Anyone nervous about lockdown restrictions ending?

Greetings. In certain parts of London, "Lockdown" meant nothing. Kebab and Curry Restaurants reverted to "takeaway only but it's okay if sitting down to have seconds". People gather in groups of five and hang about. They used to keep children indoors but now the children have run out of Phone Apps to play with... or something.

I have been wanting to say (moan) this publicly for a long while... in large cities some people live in East-facing Flats, and so how are they going to keep all of them indoors inbetween June-September, without starting a 'Human barbeque' en-masse...? 

I am still confused about what the stay at home advice really means.

Does it literally mean, stay at home?  Don't go out.  Or go out,  but stay in the local area and don't travel 50 miles to exercise in a national park.

Social distancing is also confusing.  2 metres?

Outside my local Waitrose people are queuing over 5 metres apart.

Yesterday at Asda, well, this certainly wasn't 2 meters.

Should we stay at home?  Like this sunbather?  

Hint, look at the attic window.

Or should we visit local parks.

This was yesterday's VE Day crowd in my local park.  Everyone enjoying the warm sunshine and still keeping their distance

I am still confused about what the stay at home advice really means.

Does it literally mean, stay at home?  Don't go out.  Or go out,  but stay in the local area and don't travel 50 miles to exercise in a national park.

Social distancing is also confusing.  2 metres?

Outside my local Waitrose people are queuing over 5 metres apart.

Yesterday at Asda, well, this certainly wasn't 2 meters.

Should we stay at home?  Like this sunbather?  

Hint, look at the attic window.

Or should we visit local parks.

This was yesterday's VE Day crowd in my local park.  Everyone enjoying the warm sunshine and still keeping their distance

(Um...Hi, just read this reply... the way it is written though, it is a bit mixed... sorry if I upset you, if I did, I did not mean it, honest... and, um, thanks for the compliment if that is what it was and as always Your pictures are excellent quality...

The thing is, I do miss being able to joke around upon this Forum. You may recall Elephant and Martian Tom and Lonewarrior and Trainspotter and Cloudy Mountains... sort of here and yet not.)

I shall call You an Ol' Rebel instead, maybe... but I always know that You are always THE Mr. Mathematical Photographer. I am better at writing things when I think no-one is watching.)

Glad that You are still keeping on. Best Wishes from Me.

You are calling me a rascal,  now, I feel a bit hurt.

You started on this website claiming to be unsure how to write and communicate on this genre. Yet you have turned out to be an articulate and accomplished writer.

At Mr. Robert123... You ol' rascal, You, replying at Me with these pictures - are You inviting Me to say (moan) stuff directly at You... 

"Stay at home" was originally said basically because the GVT (Government) cannot be bothered to think about just how different everyone is. Stay at home, do nothing, wait it out... blanket-imagination is everyone doing just that, nibbling a biscuit every now-and-then, just to keep going. But then it was revealed that We had to do "private" things everyday, hence the stockpiling of Loo Roll.

Then it was revealed that maybe some people did things that could not be done over the Internet... so the GVT put cash and Helplines in place to compensate them, which was completely not enough, and now they are worried about their "Economy".

Then, all of a sudden, it was realised that People were important to the economy, and needed "essential services" - the GVT was not such an essential service after all (Shock, Horror!!). So PPE and Buses and Oxygen could not shut down, because the Internet is not a real thing compared to these real things which real people need. So social distancing is enforced, but they still really want people to stay at home really... so that sort of brings my saying (moaning) stuff full-circle, there.

I can write a lot more of this kind of waffle if anyone wants to read it... I was initially scared and worried that "lockdown" meant exactly like a War Situation, yet thus far I *can* at least step outside the boundaries of where I live without a Van full of Police arriving to throw Me in jail for a Month... so far.

Stay at home! Save Lives! The Internet is All You Need Now! (Unless You are living in a Mansion.)

I find the govt messages confusing too. Personally if I didn't have a dog to walk I wouldn't go anywhere but I do and he's a large active breed so there's no way he can't have exercise for months. so given that I have to be as careful as possible. Luckily I live rurally , its my understanding you can only get it from an infected person coughing or breathing near you.

I go out really early so we're first to the fields I don't touch anything anyone else has touched. I use a mobility scooter anyway cos I can't walk enough to manage the dogs daily walks (arthritis is knees) so I stay on that and no-one else uses that except me.  I usually don't see anyone on the walk other than the odd jogger in the distance or maybe another early morning dog walker but I keep a large distance away from anyone.

Shopping and prescriptions (and other deliveries) get left outside my door. Only other contact is brother coming to cut grass and drop off food. we chat from a distance through the back door (into the garden, which is glass).  I've been doing this since early march and had no symptoms yet of anything (other than stiff painful knees!).

I won't be going to any pubs this year even if they do open before xmas. Hoping to be able to go to brothers for a BBQ at some point in the summer where we can sit in the garden with plenty of space for a longer chat for a couple of hours and still see him xmas day so hopefully there's no second wave hitting us by xmas!