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Emergency procedures.
If an unforeseen event occurs that prevents a leader from attending the walk he/she has planned, the steps to take are as follows:
1/. Contact the Walks Coordinator, Marje Morgan for Leisure Walks and Kevin Wilcox for Main Walks), and inform them of the situation as soon as possible. Do not leave this until the day of the walk unless this is unavoidable.
2/. The appropriate Walk Coordinator will then seek to arrange a walk in place of that for which the leader is indisposed based on their contacts with other leaders within the group.
3/. The Walk Coordinator will announce this walk at the gathering point of the original walk as this is where ramblers will be expecting to gather based on the information in the programme. (In the event that some people may have chosen to make their way to the actual walk starting point - efforts will be taken to inform them of the change of plans accordingly
4/. Unless there is a second leader available who is confident to lead the original walk then the Coordinator will offer an alternative walk wherever possible. (They will not try to re-create the original walk, and this will have to be re-planned for another date on a future programme).
This situation, which fortunately has occurred very infrequently, supports the theory that walks are best planned in pairs, so that not only is a second leader available to take over the walk on the day, but also ensures there is a competent back-marker should the walk proceed under normal circumstances. Finally, the pairing of leaders organising a walk is also a sensible precaution in the interests of safety.
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