At the start of all this lockdown confusion last year, a (voluntary) work colleague drove 2 miles from home to excercise his dogs in what was essentially barron wasteland. He got pulled by plod and told that he shouldnt be away from home and walk his dogs there (In the middle of a busy town).
He is a retired lawyer.
Put them straight regarding 'the law' and carried on walking his dogs.
But surely...laws and regulations aside...even a bit of common sense from plod would have dictated that its safer to walk dogs in barron wasteland than a city. A city that, even in lockdown, had many people shopping etc?