[Cherie]

un-seekers have been urged to stay away from the beach as thousands flocked to the Dorset coast and a major incident was declared in Bournemouth.

Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council said it was "stretched to the absolute hilt" on the second day of a UK heatwave.

Dorset Police said there were reports of gridlocked roads, fights and overnight camping.

People were urged to "act responsibly" as temperatures hit the mid-20s.

By mid-morning Bournemouth beach was busy "as far as the eye can see" and the Durdle Door car park was approaching capacity.

Traffic built up early on coast-bound roads and with people having travelled to Bournemouth from as far as Birmingham.

The council said declaring a major incident means a "multi-agency emergency response has now been activated to co-ordinate resources across the area to tackle the issues".

Council leader Vikki Slade said: "We are absolutely appalled at the scenes witnessed on our beaches, particularly at Bournemouth and Sandbanks, in the last 24 to 48 hours.

"The irresponsible behaviour and actions of so many people is just shocking and our services are stretched to the absolute hilt trying to keep everyone safe. We have had no choice now but to declare a major incident and initiate an emergency response."

The council confirmed it had issued a record 558 parking fines and said extra enforcement was now in place.

It said 33 tonnes of waste was cleaned up along the coastline on Thursday morning, in addition to eight tonnes collected between the piers on Wednesday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-53176717

Embarrassing

[Smithy]

The great British common sense that Boris had such confidence in

[Vanessa]

With so many places to go, they all run to the same beach

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Smithy

The great British common sense that Boris had such confidence in

That's why he is opening up the country to get these people back to work, they have too much time on their hands and money in their pockets They will be safer at work lbr

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Smithy

The great British common sense that Boris had such confidence in

No sorry, im not a fan of Boris, but you can't put the blame on him for this. How many times does he say "the threat is still very real" and that we still need to be "diligent"?

Cummings too. Yes it's led to a lot of confusion, but thousands flocking to beaches is just plain right idiotic. Sometimes we need to take responsibility for ourselves.

[parmnion]

Seagulls must be like....what the squawk is going on here.

[parmnion]

I saw a sensible indian couple being interviewed at half six this morning on the beach...they had been there with their 2 kids since 2.40 am...alone, watching the sun come up.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Swan

No sorry, im not a fan of Boris, but you can't put the blame on him for this. How many times does he say "the threat is still very real" and that we still need to be "diligent"?

Cummings too. Yes it's led to a lot of confusion, but thousands flocking to beaches is just plain right idiotic. Sometimes we need to take responsibility for ourselves.

The government saying you can meet at the park you can meet at the beach is what caused this, people hear that and think it’s fine and dandy they don’t pay attention to the rest

[Dogeatdog]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Seagulls must be like....what the squawk is going on here.

I bet they were delighted with the amount of target practice to keep themselves entertained.

[parmnion]

Originally Posted by Dogeatdog

I bet they were delighted with the amount of target practice to keep themselves entertained.

I bet there is a statistic about seagulls attacking humans that has gone through the roof the past 2 days.

Silly buggers, I know it's hot and most of them are young, and most of them have been staying in to protect pops n granny...but wouldn't you just turn around when you saw it!!

[arista]

[Dogeatdog]

Originally Posted by parmnion

I bet there is a statistic about seagulls attacking humans that has gone through the roof the past 2 days.

Silly buggers, I know it's hot and most of them are young, and most of them have been staying in to protect pops n granny...but wouldn't you just turn around when you saw it!!

Why can I imagine seeing this on the Daily Star front page tomorrow

[parmnion]

Originally Posted by arista

Sneeking past the blm and right wing protestors on the other platform.

[Oliver_W]

Just as daft as flocking to London for protests...

[Zizu]

I just don’t understand the mentality of taking your precious wife and kids to an overcrowded beach in the situation we find ourselves in .. and then for loads of people to threaten , intimidate and abuse the council workers as they empty the overflowing litter bins on and near the beach is quite frankly MIND-NUMBING !!


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[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Just as daft as flocking to London for protests...

Yeah day at the beach = fighting for human rights

EXACTLY the same. Good one.

[Amy Jade]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Just as daft as flocking to London for protests...

Yeah a day trip to lay selfishly on a beach is exactly the same as protesting for basic human rights...

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Just as daft as flocking to London for protests...

And almost as daft as this post!

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by parmnion

I saw a sensible indian couple being interviewed at half six this morning on the beach...they had been there with their 2 kids since 2.40 am...alone, watching the sun come up.

I've found that the mid-evening (about 8/9pm) is the best time for a little trip to the beach at the moment. It's still sunny and warm but everyone else has ****ed off home at 6/7.

That said, the little beach we go to is never anywhere near as busy as some of the horrific pictures I've seen of the big English ones. The only beach in Scotland I've ever seen get really horrendous is Troon, because that's where Glasgow flocks on a sunny weekend. Probably because there's a direct train. I've not been to Troon Beach since I was in my late teens though, when me and my school chums went there at midnight during a thunder storm and almost got hit by lightning

But back on topic, yeah I don't understand why anyone would WANT to spend time on a busy beach. Yuck.

[Daniel.]

Get OUT of my beach

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Swan

No sorry, im not a fan of Boris, but you can't put the blame on him for this. How many times does he say "the threat is still very real" and that we still need to be "diligent"?

Cummings too. Yes it's led to a lot of confusion, but thousands flocking to beaches is just plain right idiotic. Sometimes we need to take responsibility for ourselves.

The GBP are morons, I've said it for years and I'll keep saying it BUT Boris is COMPLETELY at fault for leading a corona campaign that has constantly sent mixed messages to the point it's likely that it's intentional. Boris never wanted a lockdown, he wanted 'herd immunity' (AKA sacrificing the old and infirm) and he had to walk it back but now we're heading towards that original plan and people are disregarding everything because the leadership is **** and inconsistent.

Boris is a terrible PM and this crisis has only confirmed what the smart people have said all along.

[James]

People have been stuck in their homes, with not much to do, still no work or school for a lot of people.

So if they are given the opportunity to go to a beach, they will.

It's not like they all decided collectively to create a large crowd.

[James]

The government has just released the latest estimate for the R number - the rate at which infections are spreading.

It is between 0.7 and 0.9. A figure of below one means the number of new infections are going down.

The seven-day average for the number of daily confirmed cases currently stands at under 900, down from nearly 4,000 in the week the prime minister announced the first steps out of lockdown.

However, the Office for National Statistics surveillance programme suggests falling rates may have levelled off.

The findings released on Thursday found 14 out of 24,500 people tested in the community in England were infected.

This equates to 0.09% of the population being currently infected - or one in 1,100 people.

It is a small rise from the week before, but not enough to be considered statistically significant.

From https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53157284

Based on that it is unlikely the beach-goers would encounter another person that is currently infected.

[Amy Jade]

Originally Posted by James

People have been stuck in their homes, with not much to do, still no work or school for a lot of people.

So if they are given the opportunity to go to a beach, they will.

It's not like they all decided collectively to create a large crowd.

Anyone with a bit of common sense would realize it would be busy and give it a miss though or see the amount of people and go home. Sadly the british public have proved recently they are largely selfish idiots

[parmnion]

Originally Posted by James

From https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53157284

Based on that it is unlikely the beach-goers would encounter another person that is currently infected.

That only works if they know absolutely everything about the virus..

I doubt they do, and I fear for next winter because I have a feeling this virus hibernates in the body.