When the lockdown ends

collinn replied on 30/04/2020 15:31

Posted on 30/04/2020 15:31

I know Boris does not like to hear this but the lockdown is being pushed by economics,  I live on the edge of Manchester and can see a marked increase in traffic as more people go back to work. More shops and small buisineses have opened and even the bigger food takeaway chains are talking of opening all of them following strict guidelines.  Many shops etc have been open all along. Even talk of football matches being played. 

The club should now be looking at the possibilities of how the sites can be run under strict guidelines.  There is not going to be a magic date when everything returns to normal as there will not be a normal as we used to know but a new normal of which all organisations such as CAMC should be prepared for.  If  any preparations are being made we should know about them and  be given a chance to comment and submit suggestion.  This is not what the club is used to but does what it wants and if it does not listen to its members it will see the membership numbers fall. 

JUST LOOK AT THE MEMBERS COMMENTS AND FOR ONE PUT A COMMENT THERE WILL BE MANY WHO WILL THINK WHY BOTHER AND JUST NOT RENEW MEMBERSHIP.

Colin H

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replied on 23/05/2020 17:43

Posted on 23/05/2020 17:06 by moulesy

"They may have had family of their own that they did not want to leave behind ,"

So instead they invite someone who already has the virus to travel the length of the country to join them? undecided

Posted on 23/05/2020 17:43

No, presumably her parents said you can isolate here without coming into contact and the sister/whatever was available to look after the child if needed.

Had the sister gone down to London would she have needed separate accommodation/kitchen to isolate from Cummings and co? If so do you think that the press would not have picked up on that? 

Oneputt replied on 23/05/2020 17:43

Posted on 23/05/2020 17:29 by

I have broke non, not seen my family since the start and dont know when I will again.

Likewise unlike you I dont go out on patrol looking for rule breakers to photograph and report on here yet you are defending the very person who set up the rules for others to obey.

Posted on 23/05/2020 17:43

Except of course he didn’t ‘set up’ the rules he isn’t a politician so isn’t part of the government

replied on 23/05/2020 17:47

Posted on 23/05/2020 17:40 by Rufs

well that is your choice, i believe it is perfectly within the rules to see your family in a public place, e.g. out walking providing you keep to social distancing, so you really do not need to deprive yourself of this pleasure.

as for reporting on here, i only try to highlight how guidelines/rules are being broken and how foolish this maybe, in fact judging by recent figures some of what i have seen possibly was not all bad and that getting out in the sunshine and fresh air has proved beneficial, long may it continue, hopefully.

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replied on 23/05/2020 17:49

Posted on 23/05/2020 17:40 by Rufs

well that is your choice, i believe it is perfectly within the rules to see your family in a public place, e.g. out walking providing you keep to social distancing, so you really do not need to deprive yourself of this pleasure.

as for reporting on here, i only try to highlight how guidelines/rules are being broken and how foolish this maybe, in fact judging by recent figures some of what i have seen possibly was not all bad and that getting out in the sunshine and fresh air has proved beneficial, long may it continue, hopefully.

Posted on 23/05/2020 17:49

If my eldest daughter had not moved a couple of years ago I would be happy for her to sit in the back garden and converse despite the fact that she is vulnerable due to heart problems. The covered area of our patio is 24 feet long and plenty of room to maintain distance. 

Rufs replied on 23/05/2020 17:53

Posted on 23/05/2020 17:49 by

If my eldest daughter had not moved a couple of years ago I would be happy for her to sit in the back garden and converse. The covered area of our patio is 24 feet long and plenty of room to maintain distance. 

Posted on 23/05/2020 17:53

exactly, and we have a side gate so no need to enter the bungalow, and everybody left when it was time for the loo laughing

moulesy replied on 23/05/2020 17:55

Posted on 23/05/2020 17:55

Last word from me on the Cummings situation - possibly the worst aspect is that it was an awful lapse in judgement and is going to undermine the government's message for some time to come.

Question - since this occurred after the lockdown was introduced and before the recent easing - when is an "instruction"  not an instruction?

Enjoy tomorrow's sunshine everyone - anything goes now apparently!  smile

brue replied on 23/05/2020 17:57

Posted on 23/05/2020 17:43 by

No, presumably her parents said you can isolate here without coming into contact and the sister/whatever was available to look after the child if needed.

Had the sister gone down to London would she have needed separate accommodation/kitchen to isolate from Cummings and co? If so do you think that the press would not have picked up on that? 

Posted on 23/05/2020 17:57

The press will have gleefully been sitting on this for quite a time. wink

Rufs replied on 23/05/2020 18:00

Posted on 23/05/2020 18:00

Question - since this occurred after the lockdown was introduced and before the recent easing - when is an "instruction" not an instruction?

simple really, it was an instruction and as i understand it not a law, so no criminal offence committed, but we are both right , he was a naughty boy, it is just that my punishment is not so severe as yours laughing 

replied on 23/05/2020 18:02

Posted on 23/05/2020 17:53 by Rufs

exactly, and we have a side gate so no need to enter the bungalow, and everybody left when it was time for the loo laughing

Posted on 23/05/2020 18:02

everybody left when it was time for the loo 

There would have been no need to do that as all doors would have been open, no need to close the toilet door with everybody outside and daughter always washes hands before touching her face after going to the loo wink

I also visited my neighbours garden yesterday to wring the neck of a young starling that had been lying on its back for 30 mins after hitting a window and when assisted to stand just fell again.

Rufs replied on 23/05/2020 18:16

Posted on 23/05/2020 18:16

There would have been no need to do that as all doors would have been open, no need to close the toilet door with everybody outside and daughter always washes hands before touching her face after going to the loo

even better if i had thought about it, the caravan is on a hard standing at the side of the bungalow so could have used the onboard toilet, which is primed as we should have been in Spain just now,  thanks for info, made me think it out a bit more laughing also which reminds me, once all this lock down etc has ended we are off to Spain, caravan sat ready and waiting .

do hope you get your Christmas break away , Southport i think, born and bred in Blackburn so used to cycle to Southport for the day and scrump apples on the way home, happy days laughing

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