A visitor (m, 20) to the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail was reported to be ‘struggling with fatigue and now feeling unwell’, having been walking for two and a half hours, from Ingleton. Once the duty controller had confirmed with the party that they were on the path above Thornton Force, team members met on the green lane, higher up, and descended to find the casualty and three companions. After being assessed, the casualty was walked gently up to the team Land Rovers then driven down to the Ingleborough Community Centre. Here, the driver of the Stagecoach service bus, very obligingly, agreed to delay his departure so that the group could take the first leg of their journey home.
Footnote: When questioned, the patient admitted that he had had nothing to eat all day.
Volunteer hours: 14