I was hoping that institutional web authors/managers would be able to relay
the attached message to student societies that may be planning trips in and
around the Lake District National Park. I have been asked to send this
message to as many people as possible from the Park Authority in Kendal and
hoped that you wouldn't mind passing this on to the relevant departments and
student unions.

Thank you,

Joel
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Joel Porter
Communications Officer
St Martins College
Ambleside, Cumbria. LA22 9BB
Tel: 015394 30395
Internal: 5395

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sue Corke [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 01 March 2001 10:14
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      foot and mouth
> Importance:   High
>
>
> Lake District National Park Bulletin: Latest on Foot and Mouth Outbreak
> General Message
> Unless your visit is essential, do not visit the Lake District. If you
> must
> come, please keep to tarmac and confine your visit to towns and villages.
> Any spread of the disease to sheep, cattle, deer, pigs and goats in the
> Park
> could be disastrous to farming and ultimately to the tourism industry too.
> Our website  <http://www.lake-district.gov.uk/> www.lake-district.gov.uk
> and
> Fell Top Weatherline 017687 75757 carry the message too.
> Advertisements are being placed in local and regional press and
> accompanying
> press releases issued, to ask the public to stay away from the Lake
> District.
> A National Park Helpline has been established, which will initially
> operate
> from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, supplemented by an out of hours recorded
> message. The number is 0845 6014068.
> Footpaths and Bridlepaths
> The County Council will today enforce its new powers from the Government
> to
> close footpaths and bridlepaths throughout Cumbria, including the Lake
> District National Park and the Yorkshire Dales NP. North Yorkshire CC is
> taking a similar approach across North Yorkshire.
> Notices will be placed at Tourist Information Centres, Local Information
> Points, outdoor shops and cycle hire outlets and other notice boards
> throughout the Park. Signs may also be used on rights of way to replace
> the
> NPA's voluntary restraint signs posted earlier this week.
> NPA property
> All of our rural car parks have been closed.
> Coniston Boating Centre has been closed. Closure signs have been erected
> on
> the main entrances to our commons and at Bassenthwaite Lake.
> Future Updates
> This is the first of a series of bulletins that will be issued by the Lake
> District National Park Authority as the situation changes.
>