Discussing latest development/talks with Gov
In reply to Post #1
As you were then
As you were then
In reply to Post #1
A bit early for bed that.
A bit early for bed that.
What was the update please
In reply to Post #4
He literally didn't say anything. ‘We will be fishing as soon as possible' and ‘buy a rod license or club ticket'
He literally didn't say anything. ‘We will be fishing as soon as possible' and ‘buy a rod license or club ticket'
In reply to Post #4
Apparently you can go and exercise twice a day now
Apparently you can go and exercise twice a day now
In reply to Post #5
bought my licence end of feb
bought my licence end of feb
In reply to Post #7
Apply to furlough it.
Apply to furlough it.
I watched with baited breath only to hear nothing. Hang on it's like every day listening to the Tories.
He basically said nowt bud did say;
We can exercise twice a day
We can travel to a place to exercise
We can now go to allotments
Very dangerous statements to make, where have the Government made such an announcement?
We can exercise twice a day
We can travel to a place to exercise
We can now go to allotments
Very dangerous statements to make, where have the Government made such an announcement?
Basically just rambled on and didn't tell us anything we didn't already know
In reply to Post #10
Exactly what i thought ! I may have missed it but i havnt heard/seen any relaxing of the current restrictions where thats been said
Exactly what i thought ! I may have missed it but i havnt heard/seen any relaxing of the current restrictions where thats been said
People need to do what the government says, all on their website 
That means we are on lockdown for another 3 weeks now, no fishing unfortunately!
I've also have an email from the environment agency, anybody else?
The headline summary:
The current advice from government is clear: stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives. To keep ourselves and others safe, it's vital that we all play our part and abide by the social distancing guidance. This means that none of us should be leaving our houses to go fishing.
The long text:
We will all have our own way of keeping busy during this time, and there are many things that us anglers can do to get ready for the time when restrictions begin to be lifted.
First up, take some time to get your tackle into top condition so you're ready to go when we can return to the bankside and enjoy our favourite pastime again. This is about more than just getting organised: thoroughly cleaning and drying fishing nets and gear makes sure diseases and invasive species are removed, helping to protect waterways and fish stocks. Another useful activity that many of us put off when life gets busy is disposing of old bait and preparing new bait, as well as tying rigs or flies.
While getting out onto the water's edge isn't possible at the moment, the Angling Trust are helping feed our angling habit with some great content on their website and social channels. The Trust's new Fishing Buzz website is updated daily with angling news, views, tips, videos and advice suitable for the whole family. There is also a really helpful COVID-19 resource hub on the Angling Trust website which is updated regularly with the latest advice and guidance for individual anglers, clubs, fisheries and other angling organisations.
While fishing for most of us is a sport, hobby and a passion, for others it is a livelihood. The Institute of Fisheries Management has produced particular advice for fisheries during these very difficult times.
Please keep safe and well – and, until the guidance changes, be sure to stay at home.
That means we are on lockdown for another 3 weeks now, no fishing unfortunately!
I've also have an email from the environment agency, anybody else?
The headline summary:
The current advice from government is clear: stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives. To keep ourselves and others safe, it's vital that we all play our part and abide by the social distancing guidance. This means that none of us should be leaving our houses to go fishing.
The long text:
We will all have our own way of keeping busy during this time, and there are many things that us anglers can do to get ready for the time when restrictions begin to be lifted.
First up, take some time to get your tackle into top condition so you're ready to go when we can return to the bankside and enjoy our favourite pastime again. This is about more than just getting organised: thoroughly cleaning and drying fishing nets and gear makes sure diseases and invasive species are removed, helping to protect waterways and fish stocks. Another useful activity that many of us put off when life gets busy is disposing of old bait and preparing new bait, as well as tying rigs or flies.
While getting out onto the water's edge isn't possible at the moment, the Angling Trust are helping feed our angling habit with some great content on their website and social channels. The Trust's new Fishing Buzz website is updated daily with angling news, views, tips, videos and advice suitable for the whole family. There is also a really helpful COVID-19 resource hub on the Angling Trust website which is updated regularly with the latest advice and guidance for individual anglers, clubs, fisheries and other angling organisations.
While fishing for most of us is a sport, hobby and a passion, for others it is a livelihood. The Institute of Fisheries Management has produced particular advice for fisheries during these very difficult times.
Please keep safe and well – and, until the guidance changes, be sure to stay at home.
Funny enough i've received an email from the Environment Agency overnight titled "Coronavirus Update".
It says... none of us should be leaving our houses to go fishing.
It says... none of us should be leaving our houses to go fishing.
He made an announcement on Facebook earlier in the day, that there would be an important update on the current fishing situation at 9pm. This announcement was mainly about a £20 million pot of funding available.
For open clubs etc that are struggling. And they can apply for financial help.
For open clubs etc that are struggling. And they can apply for financial help.
