I know another covid thread feel free to ignore if you've had enough!
I know UKC is always a safe space to air those thoughts you have whilst out walking the dog (from my house as my 1 daily piece of exercise!)
There seems to be a trend of public bodies trying to restrict access to public spaces. Started by the national parks (and I get why lots of people driving around is a bad idea) but the canal and river trust have now issued a notice that "use of canal towpaths should be limited" whatever that means. There are a lot of canals in urban areas that make up a good part of the open space available to residents.
My thoughts are wouldn't it be better if there were more spaces available for people to take their exercise close to home rather than fewer? All a question of density, same number of people spread over a greater space, easier to maintain social distances. It would also reduce the "if I drive somewhere to walk I'll see fewer people argument"
My next thought came as I walked past a locked up and deserted golf course. "Look all that open space that people could use." I'll admit straight away I liked that thought because how much would annoy the golfists, I can hear them grumbling "how come they're allowed to walk round my golf course but I'm not allowed to walk round it hitting a little ball."
Anyway that was my thoughts those morning.
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