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    Enforcement of the new rules on social distancing, unnecessary journeys etc.

    Unless people disregard the current rules you would still be able to take your walk, it will be those who flout them that make the rest suffer. The Scottish Chief Medical Officer has clearly made a total fool of herself and the press conference was clearly, quite rightly, uncomfortable for both...
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    Enforcement of the new rules on social distancing, unnecessary journeys etc.

    Thank goodness I am not the only one who thinks this way!
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    Enforcement of the new rules on social distancing, unnecessary journeys etc.

    I apologise if you considered I was criticising you personally for flouting the Government advice, if you are keeping to it that is good. I do however feel that we should not encourage others to loopholes in it. As with my reply to Bletchleyite I have read the law and listened to the Government...
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    Enforcement of the new rules on social distancing, unnecessary journeys etc.

    Actually I have read them and they are quite simple to understand. I also listen to what is said on TV from the Government. The restrictions on movement state you must not leave your home without reasonable excuse then list the reasonable excuses. 6 B states: to take exercise either alone or...
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    Enforcement of the new rules on social distancing, unnecessary journeys etc.

    The rules as linked to by Bletchleyite state that you must not travel except for very limited reasons which do not include for exercise. Although not mentioned in the law the advice has been not to use public transport except for essential journeys, travelling for exercise cannot be described...
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    Enforcement of the new rules on social distancing, unnecessary journeys etc.

    The rules are exercise must be taken near the persons home, getting on a train does not constitute taking a walk near home. It has been clarified that it is ok to drive a short distance which was suggested as a 5 minutes drive.
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    Trivia: Stations with surviving run-around loops?

    There was a regular weekday engineers train that used it, from memory it was late morning.
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    Enforcement of the new rules on social distancing, unnecessary journeys etc.

    I did not say it was not permissible, just an example of what he said. However your part quoting does not reflect the hole point that I was making.
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    Enforcement of the new rules on social distancing, unnecessary journeys etc.

    It strikes me that too many are Michael Gove seems to regularly give his opinion, or in the case of last week what he does, rather than give it out as official advice. Last weekend it was that he had been out food shopping then later gone out for a run.
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    Marylebone Diesel Locomorives

    November 1983 after the sleepers de-railed at Paddington the Paddington - Banbury via Wycombe service was diverted to Marylebone for a short time.
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    Dean and Dunbridge

    In class 33 days they were hourly throughout the day. The exception being the once a day service that avoided Pompy and was to/from Brighton.
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    Enforcement of the new rules on social distancing, unnecessary journeys etc.

    Yes she is not your typical old style police officer. Things have changed since Z-Cars and Dixon of Dock Green. I am more concerned as to whether she good at her job than her looks.
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    Enforcement of the new rules on social distancing, unnecessary journeys etc.

    Yesterday due to the lack of suitable train service because of the restricted service to get me from home to work I had to drive to an alternative station, rather than walk 20 mins to my home station. I needed to get fresh food so stopped on the way home at a Waitrose near the station but 25...
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    Using trains to travel to work

    Whatever the rights and wrongs of the situation at this time it is surely better for everyone to make life as easy as possible. I don't normally wear my uniform travelling to work, it avoids dealing with passengers on a different company to I work (there is still the "you work for BR or the...
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    Enforcement of the new rules on social distancing, unnecessary journeys etc.

    Keeping up a similar amount of exercise to normal is essential to good health so what you are doing is reasonable. Suddenly taking up jogging, taking long walks or riding bikes long distances because of COVID19 is not playing by the rules and possibly will unless there is a gradual increase...
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    Trivia: Less obvious stations on a through route where passenger services terminate/start

    Rumour at the time it started was a senior manager lived at Bath and worked in Brum.
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    Enforcement of the new rules on social distancing, unnecessary journeys etc.

    My travel to work today, as an essential worker, meant because of reduced train service either being an hour early or too tight on the next train. I chose to sit on a bench in a public area and read, no one came within at a guess 20metres of me whilst there, rather than sit in a busy staff room...
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    GWR court hearing advice plus complaint.

    Some postmen especially where they have a regular patch at noticing errors and placing the post in the address it is meant for rather than the one on the front of the envelope, or maybe the neighbour done the decent thing and pushed it through your door.
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    TRIVIA: Railway Crossings with unusual names!

    Claydon Crossing near Fenny Compton is better known as Big Tits Crossing

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