The site seems to be working now. Having checked I know my area is to be Tier 2 but I'd be hard pressed to summarise all the rules. The main thing seems to be that we can't meet anybody inside except our son who lives on his own and has consented to make a support bubble with us. Otherwise we can only socialise outside and only in a group of 6 or fewer.
I'm actually meeting quite a lot of people at the moment because I'm building a house. Monday it was bricklayers, Tuesday my project manager and the boss of the scaffolding company, today scaffolders, tomorrow or Saturday some groundworkers to do some concreting.
In other contexts I have met or arranged to meet several other people in connection with local matters e.g. village hall refurbishment plans.
I don't regard any of this as primarily social but it isn't my work. I try to keep a bit of distance but none of them seem to notice.
In theory the builders are operating with appropriate measures, in practice I think they are doing what they always do. Most arrive in a shared van or car, they share the portable toilet, they work side by side. COVID has never been mentioned in any of our conversations.
In tier 3, the 6 maximum outdoor socialising applies but excludes gardens. I infer that this is simply designed to reduce the total number of contacts but I predict much grumbling and non-compliance from people who can't see the difference between meeting in a private garden and in a park.
Whilst appreciating the community responsibility here, I think a lot of people just aren't going to engage with these rules.
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