Went for my first “ not to work “ ride yesterday! Did feel very naughty Frozen when I got home, big smile was worth it!
I went out for my first post lockdown ride today. The ride itself was fine, I didn't go very far and it was nice to blow away those stuck at home for 7 weeks cobwebs. It seems however that the local councils around where I live are very anti people travelling to the coastal resorts especially this coming weekend. Signs have gone up 'Is your journey necessary' and stuff like that. I also noticed a few coppers in marked cars (not speed camera vans) at junctions on roads leading to the coast. Scarborough and Brid are closed according to the councils. I'm not sure what to make of all this. OK, I live near the coast so I guess I'm very lucky in that respect, but I personally have no issue with people in cars or bikes coming now Boris has given the OK providing they socially distance of course. As a biker myself I've seen a lot of comments on Faceache from Bikers saying they don't know whether to come or not with many angry at the attitude of the councils. What do you guys/gals think of this?
I think it's quite right that the councils try and protect their own, the journey to get to an exercise or leisure location should be to a remote location not to a point where hundreds of people are likely to gather Seaside towns are often populated by an ageing population who have limited access to health care so why would you want to take your potentially infected carcass to such a place, find a nice remote spot to stop at and go explore instead of the standard biking and holiday locations
Wouldn't it be refreshing if decisions were made for the benefit and freedom of the decent majority, and policing and law enforcement was aimed at the minority of twats who spoil and interfere with the lives of the majority.
The law is the important thing. Anything else is guidance, or a request, or someone getting it wrong. The law (England) >> https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/introduction The part that we are concerned with >> https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/regulation/6 Restrictions on movement 6.—(1) During the emergency period, no person may leave or be outside of the place where they are living without reasonable excuse. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a reasonable excuse includes the need— (a)to obtain basic necessities, including food and medical supplies for those in the same household (including any pets or animals in the household) or for vulnerable persons and supplies for the essential upkeep, maintenance and functioning of the household, or the household of a vulnerable person, including from any business listed in Part 3 of Schedule 2; (aa)to obtain money from or deposit money with any business listed in paragraphs 33 or 34 of Schedule 2; (ab)to collect goods which have been ordered from a business in any way permitted under regulation 5(1)(a); (b)to take exercise— (i)alone, (ii)with one or more members of their household, or (iii)with one member of another household; (ba)to visit a public open space for the purposes of open-air recreation to promote their physical or mental health or emotional wellbeing— (i)alone, (ii)with one or more members of their household, or (iii)with one member of another household; (c)to seek medical assistance, including to access any of the services referred to in paragraph 37 or 38 of Schedule 2; (d)to provide care or assistance, including relevant personal care within the meaning of paragraph 7(3B) of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 F7, to a vulnerable person, or to provide emergency assistance; (e)to donate blood; (f)to work or to provide voluntary or charitable services, where it is not reasonably possible for that person to work, or to provide those services, from the place where they are living; (g)to attend a funeral of— (i)a member of the person's household, (ii)a close family member, or (iii)if no-one within sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii) are attending, a friend; (ga)to visit a burial ground or garden of remembrance, to pay respects to a member of the person’s household, a family member or friend; (h)to fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings; (i)to access critical public services, including— (i)childcare or educational facilities (where these are still available to a child in relation to whom that person is the parent, or has parental responsibility for, or care of the child); (ii)social services; (iii)services provided by the Department for Work] and Pensions; (iv)services provided to victims (such as victims of crime); (j)in relation to children who do not live in the same household as their parents, or one of their parents, to continue existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children, and for the purposes of this paragraph, “parent” includes a person who is not a parent of the child, but who has parental responsibility for, or who has care of, the child; (k)in the case of a minister of religion or worship leader, to go to their place of worship; (l)to undertake any of the following activities in connection with the purchase, sale, letting or rental of a residential property— (i)visiting estate or letting agents, developer sales offices or show homes; (ii)viewing residential properties to look for a property to buy or rent; (iii)preparing a residential property to move in; (iv)moving home; (v)visiting a residential property to undertake any activities required for the rental or sale of that property; (m)to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm. (n)to use a waste or recycling centre.
After you’d been through Millers Dale Al you could have called at Yondermann Cafe for some decent grub
Went out with a mate yesterday. Bristol to Weymouth (we both lived there for a while), Portland Bill, Bridport and home. Lots of lorries on the roads not too much other traffic. Weymouth was bizarre, riding down the front, beach taped off, police vans and cars. About 15 officers preventing people going onto the sand. A hundred yards or so down the beach and it was open. Made me think perhaps the unexploded bomb that woman found was the cause rather than covid nonsense. Sunny but fresh. Met a guy on a GROM who insisted on telling us he had it because it fitted in his Transit connect so he could take it to the TT there wasnt any sort of build up to this. Perhaps the wag who walked by calling out "Dont park there too long lads your bikes will shrink!" precipitated it. Only downer was the fact that my anodised blue gear lever lived up to its Chinese manufacturing quality and snapped about 20 miles from home. All safely negotiated in 5th gear. Made a new steel one when i got home.
I forgot to post the pic of my thruxton, taken in Nantwich by the mere today. Lovely spot in the summer to stop when the ice cream van is in attendance. Sadly today no ice cream
Hi can I ask you have a triumph thurxton what year as I have got one 2016 with 21miles on it regards tonyinnotts
Mine is registered 2019 (69 plate), I have no idea when it was actually built. Is yours preregistered? If it is and only the dealer owned then you likely have goodun ...
New English regulations today. Yeaterday >>>> https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/regulation/6 Restrictions on movement 6.—(1) During the emergency period, no person may leave or be outside of the place where they are living without reasonable excuse Changes (PDF) >>>> http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/558/pdfs/uksi_20200558_en.pdf From today (6) For regulation 6, substitute— 6.—(1) No person may, without reasonable excuse, stay overnight at any place other than the place where they are living. Freedom!