The new sign is the brainchild of Cumbria Tourism and it has been placed on the summit of the aptly-named Coniston Old Man mountain in the Lake District.
The couple depicted on the sign have straight backs and both carry walking poles in contrast to the traditional sign in which an old man carries a walking stick and supports an elderly woman.
The sign, one of 10 erected in the Lake District, has been created by artist Steve Messam.
He said: ''Life doesn't stop at a certain age and there are a lot of active visitors regularly climbing and walking here that are a world away from the image of the elderly people depicted on the existing road sign.
''Equally, there's a new younger generation of people getting into outdoor sports as well so it doesn't matter what age you are - there's an adventure here to have.''
The sign was put in place by Cumbria-based climber Leo Houlding, 29, who has scaled Mount Everest as well as the Old Man of Hoy off the coast of the Orkneys.
''This reminds people what they can do in the Lake District's higher, wilder places,'' he said.
Among the other new signs is one at the top of Scafell Pike - England's highest mountain - which welcomes visitors to the Lake District.
Another is one on the perilous rocky Striding Edge ridge of Helvellyn mountain which instructs walkers: ''Don't Look Down - THRILL.''
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Monday, 26 October 2009
Elderly People sign given makeover
The new sign is the brainchild of Cumbria Tourism and it has been placed on the summit of the aptly-named Coniston Old Man mountain in the Lake District.
The couple depicted on the sign have straight backs and both carry walking poles in contrast to the traditional sign in which an old man carries a walking stick and supports an elderly woman.
The sign, one of 10 erected in the Lake District, has been created by artist Steve Messam.
He said: ''Life doesn't stop at a certain age and there are a lot of active visitors regularly climbing and walking here that are a world away from the image of the elderly people depicted on the existing road sign.
''Equally, there's a new younger generation of people getting into outdoor sports as well so it doesn't matter what age you are - there's an adventure here to have.''
The sign was put in place by Cumbria-based climber Leo Houlding, 29, who has scaled Mount Everest as well as the Old Man of Hoy off the coast of the Orkneys.
''This reminds people what they can do in the Lake District's higher, wilder places,'' he said.
Among the other new signs is one at the top of Scafell Pike - England's highest mountain - which welcomes visitors to the Lake District.
Another is one on the perilous rocky Striding Edge ridge of Helvellyn mountain which instructs walkers: ''Don't Look Down - THRILL.''
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3 comments:
Seems to me, if they can get up that hill they are doing ok! They dont need no stupid sign! LOL xxx
Sometimes you just don't need a sign. I think they get paid for everyone they put out or something.
People must be really fucking stupid if they can't tell an senior citizen from a 5 year old playing!
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