A small group of horses galloped past but very close to four walkers on the path from Malham to Pikedaw, beyond Butterlands Barn. One horse came so close that one of the walkers (f, 63) was ‘bowled over’ and sustained a wrist injury on landing. Her group began to walk her back down the hill, but the pain was such that this could not continue. Team members attended, assessed the patient, administered pain relief and splinted her arm before assisting her carefully to a team Land Rover, waiting in the lane near Beck Barn. This was driven to Malham car park where the injured walker transferred to the family car for the journey to hospital.
As the photo shows, two of the horses were very interested in all that was going on and were very difficult to move away.
Volunteer hours: 27
