Incidents 2023

Incident 19 of 2023:- 12/04/23, 13.16, Old Man of Coniston, SD273976 As the forecasts had predicted, winter returned to the fell-tops today, and a couple of walkers were caught out…

Incident 18 of 2023:- 08/04/23, 20.47, Goat’s Water, SD267973 Our second callout of the day came after dark, when Cumbria Police asked us to assist a female who had fallen…

Incident 17 of 2023:- 08/04/23, 15.08, Levers Hawse, SD271993 The Easter weather was being kind to all our visitors with another sunny day, but unfortunately a man slipped on the…

Incident 16 of 2023:- 07/04/23, 12.25, Tarn Hows, NY333006 On a sunny Spring day, a lady walking round Tarn Hows had a medical issue and her fellow-walkers phoned for help.…

Incident 15 of 2023:- 25/03/23, 14.13, Tarn Hows, SD324997 There had been a lot of rain in the Lakes, and paths were muddy and slippery. There were still showers around…

Incident 14 of 2023:- 16/03/23, 10.26, Little Arrow Moor, SD284956 It was a very wet day in the Coniston area, with the becks in spate and roads starting to flood.…

Incident 13 of 2023:- 10/03/23, 05.10, Saddlestone Quarry, SD280981 Full winter conditions continued after Incident 12. Despite this, two men set off at around at 11am on Thursday 9th intending…

Incident 12 of 2023:- 09/03/23, 14.21, Dow Crag, SD262978 Most of northern England was under Met Office weather warnings, and conditions were very wintry – low cloud, low temperatures, high…

Incident 11 of 2023:- 05/03/23, 14.03, near Bell Cottage, SD287974 No change in the cold and clear weather, but a fell-runner in an organised race slipped in one of the…

Incident 10 of 2023:- 03/03/23, 11.40, Dow Crag, SD264982 Another cold and clear day in the Lakes saw a woman slip near to the top of Dow Crag and break…