Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria Police at 12.37hrs on Sunday 11th July to a female in her early sixties who had slipped whilst descending from Beda Fell Knott down to Dale Head Farm in Martindale. Due to there being no mobile phone coverage in the area the lady’s companions had raised the alarm by walking down to the farm .

Three vehicles were despatched and travelled to the head of Martindale where team members proceeded on foot to the casualty site. After treatment at the scene the casualty was put in a leg splint and conveyed off the fell in a stretcher to a team Land Rover. The group were driven back to Patterdale Mountain Rescue Base from where they then made their own way to hospital for further treatment.

The rescue lasted a total of 3 hours and involved 17 team members.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted shortly after 14:00 on 21/06/2021 to respond to a 60 year old woman who had tripped whilst walking close to the summit of St Sunday Crag. She had suffered a laceration to her forehead and a suspected fracture of her left wrist.

The party with the woman improvised a sling and gave her paracetamol and ibuprofen before starting the decent towards Patterdale. Four team members in two Team vehicles drove up the Grisedale Valley and then walked up to meet the casualty and her party. After a brief assessment they returned to the vehicles and brought the woman down to the Team’s Rescue Centre.

She was later driven to Cumbria Infirmary Carlise by her husband. The rescue lasted 3 hours and involved 6 team members.

The Team’s 2021 incident attendance register records this callout as “Broken ankle at Aira Force”. No further public press-release wording survives in the archive.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria Police at 15:01 on Saturday 5th June to assist a woman who had fallen and cut her lower leg whilst walking between Grisedale Tarn and Deepdale Hause. The report mentioned the use of a tourniquet which the Team were unable to confirm with the casualty’s party due to the loss of the phone signal.

For this reason, the Great North Air Ambulance was requested to assist. While Team members ascended towards the casualty’s location on foot the Air Ambulance landed on the ridge above the casualty and the crew were able to descend the short distance to the casualty site. The wound was dressed, before the woman was flown down to valley for transfer to a land ambulance and onward transportation to hospital.

The incident lasted 2 hours and involved 13 team members.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called at about 15:40 on Thursday 03/06/2021 to assist a woman from Birmingham who had slipped and injured her ankle whilst walking on Gowbarrow. The casualty’s party didn’t have mobile phone coverage and the incident was reported by passers-by.

By the time the Team arrived on scene the woman, who was in some pain, had managed to shuffle herself a considerable distance down the Fell towards Aira Force Beck. She was assessed by a Team medic and had her ankle splinted before being stretchered to a Team vehicle and transported back to her car. She was then driven to Penrith Hospital by her companions.

The rescue took about 2 hours and involved 9 team members.

The Team’s 2021 incident attendance register records this callout as “Ankle injury on Lower Man – Keswick MRT incident”. It was recorded as a limited callout. No further public press-release wording survives in the archive.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out at around 1530hrs to reports of a young person who had sustained an ankle injury on the descent down Scandale Pass. The casualty was part of a Duke of Edinburgh group who were heading toward Glenridding to camp overnight.

The group were very well equipped and had rigged up a tent and kept the casualty warm whilst awaiting the team. The casualty was treated and the lower leg was stabilised before being stretchered down the hill. The DofE group were on their penultimate day of their excursion and all in great spirits despite the mishap. The rescue lasted 4 hours and was attended by 13 team members.