Today at 16:30 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team where called by the Police to search for a 64yr old walker from Bishop Auckland. The man was reported missing by his walking companion having waited for two hrs for his arrival at the summit of Hartsop Dodd. They had taken different routes and failed to meet up…

Today at 14.42 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team where called by the Police to assist a 73 yr old man from Leicestershire. The gentleman had injured his ankle while walking the lakeshore path above Scalehow wood and was unable to continue. He was found by a passing walker who called for help using their mobile phone.…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called by police to the assistance of a woman from Preston who had slipped and fractured her ankle near Hayeswater dam. Members of the team drove to the dam in their 4×4 landrover ambulance, treated the woman at the scene then carried her by stretcher to the landrover. She was…

A 75 year old man walking the Coast To Coast route pulled a muscle in his lower back on day 4 of his walk and was unable to continue. Two members of the team drove up the valley in a team landrover ambulance and transported the gentleman back to his overnight accommodation in Patterdale.

The team were called by the Police to search for an overdue walker. The man, a 67 year old from Australia, was walking on the coast to coast route and had been expected to arrive a number of hours before the call. Despite having set off early from his B&B, the man was significantly overdue…

Nine members of Patterdale MRT responded to a call from the Police reporting shouts for help from 2 people who’s canoe had capsized in the middle of Ullswater. The team RIB was launched but by the time it arrived on seen the pair had swum ashore. Paddles and other equipment was retrieved from the lake…

Patterdale MRT were called to assist NW ambulance with the evacuation of an 67 year old lady after she collapsed near Hayeswater pump house. She was assessed and transported from the fell in Team landrover ambulance down to a waiting County ambulance who took her to Cumberland infirmay for further treatment

Whilst the team were clearing up from the previous incident they were informed of a minor road traffic collision between the Rescue Centre and Glenridding. On attending they discovered that a car had hit the corner of the stone boat house at the back of St Patricks Bay. The driver, a 62 year old woman…

The team were alerted by the Police following a report of two overdue walkers. The two women, part of a larger group staying at Patterdale Youth Hostel, had not been seen since midday near Red Tarn, Helvellyn. However, the two women turned up as the team were formulating a search plan.

Patterdale Mountain rescue Team went to the assistance of an 89 year old gentleman who had tumbled from the Ullswater lake footpath. The Team deployed its boat to transport 14 members and equipment to the sight. The gentleman was treated for a suspected spinal injury, he was transported via boat to the Western shore were…

At approximately 15:30 Cumbria Police requested the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to rescue a woman who had fallen whilst taking part in an organised fell race. She had broken her leg and was in severe pain when the team arrived. The woman was treated on scene, given intravenous pain relief, and transported to an ambulance…

At 1615 hrs Cumbria police called Patterdale mountain rescue to the aid of a 60 year old female from Warrington who sustained a suspected fracture to her left ankle whilst walking in the Grisedale valley. She was treated on the hill and evacuated to the team land rover which transported her to the rescue centre…