Thanks everyone for the updates, so his early announcement was basically click bait to get viewers.
Bit sad really
Bit sad really
But it's ok to gather in a large group on a London bridge, along with the coppers and indulge in a virtue signalfest happy clap. Double standard much?
In reply to Post #18
No that's not ok I reckon the police officers will receive a bollocking for allowing that to happen
No that's not ok I reckon the police officers will receive a bollocking for allowing that to happen
In reply to Post #16
Yes mate, that's about right
Yes mate, that's about right
In reply to Post #17
Those are guidance notes for the Police in dealing with the public, they are not a relaxing of the rules to allow you to do those things...very dangerous statements and very confusing for the public.
Those are guidance notes for the Police in dealing with the public, they are not a relaxing of the rules to allow you to do those things...very dangerous statements and very confusing for the public.
Just for clarification, for thick people, here are those lockdown rules, one more time:
1. You MUST NOT leave the house for any reason, but if you have a reason, you can leave the house.
2. Masks are useless at protecting you against the virus, but you may have to wear one because it can save lives, but they may not work, but they may be mandatory, but maybe not.
3. Shops are closed, except those shops that are open.
4. You must not go to work but you can get another job and go to work.
5. You should not go to the Doctor's or to the hospital unless you have to go there, unless you are too poorly to go there.
6. This virus can kill people, but don't be scared of it. It can only kill those people who are vulnerable or those people who are not vulnerable. It's possible to contain and control it, sometimes, except that sometimes it actually leads to a global disaster.
7. Gloves won't help, but they can still help so wear them sometimes, or not.
8. STAY HOME, but it's important to go out.
9. There is no shortage of groceries in the supermarkets, but there are many things missing. Sometimes you won't need loo rolls but you should buy some just in case you need some.
10. The virus has no effect on children except those children it affects.
11. Animals are not affected, but there was a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested, plus a few tigers here and there...
12. Stay 2 metres away from tigers (see point 11).
13. You will have many symptoms if you get the virus, but you can also get symptoms without getting the virus, get the virus without having any symptoms or be contagious without having symptoms, or be non contagious with symptoms...it's a sort of lucky/unlucky dip.
14. To help protect yourself you should eat well and exercise, but eat whatever you have on hand as it's better not to go to the shops, unless you need toilet roll or a fence panel.
15. It's important to get fresh air but don't go to parks but go for a walk. But don't sit down, except if you are old, but not for too long or if you are pregnant or if you're not old or pregnant but need to sit down. If you do sit down don't eat your picnic, unless you've had a long walk, which you are/aren't allowed to do if you're old or pregnant.
16. Don't visit old people but you have to take care of the old people and bring them food and medication.
17. If you are sick, you can go out when you are better but anyone else in your household can't go out when you are better unless they need to go out.
18. You can get restaurant food delivered to the house. These deliveries are safe. But groceries you bring back to your house have to be decontaminated outside for 3 hours including frozen pizza.
19. You can't see your older mother or grandmother, but they can take a taxi and meet an older taxi driver.
20. You are safe if you maintain the safe social distance when out but you can't go out with friends or strangers at the safe social distance.
21. The virus remains active on different surfaces for two hours ... or four hours...or six hours... I mean days, not hours. But it needs a damp environment. Or a cold environment that is warm and dry... in the air, as long as the air is not plastic.
22. Schools are closed so you need to home educate your children, unless you can send them to school because you're not at home. If you are at home you can home educate your children using various portals and virtual class rooms, unless you have poor internet, or more than one child and only one computer, or you are working from home. Baking cakes can be considered maths, science or art. If you are home educating you can include household chores within their education. If you are home educating you can start drinking at 10am.
23. If you are not home educating children you can also start drinking at 10am.
24. The number of corona related deaths will be announced daily but we don't know how many people are infected as they are only testing those who are almost dead to find out if that's what they will die of. The people who die of corona who aren't counted, won't or will be counted but maybe not.
25. We should stay in locked down until the virus stops infecting people but it will only stop infecting people if we all get infected so it's important we get infected and some don't get infected.
26. You can join your neighbours for a street party and turn your music up for an outside disco and your neighbours won't call the police. People in another street are allowed to call the police about your music whilst also having a party which you are allowed to call the police about.
27. No business will go down due to Coronavirus except those businesses that will go down d
1. You MUST NOT leave the house for any reason, but if you have a reason, you can leave the house.
2. Masks are useless at protecting you against the virus, but you may have to wear one because it can save lives, but they may not work, but they may be mandatory, but maybe not.
3. Shops are closed, except those shops that are open.
4. You must not go to work but you can get another job and go to work.
5. You should not go to the Doctor's or to the hospital unless you have to go there, unless you are too poorly to go there.
