In reply to necromancer85: I had a friend (hard to believe, but true) who used to work for Rohan, in Chester and later in Keswick. She maintained that the bane of her life was 'ramblers asking for red socks'.
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> Is it not a criminal offence to wear red rambling socks....
i believe the law is complex on this issue. it depends on whether you have walking poles, a 90 litre pack, a hand knitted wooley hat and are walking along a road.