In Wales, we're still under restrictions until Monday, and only allowed to travel a nominal 5 miles from home, except for essentials. For the first time since February, daughter and I went to Hay-on-Wye this morning just to get a feel of how social distancing was going, and to check whether it would be safe to shop there.
Now, as we are under restrictions in Wales, that means that people should not be coming over the border from England. But what do we find, but groups of English people, making no attempt to socially distance, pushing people off pavements, forcing us out into the road to avoid them and wondering why no pubs were open. They were queuing up outside shops for drinks and food without any attempt at distancing; they were shouting loudly about where they had come from and how far they had travelled. Add to this a lot of long-distance cyclists who were zooming up and down on roads and pavements, not caring how close they went to pedestrians, and the whole thing was a miserable experience. I felt really sorry for the people who were working in the shops, since these visitors clearly did not know how to behave.
When we got back to the car, despite having avoided close contact with these people, we both felt dirty. And I feel cross because they should not have been there, and they are abusing Welsh hospitality by behaving in such a crass manner. We won't be trying that again in a hurry.