It is with great sadness that the Brow Hike team have decided to cancel this year’s event in light of the current situation regarding Covid19. We had hoped to postpone the event until September, but these restrictions will not have been lifted by this time.

We are utterly disappointed but feel that this is our only responsible course of action. After listening to national and local advice, as well as awaiting advice from the Scout Association, we decided to make the decision to postpone the hike rather than it being made for us in the next week.

A number of reasons have supported us in coming to this conclusion:

• The hike runs solely on volunteers and we cannot ensure that we will have enough support to run the event safely on the day.
• We are concerned with regards to the current supermarket hype that we cannot obtain enough hand wash and sanitiser to ensure that heightened hygiene measures are met. We worry that teams will struggle to get the required sanitiser on the kit list. We also worry that teams will struggle to get adequate personal food for the weekend.
• The hike starts and finishes at St Paul’s Methodist Church who are monitoring the spread of Covid19 and are suspending all non-essential meetings at the church.
• Worries from parents about not wanting their child to attend the hike because of the Covid19 risk ultimately could have cancelled the hike for us. Without enough children, in teams of 4, there would be no hike.

After much thought, discussion and consideration about the above points, our only conclusion is to cancel the hike. Entry fees will be kept for the 2021 event unless groups would prefer a refund. In this case, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Rachel Dawson,
Hike Control.