We were asked to assist Kendal MRT in the search for a 30-year-old man who had gone for a 'short walk' at 12.30 and was now well overdue. Information we received suggested he was in Kentmere, or Scout Scar near Kendal. He was eventually located at Sandside, a small village on the coast, (it's miles away from where we were looking!) so we all went home. You just have to be philosophical at times like this.
A party of walkers were reported overdue. They had set of on a 30 mile route and not returned. They had left no route, but cunning detective work on our part allowed us to work it out. They had been last sighted at Nan Bield Pass at 12.30, lunchtime when one of their number abandoned and returned home. A large scale search using 4 search dogs, and Patterdale, Kendal and Penrith Mountain Rescue Teams was organised. They turned up back in Ambleside at 4.15a.m. having got lost and come back the long way round. They seemed a little surprised that anyone was concerned about them.
A 30-year-old man slipped and sustained a possible ankle fracture. We treated him and he was taken to hospital.
An off-road motorcyclist sustained lower back injuries when he fell off his bike and it fell on top off him.
A mountain biker sustained facial injuries, including a suspected fractured jaw when he fell off his bike.
The Kendal Team requested our assistance when a search was mounted for a teenage boy missing overnight on the fells. Found unharmed on campsite.
The Team went to the assistance of a 28 year old man from Wakefleld who had fractured his leg when he was Trial riding. He had hit a rock and been thrown off the machine.
Footnote: Garburn seems to be a training ground for this type of sport — so" endeth a busy day".
Four teenage ATC cadets from Chester le Street, Co. Durham required assistance when they became completely lost , and one was reported to be in a collapsed condition. A search was mounted by three MR teams and SARDA and they were found at 1.30am next morning. Three were escorted down - one had to be carried ona a stretcher. All were seen by the Team Doctor and allowed togo home after treatment.
Footnote: The first grid reference for the location of casualties was about 2 miles out.
Weather conditions: CLEAR, DARK, DRY, WARM, WET UNDERFOOT.
A 16 year old youth from London slipped and fell 60 ft. down the fellside above Limefitt Caravan Park, Troutbeck, Windermere. He sustained head injuries. The team carried him down the fell on a stretcher and then by ambulance to Lancaster Hospital.
Footnote: The youth had smooth soled baseball shoes on, and the steep fellside was like glass hence the accident.
A woman slipped and dislocated her shoulder. She had walked approximatley 2km before calling us. We were able to drive to the casualty site, so little sweat was produced.
A 52-year-old woman slipped and sustained an ankle injury.
A 33-year-old man slipped on an icy path and sustained a lower leg injury. He was treated by the team and evacuated to an ambulance.
A 26-year-old woman slipped and sustained an ankle fracture. She was treated, given pain relief and evacuated.
We were asked to assist with a search for any other victims after a car was found crashed off the road on Kirkstone Pass.
Kendal MRT called us to assist them with a search for two missing people overdue on a walk from Kentmere to Troutbeck. They were reported missing by their mother, when they failed to show up at the pub that she was waiting in. They were located in another pub. We all went home.
very high winds and heavy rain.
We were requested to help a man who had sustained a suspected fractured ankle above Troutbeck Park Farm.
A 16-year-old female collapsed with a suspected epileptic fit. The fit was severe and prolonged.
An autistic 8-year-boy went missing at Limefitt Holiday Park. Because of the terrain around that area, which includes fast moving water, disused quarries, mine shafts and steep crags we mobilised quickly to go and look for him. Fortunately he turned up quickly, as the team was en-route. We all returned home.
A 70-year-old man collapsed on a rough track in Troutbeck.
A woman walking with a group suffered chest pains.
