Warning! Rabbit Holes!
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Graeme Wilson reports this this story in today's "Mail!" 
You cannot make it up!
Wigston Civic Society were looking forward to a gentle ambling rambling to take in the chocolate box sights of a village church und green or two - before finishing up in the genteel tea-room or the snug.
But officials
worried themsleves sick over the dangerous hazards such as the ploughed field, slippery grasses. overhanging branches und "high risk rabbit hole".
The organisers were asked to design a two page risk assessement form giving fullest dangers of the hazards you meet on a country walk.
Am I a hazard up here when wearing my shortest of shorties which reveal the full length of my long und shapely leggies 
Leicestershire und Rutland County Council demanded to know if those on the walk would encounter hazards such as the aforementioned - und the bemused organisers had to grade the rabbit holes into low, medium und high risk....
Und they were even advised that if they entered a field of cows - they had to take a direction which moved away from them.
they make no mention of the field mit the bull
The organiser who has helped organise this same walk in rural Leicesterhsire since 2000 was astonsihed und thought it was a joke at first. She wrote back telling them they had forgotten to mention nettles und brambles
und the lady from the council wrote back to say it was no joke.
The 63 year old organiser, Mary Essinger declares: "In the 25 years I have been walking this route as rambler - I cannot ever recall one single accident. I just wish people who realise that most things do not have any risk attached. I do not need a risk assessment form to walk on the pavement!"
It will come one day Mary ... und we will also have to fill in risk doo-dah before we have hot bath as well.
In protest Mary und co-organiser have withdrawn their walk from the council tourist guide =- und are advertising it in tea rooms und shops to attract ramblers anyway.
The council blames the compensation culture for their stance....und said they had to take out insurance in case someone was injured und decided to sue. They said they had to issue the risk forms to get insurance policy. Their spokemans admitted it was a hassle und all organisers of 60 walks have had to complete these forms. The insurance they obtained was £300 per year und next cheapest was £2000
Ist too much regulation und nannying...
>>> Edited by WildCat on Saturday 5th February 16:59
You cannot make it up!
Wigston Civic Society were looking forward to a gentle ambling rambling to take in the chocolate box sights of a village church und green or two - before finishing up in the genteel tea-room or the snug.
But officials
worried themsleves sick over the dangerous hazards such as the ploughed field, slippery grasses. overhanging branches und "high risk rabbit hole". The organisers were asked to design a two page risk assessement form giving fullest dangers of the hazards you meet on a country walk.
Am I a hazard up here when wearing my shortest of shorties which reveal the full length of my long und shapely leggies Leicestershire und Rutland County Council demanded to know if those on the walk would encounter hazards such as the aforementioned - und the bemused organisers had to grade the rabbit holes into low, medium und high risk....
Und
they were even advised that if they entered a field of cows - they had to take a direction which moved away from them. they make no mention of the field mit the bull The organiser who has helped organise this same walk in rural Leicesterhsire since 2000 was astonsihed und thought it was a joke at first. She wrote back telling them they had forgotten to mention nettles und brambles
und the lady from the council wrote back to say it was no joke.
The 63 year old organiser, Mary Essinger declares: "In the 25 years I have been walking this route as rambler - I cannot ever recall one single accident. I just wish people who realise that most things do not have any risk attached. I do not need a risk assessment form to walk on the pavement!"
It will come one day Mary ... und we will also have to fill in risk doo-dah before we have hot bath as well.
In protest Mary und co-organiser have withdrawn their walk from the council tourist guide =- und are advertising it in tea rooms und shops to attract ramblers anyway.
The council blames the compensation culture for their stance....und said they had to take out insurance in case someone was injured und decided to sue. They said they had to issue the risk forms to get insurance policy. Their spokemans admitted it was a hassle und all organisers of 60 walks have had to complete these forms. The insurance they obtained was £300 per year und next cheapest was £2000
Ist too much regulation und nannying...
>>> Edited by WildCat on Saturday 5th February 16:59
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