The rescue scene on Barton Fell. Photo: Patterdale MRT
A Lake District team was called out three times over the weekend to aid walkers.
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted at 2pm on Friday after a man slipped and injured his knee above Ullswater.
The walker was descending from Barton Fell towards the lake when the incident happened.
Team members were able to drive towards the fell from Roehead in Land Rovers.
A team spokesperson said: “Once on scene his injuries were assessed with first aid administered before being transferred back to Roehead to the waiting ambulance.
“On arrival back at Pooley Bridge the grateful companions kindly bought refreshments and wished us a rescue-free weekend.”
However, this was not to be and on Saturday morning Patterdale MRT was called out when a walker suffered a suspected asthma attack while with her friends on the path leading up to Boredale Hause.
The spokesperson said: “[She] was provided with immediate first aid before an ambulance crew arrived. The ambulance crew were able to administer further treatment and when the team arrived, the female was transferred to the ambulance for further assessments.”
The team used its rescue boat to reach the injured walker. Photo: Patterdale MRT
The following day the team’s volunteers were again in action when an elderly man slipped and fell while walking on the Ullswater shore path, injuring his hip.
The spokesperson said some team members had just returned from a four-day swiftwater rescue course in Teesside. “The team deployed the inflatable rescue boat to access the remote location,” the spokesperson said. “On arrival the gentleman’s injuries were assessed by the team doctor.
“As a precautionary measure the gentleman was packaged in a vacuum mattress and casualty bag before being transferred by stretcher onto the rescue boat and taken back across the lake to the waiting ambulance.”
The rescue lasted 2½ hours.
The Patterdale team was also alerted on Friday to a man who injured himself when he fell 2m from a stile on the Cumbria Way. During the initial investigation it became clear the incident was in the area covered by Duddon and Furness MRT, so the rescue was handed to them.
