A Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Land Rover above Ullswater

Assistance at a road traffic collision at Glencoyne

A team vehicle above Ullswater. A general photograph — not taken at this callout.

Callout 33

Date

Tue 28 April 2026

Called out

19:45

Stood down

21:45

Duration

2 hours

Location

Glencoyne

On Tuesday 28th April at around 19:45hrs North West Ambulance requested assistance for extraction of a Motorcyclist who had crashed outside Glenridding at Glencoyne. The Team worked alongside the Ambulance service and Cumbria Fire and Rescue stabilising the casualty then helped carry him on their stretcher to the waiting ambulance.

The callout in numbers

10

Team members

2

Hours on the hill

33

Callout of the year

Other agencies

North West Ambulance Service, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service.

With thanks to North West Ambulance Service, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team

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The team receives no government funding. Every rope, radio and Land Rover is bought with money the public gives us.