People sit and chat together in the warm weather on Primrose Hill
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Londoners are relishing their first day of new found (relative) freedom after England stepped into phase two of its roadmap out of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Taking to social media, thousands across the city have shared pictures and videos of themselves enjoying recently opened outdoor activities.
Swimmers queued up outside Brockwell Lido in south London first thing on Monday morning while some opted for aerobic classes at the Hampton open air pool.
Others, looking for a more quiet way to celebrate the easing of lockdown, rushed to golf at the Greenwich Peninsula Driving Range.
This new phase of the Government’s roadmap involves a series of measures being lifted ahead of schools breaking up for the Easter holidays on Thursday - including weddings being able to resume again in small numbers and the “stay at home” recommendation being relaxed to “stay local.”
People across England can now meet outdoors in a group of up to six people from separate households, under what’s been dubbed the ‘rule of six’. More than six people can meet up as long as they’re from only two households.
Golf courses, swimming, basketball and tennis courts have all been reopened in a major milestone in the country’s road map out of lockdown.
Here we take a look at how some Londoners are spending the day outdoors:
Golfers on the driving range at Greenwich Peninsula Driving Range, London, following the easing of England's lockdown to allow far greater freedom outdoors. pic.twitter.com/hlfWl1BJut
— Aaron Chown (@aaronchown) March 29, 2021
Brockwell Lido reopened this morning. The water is 9C but it’s mobbed.
— Juliette Garside (@JulietteGarside) March 29, 2021
I really got the shivers when a lady said her titanium pins felt cold inside her bones! pic.twitter.com/fKjsM4xvMA
Everyone’s gone to the parks in London! Play on! pic.twitter.com/JLhka8XTzg
— @LdnBulletin (@ldnbulletin) March 29, 2021
Mar 29th and I’m back sunbathing in my happy place in QEOP 💚 pic.twitter.com/EKfMliQeKb
— Jamie d O t S m Y (@dotsmy) March 29, 2021
Today is one of the most positive days I’ve felt in a long time - lockdown easing, first beautiful day in London since winter, finally booked a tennis court, and will demo some fun stuff I’ve been working on at work.
— Mitchell Friedman (@mitchfriedman5) March 29, 2021
After a long lockdown, things are finally looking up 📈
Beautiful day for a walk by the river Thames today #100daysofwalking #London #beautiful #outdoors #riversidewalk pic.twitter.com/7ufcI8KoWV
— MountainValleyLife ⛷🏖 (@PlainTalking121) March 29, 2021
It's great to be back doing open water swimming with @LoveOpenWaterUK at London Royal Docks after an enforced 4 month break. The water was 8.8°C, so there's a very small chance I'll get up to 10 swims before the water warms up to 10°. pic.twitter.com/8hSJBHQU1y
— Robert Skedgell (@RSkedgell) March 29, 2021
Blue Sky, tennis courts reopened in London and the rest of the UK . Nice to see ♥️ pic.twitter.com/mPoeOyLtTg
— Chris Goldsmith (@TheTennisTalker) March 29, 2021
