New national lockdown from this Wed?

SwingsitlikeHogan said:
The justification surely is that each and every situation that involves any form of social mingling and interaction has an associated transmission risk. And so for four weeks if we only do those things that we must do then the cumulative risk in the community is minimised as much as possible. It does not matter that the risk of transmission in the context of golf is considered small - it exists - and it does not take that many individuals to catch the virus in a golf context for that to result in a community transmission.

Every little counts so i think that the least that we golfers can do to help cut transmission in our communities is to put down our clubs for a month. It’s not actually a lot to ask of us compared with the sacrifices made and being made by very many others.
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Well said, particularly the last sentence
 
Ethan said:
It is fine to seek exemptions for whatever it may be, so long as you live by the verdict. People should follow the rules. Egregious violations, such as large social gatherings in Covid hot spots should be dealt with severely. More minor breaches should be dealt with proportionately, but politicians of all parties should act as role models and be religiously compliant.
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Using others faults and violations as an excuse to follow suit is no excuse IMO whatever their standing in society.
 
Old Skier said:
Reading some posts on here, rules are there to see if some people can come up with a good reason to ignore/change them :oops:
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These week Mansfield has gone from proposed stage 2, to a late stage 3 to Total lockdown. The cameras have been knocking about this week and everyone has had There say. Including the village idiots. One guy was interviewed, he openly admitted he had gone out of the area to have a beer and go to the betting shops. He was informed he had broken the law. His response was “ well laws are there to be broken innnit”.
Irrespective of whoever is in charge, there are people out there who know the rules and blatantly disregard them.
 
I find the whole thing quite bizarre. There are far more dangerous things than golf but they are deemed essential.

Either we lockdown completely or not at all.
 
Well fishing looks like it will be allowed so my son and I shall sit by the lake in a nice bivvy with hot drinks and chatting and reading for 8 hours rather than golfing for 3.5 for the next month unless it is raining.
 
Also anyone hearing anything about moving house. We have sold ours and bought another, mortgages are through, at the survey and removals stage, hoping to be in just before or after Xmas but no idea what the hell is going on really.
 
Reemul said:
Also anyone hearing anything about moving house. We have sold ours and bought another, mortgages are through, at the survey and removals stage, hoping to be in just before or after Xmas but no idea what the hell is going on really.
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Couple of "estate agent industry" websites are reporting that you can still go ahead (you could through first lockdown), waiting to see the detail in the next couple of days personally (assuming youve not exchanged obviously you still have choices/options). Will no doubt become clearer as to what the exact rules are next 48 hrs but would take advice from your conveyancing solicitor (were in a similar spot having agreed a sale and waiting to exchange)
 
fundy said:
Couple of "estate agent industry" websites are reporting that you can still go ahead (you could through first lockdown), waiting to see the detail in the next couple of days personally (assuming youve not exchanged obviously you still have choices/options). Will no doubt become clearer as to what the exact rules are next 48 hrs but would take advice from your conveyancing solicitor (were in a similar spot having agreed a sale and waiting to exchange)
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We lost our buyer 2 weeks ago, he was a Cineworld Manager, anyways we have a new buyer with a mortgage already in place, their survey is tomorrow, all our searches etc are in place and have received our mortgage offer. Not exchanged but we do not want to lose the hosue as My sister and Mother in law live 30 seconds away and means there is a lot of local support for them especially in the current climate and hosues do not come up that often in this road (Fingers crossed)
 
Reemul said:
Well fishing looks like it will be allowed so my son and I shall sit by the lake in a nice bivvy with hot drinks and chatting and reading for 8 hours rather than golfing for 3.5 for the next month unless it is raining.
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What's a little rain if you've got fresh air, good company and a big umbrella. I gather golf clubs sell them.
 
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Reemul said:
We lost our buyer 2 weeks ago, he was a Cineworld Manager, anyways we have a new buyer with a mortgage already in place, their survey is tomorrow, all our searches etc are in place and have received our mortgage offer. Not exchanged but we do not want to lose the hosue as My sister and Mother in law live 30 seconds away and means there is a lot of local support for them especially in the current climate and hosues do not come up that often in this road (Fingers crossed)
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fingers crossed for you

were chain breaking so planning on taking a rental, approx 150 miles from where we are currently (to be closer to my wifes family, we were planning on doing just before the first lockdown!), due to exchange any day soon on our sale but this weekends announcements potentially thrown things back up in the air, hard to evaluate the logistics of what shouldve been relatively straightforward with no lockdown and then xmas :(
 
Reemul said:
Well fishing looks like it will be allowed so my son and I shall sit by the lake in a nice bivvy with hot drinks and chatting and reading for 8 hours rather than golfing for 3.5 for the next month unless it is raining.
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Well, not wanting to bust your bubble, but unless something has come up lately, you may be wrong.
If it comes under " outdoor leisure activities " its banned. The Gov website doesn't specify it, as it does golf clubs and ranges, but by any standard of English it is an outdoor leisure activity.
Maybe there will be specific mention in the papers going through HoC.
Hope you have the chance to get a "tight line"
 
Swinglowandslow said:
Well, not wanting to bust your bubble, but unless something has come up lately, you may be wrong.
If it comes under " outdoor leisure activities " its banned. The Gov website doesn't specify it, as it does golf clubs and ranges, but by any standard of English it is an outdoor leisure activity.
Maybe there will be specific mention in the papers going through HoC.
Hope you have the chance to get a "tight line"
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How do you stop it? We have a few free fishing areas round here. I can just go to one of those.
 
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