Old Man of Coniston 16th April 2017, 17:38hrs 12/2017

The fells were shrouded in mist and light rain was falling.

The team were contacted by CUMPOL to an incident involving two females being separated from there party, somewhere on the tops.

A full team call out was initiated with three parties ascending the fell at different locations converging mid way between the Old Man and Swirl How.

The ladies were soon located at Levers Water having descended from the Hawse. All team members were stood down and returned to base. The other party were located in the Sun Inn having already made there way down. This incident could be avoided with groups just staying together.

This incident involved 14 team members and lasted just under 1 1/2 hours.