While Mountain Rescue Teams are still urging walkers to stay away from the high fells I feel this walk, along with any future walks for the foreseeable falls in line with Mountain Rescue England and Wales recent update (dated 29th May) whose advice to "Reduce the risk of needing to call for assistance, by taking less risks, keeping to familiar routes, being suitably equipped and more self-reliant"
Despite lock down and travel restrictions being lifted it is important to take the governments advice on limiting the spread of infection to wherever we choose to walk, not forgetting those who travel into Cumbria from outside another county to follow a few simple steps - after all we are merely visitors to this wonderful county.
I personally carry heaps of sanitation gel and I wash my hands regularly before, during and after my walk, I also try to limit contact with any type of countryside furniture from gates to bridge hand rails, funnily enough Rod has a new technique to open gate catches by using the tip of his walking pole and he's actually quite good at it. Most importantly I take my litter home with me, this is something that is escalating at the moment and I can't stress enough that not doing so invites the spread of infection should those who left it unknowingly be Covid-19 positive.
Rod and I got together to climb High Pike via Carrock Fell taking into account that this walk passes through no Farmland nor public buildings while capturing some of the best grassy ridges the district has on offer. |