GOING LOCAL

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

The present lockdown rules say we should only leave home for a limited number of reasons. That applying to ramblers  saying we should stay local and only walk with one other, socially distanced, companion.

At the start of the second lockdown I rang the police headquarters in Hutton to ask....

"What do the police understand by the term Local ?"

"That's a good question sir."

"Have you got a good answer ?"

"Well actually,  No sir."

So the rule is as clear as the mud we often walk in ......The officer went on to assure me that they would respond sensible to people out walking judging each situation on it's merits but that they would not be happy to find us strolling along Blackpool promenade.

As decent, law abiding citizens we Meanderthals have tried to follow the official guidance. Not a single sighting of Blackpool Tower between us.

So..... "Local" is whatever you think it is but don't push your luck !