Doing the Pancake Walk
Health and Safety struck yesterday in St Albans:
With their frying pans primed, the teams were set to sprint to victory.
Hundreds of well-wishers lined the course expecting the usual thrills, spills and slip-ups of the annual pancake race. But the jolly mood turned sour when a new health and safety rule was announced moments before the start – no running.Spectators at the Shrove Tuesday event in St Albans, Hertfordshire, booed the city’s tourism manager Charles Baker as he explained there were fears competitors might fall over.
Mr Baker announced: ‘We have a new set of rules today due to the wet weather conditions and health and safety regulations.’
After outlining the running ban, he added: ‘It is a genuine health and safety concern. People fall over in the dry – they will certainly fall over in the wet.
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