded place. Maybe China and India will start WW3 and do everyone a favour.

[Old Greg]

Major incident declared as people flock to England's south coast | World news | The Guardian

I nipped down the beach for a lunchtime swim today. Busy enough - 300 people over a 1 km stretch, I reckon, but that's an advantage of a less densely populated country. Maybe some of the Dublin city beaches (and there are some really lovely beaches near the centre) will be more crowded).

I used to live in Bournemouth and it would be predictable that the stretch 200m either side Bournemouth Pier would be packed, whereas 2 km to the West, where the beach is still beautiful golden sand, it would be half deserted. It was always thus. People like to congregate closely, and can't get it into their heads that it's probably a good idea to spread out given the circumstances.

[AtW]

A lot safer outside - now imagine same crowds in pubs all week long