INCIDENT 45/2025. MAY 25th SUN. 14.06hrs GRITSTONE POT, INGLEBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE

The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of a sheep that had fallen down Gritstone Pot. When the duty controller spoke to the reporting person it transpired that there was also a second sheep down Boggarts Roaring Hole, but some cavers who were planning to go down that cave were intending to try and rescue it on their way. A small team was assembled and headed…

INCIDENT 17/2025 MAR. 9th SUN. 11:45 MEALBANK QUARRY, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ANIMAL INCIDENT

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…

INCIDENT 08/2025. JAN 11th SAT. 16.18hrs. GREAT CLOSE SCAR, MALHAM MOOR, NORTH YORKSHIRE

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…

INCIDENT 77/2023 3rd SEP. SUN. 15.56 Nr HARRY HORSE STONE, NEWBY MOSS, NEWBY NORTH YORKSHIRE – ANIMAL INCIDENT

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…