Abandoned canoes on the Ullswater lakeshore
A team vehicle above Ullswater. A general photograph — not taken at this callout.
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Callout 97
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The Team were contacted by police after a lake user reported two canoes pulled up on a rocky section of the lakeshore with a tarpaulin over them. The caller could not get close enough to investigate and was concerned that people might be sheltering beneath it. Enquiries with local outdoor activity centres did not identify the owners, so two Team members deployed to reach the location. Nobody was found, and it was concluded that the boats had been intentionally hidden.
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2
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2
Hours on the hill
97
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