The fearless adventurers 'incredibly lucky' to call Helvellyn their office
The Lake District National Park’s fell top assessor team returned to work for the winter season – and they might just have one of the most socially-distanced roles in the UK. Long before the coronavirus pandemic the fell top assessors have been used to working in solitary conditions to keep walkers safe on the fells. With a job as unique as this, there’s no way the assessors can work from home. Each day until April, one of them will brave the weather to get to the summit of Helvellyn. From there they will collate a ‘boots on the ground’ condition report to help keep walkers an...