[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Steve wrote: > > Doesn't this nonsense highlight what a sad state this country's in?=20 > Soon > > you'll be having to take insurance out to have a picnic in the park. > Yep agreed wholeheartedly. But don't forget that you won't get your=20 > picnic insurance until you have submitted your risk assessment!!! ;-))
Smiley noted, but that's not too far from the truth these days. We're used to the idea of someone (usually the local canal society but sometimes it can involve WRG) having to do a formal Risk Assessment for canal restoration work sites where I work as a WRG volunteer. But it took me aback slightly a couple of years ago the first time the caretaker for a village hall that we were sleeping in presented us with a Risk Assessment for our accommodation. A little while ago I was talking with a BW person about a problem experienced by a member of this list who had been told that photography at a particular canal site was prohibited. We got onto the subject of what if any permissions etc should be sought before taking photographs on BW sites for possible future publication. She mentioned Risk Assessments, at which point we both realised the way the conversation was going and changed the subject... Martin
