Highbury Fields: and on bank holiday Monday some people ‘broke the rules’

• IT is good to see your report about police action on Highbury Fields over this weekend.

My husband and I are in our 70s and are trying to be really careful. We live in a flat and have no garden to walk in, we face onto the fields.

Over the past three weeks we have only been out to exercise twice, once very early in the morning and once around 8pm.

This is because of the behaviour of the runners and cyclist who are often breaking the two-metre rule. Exercising in this environment proved so stressful that we just couldn’t cope.

Today (bank holiday Monday) from our window we are watching this behaviour continue along with people sunbathing.

The police have had a much higher presence on the fields over Easter but as soon as they leave we are back to the dangerous behaviour.

I use the word dangerous advisedly. Spreading COVID-19 is incredibly dangerous for people of our age group and for men over 50.

It really doesn’t take a lot of effort to respect people’s wish to survive this virus.

Please, people, be generous.

RUTH ROSENTHAL
Highbury Crescent, N5