Coronavirus on Wheels Comes to Settle?

The question mark is deliberate.  It is a question, not a known fact.  Fact is that the Yorkshire Dales are an amazingly large and beautiful area for recreation and isolation.  Trouble is, Settle in particular has all the associated facilities so visitors tend to swarm here especially on a sunny spring weekend.  Normally this is hugely welcome - indeed essential for our economy.

This weekend has seen exceptionally large numbers of visitors, many on their motor cycles in the market place.   One, just one of them with coronavirus is enough to trigger widespread, perhaps fatal, infection.

The UK's 'advice' is for people to stay at home, not travel and not to congregate.  To keep at least 2m distance between people.  Pubs, restaurants, churches etc are closed.  Extraordinary.

Below shows the usual tables and benches outside Settle's Naked Man cafe being removed:

Uncompromising notices as below are appearing everywhere, including on town gateway signs, printed off by locals:

The motor cyclists clearly think this does not apply to them though.  The usual motorcycle parking area had been cordoned off so they just fill the remaining spaces.  The same thing has been happening at all the other UK tourist magnets.  Urgent legislation and enforcement is needed.

Tuesdays are Market Day in Settle and have been since 1249.  It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow, Tuesday, 771 years on.