A sign has appeared at the entrance of Rye Harbour asking people not to visit. Saying, "A day at the seaside is not essential travel. Please respect us, don't infect us! Go home", it follows instructions from the police and local authorities telling people not to travel unless it is essential.
Essential travel currently includes collecting shopping or to go for a daily bout of exercise.
During the week the police confirmed that members of the public could drive to the countryside and go for a walk provided that "far more time is spent walking than driving."
But police advice goes on to say, "However, a very short period of ‘exercise’ to excuse a long period of inactivity may mean that the person is not engaged in ‘exercise’ but in fact something else."
