It’s the same here Londonbound. Lots of people driving (where?!); people not wearing masks; people having visitors … Meanwhile, the same folk are following the rules - again.
The New Forest was crawling with “grockles” (local nickname for visitors) last weekend.
Happily, we now have the lowest infection rate in Hampshire, but we do worry about visitors bringing infection with them, as there was a real spike around Christmas.
Possibly, Londonbound, like yourself, lots of people were trying to avoid the anticipated snow on the Saturday.
Essential journeys would, I presume, include journeys to essential shops - supermarkets and other stores allowed to open during the lockdown.
I was in town yesterday; the mall was almost deserted and even at the supermarket it was quieter than usual, suggesting that people had stocked up last week. The local paper regularly has stories of the police pouncing on people disobeying the lockdown rules - in some cases travelling considerable distances. But the police can’t be everywhere of course.
Supermarkets have done well out of this pandemic; they have picked up sales of goods normally bought from shops that cannot open. Delivery services have boomed as well. We make good use of online delivery service. The vans often bear the name of a van hire company, not the supermarket livery. Sign of the times.