Two walkers (f, 51; m, 47) called for help when they and their dog lost the path off Ingleborough in thick mist and having lost the mapping app on their phone. The mobile phone company provided the Police with a grid reference, showing them to be near Long Kin West pot-hole. This was confirmed to within a few metres by the CRO duty controller, using the PhoneFind app.. The pair were unwilling to simply ‘walk down-hill’, fearing that they would become even more lost, in the poor visibility. Fortunately a small group of CRO members were just leaving a training exercise they had been on with the Bowland Pennine team. They collected CRO 4, the Honda Pioneer, drove up to Grey Scars, recovered the ‘mispers’, returned them via the High Leys track and to their car in Clapham.
Volunteer hours: 7