Get Paid To Climb Helvellyn...

If you want to be paid to walk up Helvellyn then you've got until Friday to get you application in...

The snag is that you'll have to do it every day regardless of conditions and carrying a 40lb pack full of equipment as part of your job as a 'Fell Top Assessor' with the Lake District National Park responsible to providing accurate information on conditions on the high fells.

The successful candidate needs to combine meterological skills with a role as a National Park Ranger, be fit enough to reach the top of the 3,114 ft mountain from the information centre in Glenridding in two hours and have winter mountaineering skills.

"This is a vitally important job, " Park Ranger Manager, Shirley Muir is reported as saying. "Assessors are expected to leave Glenridding Information Centre and reach the summit in under two hours. They recode details of wind speed, temperature, snow and ice and the state of footpaths."

The successful candidate will work seven days on and seven days off, so plenty of time for playing on the hills, but will be paid pro rata, so don't expect to be rich...

For full details see the Lake District Park Authority site at www.lake-district.gov.uk or Google "fell top assessor".