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Friday 15 May 2020

On your parks, get set, go! Millions set to try and enjoy green spaces as first weekend since lockdown eased promises to be a scorcher - and rural areas plead 'stay away'

You bet I am! A drive to a favourite spot which I was due to visit at about this time. It's in a field 'far from the maddening crowd' and I'll be there at the crack of dawn ... well before most will even have got up.

[Daily Mail]: Millions of Britons are set to try and enjoy green spaces as the first weekend since the easing of lockdown promises to be a scorcher, with rural communities begging tourists to 'stay away' for fear of being swamped by crowds.

Tomorrow marks the first day much of the nation will have time to enjoy the slackened travel restrictions brought in by Boris Johnson on Wednesday.

Many have already seized upon these freedoms and were today pictured sunbathing and exercising in parks and on beaches. And climbing temperatures pushing 70F (21C) are likely to tempt millions more outdoors this weekend after seven weeks of being cooped-up at home.

But isolated towns and villages dotted around beauty spots, which have largely managed to insulate themselves from coronavirus, are anxious about being breached if people suddenly journey to rural areas....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>>...