NYF&RS asked for assistance in rescuing a large lamb which had fallen perhaps 9 or 10 metres from the top of Catrigg Foss and was stranded on a ledge between the upper and lower waterfalls. A team member abseiled down, caught the lamb and persuaded it into the animal bag. Team members and firefighters then hauled the lamb to the surface, in the bag, before releasing it over the fence…
A member of the public reported having seen a lamb stuck down a pothole on Newby Moss and provided a grid reference for the location. A small team of CRO members undertook a quick search of the general area and located the lamb, marooned down Fluted Hole. We descended the hole on ropes and the lamb was soon captured, hauled back to the surface and returned to liberty well away…
A caver advised CRO, by a roundabout route, that he had found a sheep trapped in a gryke at Middle Scar near Ribblehead. The local CRO controller joined him and, together, they hoisted the animal onto the surface, unharmed.
A German Pointer called Frankie fell into the river, between the ‘Pecca Twin Falls’ on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail and was stranded on an inaccessible ledge (just below the one on which Meatball was stranded on Boxing Day). His owners called for help and members of CRO’s swift-water rescue team scrambled down, swam to retrieve the dog and brought him safely up to the path. Footnote:- As we suggested back…
