North Yorkshire Police were called by two walkers (m,27; f,27) who said they were lost in low cloud and rain after following a published walk on Ingleborough. As they were in a poor reception area, the usual telephone location systems were ineffective. However, the caller had mentioned walking past ‘a tanker’, which the team’s local knowledge suggested was the bowser (for watering stock) in the Clapham Bottoms area. With other team members on stand-by at home, two drove up Long Lane in CRO 4 (Honda Pioneer) and two up towards Trow Gill in CRO 2 (Land Rover), as a precaution. The first vehicle drove to within easy hailing distance of the walkers and returned them to CRO Base for a hot drink.
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