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Walking
May 10, 2020 12:39:03 GMT
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Post by questionable on May 10, 2020 12:39:03 GMT
I was coaxed out yesterday to have walk with a friend, lots and lots of people out and all seemed in good will and actually smiling and acknowledging one another with pleasantries. Once, if things return to normal it’ll be sad that we lose the getting out more as people will return to their normal lives
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Post by somersetstokie on May 10, 2020 12:50:49 GMT
Shared activities seem to bring people out of their shells to some extent. As you say if out walking, there has been a different feeling during the lockdown period, and people who wouldn't normally perhaps give you a second glance, or walk by you whilst looking at the ground to avoid eye contact, now politely thank you for properly "distancing" or even greet you enthusiatically with a warm hello. We now recognise individual's motivations to be out and about and people seem to connect more.
It is always been like this in some activities. I go on the canals a lot, and boaters commonly say hello and share a few words as their barges pass, because they see other canal users as sharing a common bond and experience. This cameraderie has now seemingly extended to other outdoor encounter situations.
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Post by lordb on May 10, 2020 14:15:10 GMT
Lady b and I have been walking every day (bar two) since lockdown. Have walked miles and miles around where we live discovering places we didn't know we're there and rediscovering others. Without fail people have been friendly all whilst social distancing.
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Post by raythesailor on May 10, 2020 22:25:50 GMT
Walking ( which I have been doing daily for many years) is now becoming a dangerous pass time as more and more people are cycling and don’t have a clue.
Two separate incidents in my village yesterday of cyclists breaking ankles. ?
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Post by elystokie on May 11, 2020 8:47:09 GMT
Walking ( which I have been doing daily for many years) is now becoming a dangerous pass time as more and more people are cycling and don’t have a clue. Two separate incidents in my village yesterday of cyclists breaking ankles. ? Sounding a bit 'Midsomer' ish is that, needs keeping an eye on in case things escalate. More than 300 murders they've had there and it's only been a village for just over 20 years!
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Post by somersetstokie on May 11, 2020 9:02:57 GMT
Walking ( which I have been doing daily for many years) is now becoming a dangerous pass time as more and more people are cycling and don’t have a clue. Two separate incidents in my village yesterday of cyclists breaking ankles. ? What? The cyclist's own ankles or some one elses? The thing is there is no established etiquette of behaviour. Other walkers, of which there are now many, you can see coming and can accomodate. But cyclists seem to believe that the paths were put there just for them and they have some sort of priority. They all, without exception, try to intimidate walkers and just expect them to get out of the way so that they don't have to dismount themselves. Obviously coming up behind you at speed is a major concern. And what happened to bells on bikes as a warning of approach. (See the book, "Cycling Profficiency" by Isabel Necessary.) I thought that the fitting of some sort of audible aleret device was a legal requirement for road bikes. Maybe we now need a Government issue "route map" to set out behavioural procedures and guidelines for those using paths, parks and outdoor exercise amenities.
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Walking
May 11, 2020 9:13:09 GMT
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Post by Dutchpeter on May 11, 2020 9:13:09 GMT
Walking ( which I have been doing daily for many years) is now becoming a dangerous pass time as more and more people are cycling and don’t have a clue. Two separate incidents in my village yesterday of cyclists breaking ankles. ? What? The cyclist's own ankles or some one elses? The thing is there is no established etiquette of behaviour. Other walkers, of which there are now many, you can see coming and can accomodate. But cyclists seem to believe that the paths were put there just for them and they have some sort of priority. They all, without exception, try to intimidate walkers and just expect them to get out of the way so that they don't have to dismount themselves. Obviously coming up behind you at speed is a major concern. And what happened to bells on bikes as a warning of approach. (See the book, "Cycling Profficiency" by Isabel Necessary.) I thought that the fitting of some sort of audible aleret device was a legal requirement for road bikes. Maybe we now need a Government issue "route map" to set out behavioural procedures and guidelines for those using paths, parks and outdoor exercise amenities. A bell is a legal requirement on a bike when it’s sold (so I believe). Audible alert on a cycle can be as simple as using your voice on approach. I refitted my bell as I can warn pedestrians from many yards away, because using my voice just seemed to scare people.
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Walking
May 11, 2020 10:10:10 GMT
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Post by crowey on May 11, 2020 10:10:10 GMT
.... I remember being in Innsbruck many years ago happily pushing the stroller (with our young daughter in it) through the park down what we thought was a footpath, until we heard what we thought was some insane Austrian woman shouting at us and madly ringing the bell on her bicycle. Then we looked down and saw that there were only images of bikes on the ground - no footprints
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Post by somersetstokie on May 11, 2020 12:35:34 GMT
.... I remember being in Innsbruck many years ago happily pushing the stroller (with our young daughter in it) through the park down what we thought was a footpath, until we heard what we thought was some insane Austrian woman shouting at us and madly ringing the bell on her bicycle. Then we looked down and saw that there were only images of bikes on the ground - no footprints Perhaps they needed to add some of those crime scene outlines of dead pedestrians!
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