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It does seem to open up a loophole if you want to hold a gathering for 30 people, as long as you state it is for one of these reasons. On no account should you make the mistake of telling the neighbours it's a birthday party.You can also meet in larger groups for weddings (from 1 August this will include sit-down wedding receptions), funerals, religious ceremonies and services, community activities and support groups - which should be limited to no more than 30 people and subject to COVID-19 secure guidelines.
There's an easy answer, and I apologise if not everyone likes it.... Don't go, don't get involved, keep yourself & yours safe, it's all you can do.Can any of you clarify the current regulations about socialising please?
A family, relatively new to our village, has sent out a village e mail to everyone on the list, apologising in advance for the possible noise this Saturday night due to an event they are holding.
An outdoor music festival in their garden, heightened noise levels due to the amount of friends and family attending.
It’s a party to celebrate the husbands 50th birthday party.
The majority of us in this village have stopped our usual social get togethers, one couple might meet up with another couple but certainly no parties or large gatherings.
Because as far as I’m aware it’s still only 6 people but if it’s more than that then they have to be from two families.
Or did the rules change when I wasn’t looking?
There’s a few in the village getting their pitchforks ready.
There's an easy answer, Don't go, don't get involved, keep yourself & yours safe, it's all you can do.
That's my mantra at the moment too.
On a different note, I presume you are working to the standard village definition of new being anyone that has arrived in the last 25 years and relatively new is anyone who cannot trace their ancestry in the village back at least 17 generations.A family, relatively new to our village
On a different note, I presume you are working to the standard village definition of new being anyone that has arrived in the last 25 years and relatively new is anyone who cannot trace their ancestry in the village back at least 17 generations.
I think I live in an even smaller village. I've bought people's food, I've made sure others are okay. Unfortunately there are a number who have the mentality that as it's a village everything is okay. That's despite a yoga teacher who lives here having really bad post viral symptoms, about 16 weeks onYes it would seem to be the obvious answer unless you’ve lived in a tiny village .
A person can get involved whether they want to or not, that’s just how it works.
Under usual circumstances nobody bats an eyelid at someone having a party or making a noise.
If it’s a one off, go for it, live and let live.
However, in a village where we’ve gone into overdrive to look after the vulnerable, people have done shopping for those shielding, so many people “stayed at home”, we didn’t see family for months.
Even now, we are still obeying the rules, still looking out for each other.
Not one person I know in this village has had a party, or a social occasion of more than 6.
But yes we won’t of course say anything, wouldn’t dream of it.
@littleme I was initially only asking the question out of curiosity because if the rules have changed then it’s nice to know that we can start socialising again (social distancing of course).
My birthday is in a few weeks, much as I want to see my family we're unsure. Current plan is the Turkish restaurant, but spread across 3 different tables so we can wave at each other but not really be in contact! Would be 6 households going, one of which is currently locked down.
I think I live in an even smaller village. I've bought people's food, I've made sure others are okay. Unfortunately there are a number who have the mentality that as it's a village everything is okay. That's despite a yoga teacher who lives here having really bad post viral symptoms, about 16 weeks on
On a different note, I presume you are working to the standard village definition of new being anyone that has arrived in the last 25 years and relatively new is anyone who cannot trace their ancestry in the village back at least 17 generations.
You're not alone there.The Corona Virus is seriously getting on my nerves now, I coped well at the beginning and less so now.
That’s why I get a bee in my bonnet when I see the rule breakers because it won’t go away if people keep ignoring it, although to be fair the rules are so confusing it’s understandable that people don’t know what’s what.