Beard Liberation Front
28th May
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Whitsun sees early peak for 2020 Beard, Shorts & Sandals Season
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with the 2020 Beard, Shorts and Sandals Season now open, Whitsun, which falls this coming Sunday, the 7th after Easter, will see an early peak in the season with warm and sunny weather across much of the UK.
The campaigners say that with a range of lockdown rules still in force across the UK’s four nations, in every case exercising with beards, short and sandals is a permissible activity.
Amended guidelines apply for the 2020 Season and there is a new framework to facilitate social distancing.
1] Shorts should ideally be three-quarter length-‘culottes’ for the 2020 season. The length of shorts is particularly important as climate change may mean that unprotected legs get sunburnt.
1a) Shorts of the length worn by Nigel Farage in a video recorded in April are strictly forbidden
2] Footwear should be casual. There is a considerable range of sandal type footwear now available. Some leaves parts of the feet and toes open to public view, while some does not. The BLF is not prescriptive about the matter.
3] Socks should generally not be worn. However if the beard, shorts and sandals are to be displayed in relatively busier urban areas it is likely to be prudent to wear closed rather than open casual footwear and ankle socks, not visible to others may be worn.
4] There is no prescription or definition on what type of beard may be worn, or how this may match with the shorts and sandals. This is left up to the individual.
5] If venturing out in accordance with lockdown rules in force at the time social distance should be kept at all times. On no account should there be any groups of beard, shorts and sandals wearers. Discussion of styles should be confined to social media.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, this Whitsun is the time to break out the beard, shorts and sandals while keeping in mind that Dominic Cummings has been forced to shave off his facial hair and goes with track suit bottoms and trainers not shorts and sandals
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