Our Walk Leaders need contact details for people on walks in case of an emergency situation. This can be an ICE( In Case of Emergency) card or keyring or your details on your mobile phone or a leader may take a register. All our leaders our volunteers please help them by having this information.
Emergency info/ ICE on your phone:
You can store emergency details on your smartphone. When you put your medical details and emergency contact info on the phone this can be accessed, even on a locked phone.
- Switch the phone on and go to settings.
- Find and open the relevant heading.
On mine it's ‘Safety and Emergency’.
I had two separate headings to access and fill in—Medical details and Emergency contact(s)
Put in any medical information and the first name and number(s) of a friend or family member for contacting in an emergency.
This name should show on the front of your phone.
To access the information:
Click on 'emergency call' and the contact person will show as well as the dialing pad. There will also be a link to the Medical information.
This sections contains the Walks Information that was in our Handbook.
Much of this information is useful if you are planning to join one of our walks or if you are interested in other work that the Ramblers undertake.
For contact information see the tabs: Contacts or Our Groups
Notes on the Walks
Grading: In the following list of walks a letter (A-E) gives you an idea of how hard or easy a walk is and the number that follows gives the approximate distance in miles.
A - Demanding – mostly mountains, perhaps including scrambling; if easier terrain it will be long.
B - Challenging - walks for experienced country walkers with an above average fitness level. May include hills and rough country, and may be at a brisk pace. People in doubt about their fitness should contact the organiser or leader in advance.
C - Moderate - walks for people with country walking experience and a good level of fitness. May include some steep paths and open country.
D - Gentle - walks for reasonably fit people with at least a little country walking experience. May include unsurfaced rural paths.
E - Easy - walks for anyone who does not have a mobility difficulty, a specific health problem or is seriously unfit. Suitable for pushchairs if they can be lifted over occasional obstructions.
Please read the following notes carefully
General: You are welcome to join any of our walks and not just your local ones but please make sure that you are familiar with the following important information.
1 – We like to be able to offer some walks that welcome dogs and their owners, where leaders have agreed to this. To enable this to be done safely, owners should note that they (not the leader) are at all time responsible for the welfare and behaviour of their dogs. Dogs must be on a short lead at all times, and dog mess picked up and carried (it can be hazardous to other animals). Any member wishing to take their dog on a walk must discuss the matter with the leader first, and the leader's decision is final. Some walks may indicate that dogs are welcome but members should phone the leader to discuss any difficulties that might arise. Other walks may say 'Registered assistance dogs only'.
Registered Assistance dogs are normally permitted, though again members should phone the leader to discuss any difficulties that might arise
2 - Transport – wherever possible please use public transport or share vehicles to reach the start of a walk. Talk to the walks leader to see if any arrangements have been put in place.
3 – Walks Cancelled - a walk may be cancelled for a number of reasons such as illness or the forecast of severe weather and in such circumstances the leader will not go to the start point. You can check with the walk leader but notice of cancellation will usually be found on the Group, Area or Walks Finder websites
4 – Clothing/Kit – please dress appropriately for the grade of walkby wearing stout footwear and bringing waterproof clothing, sunscreen, and hat and gloves as appropriate.Bring along food and drink to suit your needs on the chosen walk. On winter mountain walks an ice axe is usually needed and crampons are often useful when snow and ice conditions are expected. A leader may refuse to take any person if they are not properly equipped for the conditions. Speak to the leader if you are in any doubt. Please bring any personal medication and a very basic first aid kit for personal use e.g. plasters, blister plasters, antiseptic wipes, painkillers.
5 – Fitness – a leader may refuse to take on their walk any person who does not appear fit enough for the proposed route.
6 – Photography – During a walk photographs are sometimes taken for publicity purposes or to appear on the Group website. Please inform the walk leader if you do not wish to be included in a photograph.
7 – Young persons – Ramblers Cymru does arrange walks for school age children (these are known as Scramblers walks) but generally participants must be either 18+ or accompanied by a responsible adult.
8 – Not a member – If you are not already a member of Ramblers please come along and join in two or three of the walks which are listed and we hope the experience, and the information you will be given, will encourage you to join our charity.
9 – Risk –Please remember that there is an element of risk on any walk and you should take every care at all times.
10 – Emergencies – We strongly recommend that Ramblers members complete one of our ICE (In Case of Emergency) cards and always carry it in their rucksacks. This will provide our walk leaders with the basic information they will need in the unlikely event of you suffering a medical emergency. It will also provide you with the basic details you would need to contact the emergency services.