Hi guys
I was reading a few posts on here last night to see if I could gauge the feelings about whether travel to fells and crags is allowed under the new guidance.
Im desperate to get back to Cumbria but was unclear and the threads I read didn’t clarify the situation for me. I would have been travelling form Stoke to Cumbria (alone) and the vague guidance didn’t mention what kind of distance is relevant to the travel required to get to my outdoor open space/ place of exercise.
Eventually I emailed the police to see if they had any idea. Staffordshire constabulary were as vague as the guidance, only suggesting the spirit of the guidance was to avoid journeys. So I took the query to Cumbria constabulary whose response was another exert of govt guidance but one I had not seen and it quotes under travel that you could leave home and travel to “ exercise if you need to make a SHORT journey to do so”. This part was kindly highlighted in bold red letters.
Im no expert but a 250 mile round trip may not fit that bill so that settles that ( although I’d decided against it anyway) .
They went on to say that “ due to this advice , I would advise you not to visit Cumbria whilst these restrictions are in place”
Where I come from that reads as “ Do one”
Hope this helps anyone planning to travel and doesn’t confuse matters further. and if I’m late to the party with this info then” sorry”
Stu