Elderly people sign given makeover to show active OAPs
The traditional 'elderly people' road sign has been given a sprightly makeover by one British tourist board.
A new 'younger' sign, the brainchild of Cumbria Tourism, has been placed at the summit of the aptly-named Coniston Old Man Mountain.
It sports a straight-backed elderly couple striding uphill with walking poles as opposed to the traditional image which shows a hunched old man with a walking stick supporting his spouse.
Apt: The sign is placed at the top of Coniston Old Man Mountain
The sign, which also reads 'Not just elderly people', was created by artist Steve Messam who wanted to depict the elderly in a different way.
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.'
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The sign, one of ten placed at popular Lake District destinations, 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.
Out of date: The traditional 'elderly' sign
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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