Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team used its boat to reach the injured man

Mountain rescuers used their boat to reach a walker who injured himself while walking on a Lakeland path.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 2pm today when the 59-year-old man from Redcar in Cleveland dislocated his knee after slipping near Ullswater’s shore.

He was on the lakeside route between Howtown and Patterdale when the accident happened.

A Patterdale MRT spokesperson said: “The team located the man and administered first aid before placing him on a stretcher and lowering him 70m to the lake shore.

“He was transported by the team’s rescue boat to a waiting Land Rover and then taken to the rescue centre before onward transfer by land ambulance to hospital.”

The three-hour rescue involved 12 volunteer team members.