I've been busy nursing someone for the last three weeks. Could someone please tell me what the current restrictions are (UK)? Is there a limit on how far we are allowed from home? Thanks in advance
They are saying 2 kms but that's because for the majority of our sedentary population 2 kms is the exercise equivalent to a trip to the Moon and back. If the government had said "you can walk 15 miles or cycle 60 miles if you want" people would be out in their cars visiting beauty spots again. I don't think anybody with a brain would object to a 20 or 30 mile bike ride, alone or with one member of your isolation group.
Itās been interesting exploring more of the local area on my 10-20 mile corona rides. Has made me realise how fortunate I am to have great countryside so close. Here are two pics from the last week. The first is my Thorn by the Lune estuary, the second is high above the Conder valley today.
Have you visited the very poignant village of Sunderland Point? There was a fascinating TV programme about it a few days ago - Villages by the Sea on BBC1. They touched briefy on the locals' involvement in the slave trade and the sad story of Sambo, whose grave is on the shore behind the village. If you do ride over be prepared for your bike to get filthy with salty mud on the tidal road. You might need to take a hot shower with it later.
In your second photo there are signs of old mine workings just up the hill. I wonder if there's anything interesting like old adits?
There's a nice circular ride we do from Pilling along the sea wall to take the ferry over to Fleetwood, down the front then inland to the cafe at the country park, then past Skippool, a rather photogenic place and thence back over the Shard Bridge and back via the lanes. Done clockwise or anticlockwise depending on wind direction up the front.