6. This virus can kill people, but don't be scared of it. It can only kill those people who are vulnerable or those people who are not vulnerable. It's possible to contain and control it, sometimes, except that sometimes it actually leads to a global disaster.
7. Gloves won't help, but they can still help so wear them sometimes, or not.
8. STAY HOME, but it's important to go out.
9. There is no shortage of groceries in the supermarkets, but there are many things missing. Sometimes you won't need loo rolls but you should buy some just in case you need some.
10. The virus has no effect on children except those children it affects.
11. Animals are not affected, but there was a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested, plus a few tigers here and there...
12. Stay 2 metres away from tigers (see point 11).
13. You will have many symptoms if you get the virus, but you can also get symptoms without getting the virus, get the virus without having any symptoms or be contagious without having symptoms, or be non contagious with symptoms...it's a sort of lucky/unlucky dip.
14. To help protect yourself you should eat well and exercise, but eat whatever you have on hand as it's better not to go to the shops, unless you need toilet roll or a fence panel.
15. It's important to get fresh air but don't go to parks but go for a walk. But don't sit down, except if you are old, but not for too long or if you are pregnant or if you're not old or pregnant but need to sit down. If you do sit down don't eat your picnic, unless you've had a long walk, which you are/aren't allowed to do if you're old or pregnant.
16. Don't visit old people but you have to take care of the old people and bring them food and medication.
17. If you are sick, you can go out when you are better but anyone else in your household can't go out when you are better unless they need to go out.
18. You can get restaurant food delivered to the house. These deliveries are safe. But groceries you bring back to your house have to be decontaminated outside for 3 hours including frozen pizza.
19. You can't see your older mother or grandmother, but they can take a taxi and meet an older taxi driver.
20. You are safe if you maintain the safe social distance when out but you can't go out with friends or strangers at the safe social distance.
21. The virus remains active on different surfaces for two hours ... or four hours...or six hours... I mean days, not hours. But it needs a damp environment. Or a cold environment that is warm and dry... in the air, as long as the air is not plastic.
22. Schools are closed so you need to home educate your children, unless you can send them to school because you're not at home. If you are at home you can home educate your children using various portals and virtual class rooms, unless you have poor internet, or more than one child and only one computer, or you are working from home. Baking cakes can be considered maths, science or art. If you are home educating you can include household chores within their education. If you are home educating you can start drinking at 10am.
23. If you are not home educating children you can also start drinking at 10am.
24. The number of corona related deaths will be announced daily but we don't know how many people are infected as they are only testing those who are almost dead to find out if that's what they will die of. The people who die of corona who aren't counted, won't or will be counted but maybe not.
25. We should stay in locked down until the virus stops infecting people but it will only stop infecting people if we all get infected so it's important we get infected and some don't get infected.
26. You can join your neighbours for a street party and turn your music up for an outside disco and your neighbours won't call the police. People in another street are allowed to call the police about your music whilst also having a party which you are allowed to call the police about.
27. No business will go down due to Coronavirus except those businesses that will go down d
In reply to Post #10
Spod, the Government did announce those things. I saw them in the newspaper yesterday described as "The New Lockdown Checklist" and I took a photo of them in case I need to share them with a well meaning policeman.
The exercise one is interesting as it states you can travel to a place to exercise as long as the exercise is going to be twice as long as the travel time.
Spod, the Government did announce those things. I saw them in the newspaper yesterday described as "The New Lockdown Checklist" and I took a photo of them in case I need to share them with a well meaning policeman.
The exercise one is interesting as it states you can travel to a place to exercise as long as the exercise is going to be twice as long as the travel time.
In reply to Post #22
Thanks, all perfectly clear now.
Thanks, all perfectly clear now.
In reply to Post #23
Until they are on the gov.uk website I wouldn't be taking that chance mate!
Until they are on the gov.uk website I wouldn't be taking that chance mate!
In reply to Post #1
Rob's live feed was nothing but a click bait feed to get you to join as he said he was going to update us on important info and then didnt say anything !!
Rob's live feed was nothing but a click bait feed to get you to join as he said he was going to update us on important info and then didnt say anything !!
I've never really had an opinion either was on Rob Hughes but judging by the backlash on Facebook he's not very well liked is he.... 
In reply to Post #19
Not when Cressida Dick was also there (chair 'person' of the Met police).
Not when Cressida Dick was also there (chair 'person' of the Met police).
In reply to Post #27
That 'live' video seems to have have disappeared now, is that where all the aggro was?
That 'live' video seems to have have disappeared now, is that where all the aggro was?
In reply to Post #29
A lot weren't surprised that Rob was giving it the "big I am".....likes the sound of his own voice and is full of self importance evidently...😂
A lot weren't surprised that Rob was giving it the "big I am".....likes the sound of his own voice and is full of self importance evidently...😂
In reply to Post #22
It's done the rounds on face booki
It's done the rounds on face booki
Where's Ken
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