Incidents 2023

Church Beck

Incident 40 of 2023:- 10/08/23, 10.36, Church Beck, SD296979 It was a dry, sunny day as a family and their dog walked up the track beside Church Beck. Unfortunately, the…

Yewdale Crag

Incident 39 of 2023:- 07/08/23, 17.22, Yewdale Crag, SD306991 It was a damp and murky late afternoon when Cumbria Police called us to help a man who was cragfast on…

Nettle Crag

Incident 38 of 2023:- 01/08/23, 17.25, Nettle Crag, SD277967 It was a drizzly and low-cloud day as a woman and her son descended from the Old Man of Coniston to…

Grizedale Forest

Incident 37 of 2023:- 28/07/23, 18.43, Grizedale Forest, SD343951 On a pleasant summer evening, a family group lost their bearings in Grizedale Forest and were unable to find their way…

Peel Island

Incident 36 of 2023:- 20/07/23, 17.15, Peel Island, Coniston Water, SD295918 The Team Leader was asked to make contact with Wasdale MRT which had received a request from CUMPOL, to…

Spring Wood

Incident 34 of 2023:- 30/06/23, 13.00, Spring Wood, SD364982 The weather remained wet for our second callout of the day, when a mountain biker crashed on a trail in Spring…

Guards Wood

Incident 33 of 2023:- 30/06/23, 11.26, Guards Wood, SD309982 On a wet day, a girl walking with a party of young people slipped on a tree root and was unable…

Yewdale Fells

Incident 32 of 2023:- 24/06/23, 23.35, Yewdale Fells, SD303988 Just as we were falling asleep from the Land Rover rescue, another call came through from CUMPOL (Cumbria Police). Two people…

Tilberthwaite

Incident 31 of 2023:- 24/06/23, 20.24, Tilberthwaite, NY308006 It was a warm and dry evening when CUMPOL received a request by a member of the public asking if Mountain Rescue…

Caws Beck

Incident 30 of 2023:- 18/06/23, 11.21, Caws Beck, SD299896 A couple were taking a walk through woodland on a dry day, but Caws Beck which they had to cross was…