King Penguin wrote:The Times yesterday published a list of Covid risk, on a scale of 1-9, from various activities. A select few :
1 - opening the post
2 - playing tennis
3 - going for a walk, run, bike ride with others
4 - eating at a restaurant (outside)
5 - shopping at a shopping centre
6 - working a week in an office building / swimming in a public pool
7 - eating at a restaurant (inside)
8 - going to a gym / theme park / cinema
9 - going to a bar
I think the closest to orienteering is "running with others".
It seems to me that at risk level 2 we have more restrictions applied (e.g. local authorities declining permissions) than going to a pub at risk level 9.
I don't have access to The Times, but it looks rather like a re-hash of the one below, which came from the USA - maybe their bars are a bit different from many of our pubs?
Opening the post must carry a slight risk, because it will have been handled by the postman at least.
Going for a run with others to me implies running as a group (even if socially distanced) and chatting, so I agree that orienteering ought to be a lot lower risk.
As for landowners, I gather that some are withholding permission based on the number of members of the public using their areas; although that isn't entirely logical, it's no doubt easier to withhold permission for an organised event than to attempt to prevent all access to areas the public have traditionally used for exercise, do walking, etc.
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/li ... coronaviru