Go for a walk

It might help the First Minister in her decision making about whether or not to let schoolchildren in Scotland to go back to school full-time to get out of Bute House and the Scottish Parliament.

I am (like hundreds of thousands of others) taking a daily walk around my neighbourhood. Often I stop and chat to neighbours and others I know in the area. I also note the young, aged from primary school to young adulthood who are also around and about. Maybe it is just in Morningside that they are wandering around in groups, sometimes on their bikes, often just on foot. They congregate to chat or play football. They walk around in numbers which clearly indicate that they are not related. They show no signs of being unwell in any way, as the profession uation, al bodies have indicated, but they are obviously ignoring guidance that they should maintain a distance of two metres, if, indeed, they even know what two metres means.

Perhaps those who are so involved in clever schemes like ‘blended learning’, which is as useful as Named Persons and about as well thought-out, should get out of their ministerial cars and walk somewhere in their area. They should look at all the bored children and observe how close together they are and how many of them there are. Then they could forget fancy, meaningless schemes and get those children back to school and get students back to university ASAP.

ANDREW HN GRAY Craiglea Drive, Edinburgh