Police were called by residents in Helmsley complaining about bikers visiting the town on the edge of the North York Moors.
Higher up on the moors at Cod Beck Reservoir above Osmotherley, most people seemed to be following that advice.
The small car park was full by mid-morning, but walkers in family groups were spread out and most stood back respectfully at pinch points on the circular walk around the reservoir.Strapped for cash, they are entitled to open their cafe doors for takeaways, but feel trapped because they don't want to fall out with their neighbours.
"Reputational damage" is how they described it to me: the fear that if anyone in the area caught coronavirus their business would be blamed for attracting infected outsiders.Bikers drinking coffee in Helmsley Back in Helmsley another cafe owner, selling takeaway coffee and paninis to a sparse crowd, told me he's frustrated by mixed messages about whether visitors should be welcomed or shunned.
He's spent £1,000 on screens to fit between his tables and is looking forward to reopening properly with his staff kitted out in PPE.As for the bikers, some told me they were annoyed at being made to feel unwelcome, while others shrugged and said the police were just doing their job.The elderly man on his bicycle had left, the bikers were still parked around the market place eating pastries and chatting, and a few police officers were standing in a small area of cordoned off car park.
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