A local farmer asked the team to rescue one of his sheep from the rock face at Mealbank Quarry. Team members attended and set up a rope access system to lower two team members to the sheep’s location. Unfortunately, while team members tried to reassure the sheep as they approached it, the sheep attempted to escape and fell down the crag. The farmer checked the sheep and advised that it…
Having rescued a number of sheep from easier places, himself, a farmer asked for CRO’s assistance in rescuing three sheep from ledges on Great Close Scar, overlooking Malham Tarn, as he could not do this, alone, in safety. The following morning, a small team met him and effected the rescues by roping down from the top of the Scar and helping the sheep to descend safely into soft snow. Volunteer…
A walker told the police that he had found a sheep stuck in a bog near Harry Horse Stone. He had tried to pull it out, but succeeded only in pulling himself in. A small team turned out, but could not find a bog containing a sheep. They did find a particularly muddy sheep, nearby, concluding that it had escaped. While in the area, a team member heard a faint…
A passing walker reported that a lamb was stranded in the bottom of Fluted Hole on the South side of Ingleborough. A small team set off in CRO 4 (the Honda Pioneer), but came to a sudden halt in a grip (drain) cunningly concealed under vegetation. The following day, they returned, on foot, with a larger group of members and succeeded in recovering the vehicle. Then the lamb was rescued…
