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…
While taking his human for a Boxing Day walk on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Meatball, an Irish Wheaten Terrier, fell about 10m into the river just upstream of Pecca Bridge. Although uninjured, he could not regain the path, so scrabbled out onto a slippery, sloping ledge in a distressed state. His owner called North Yorkshire Police for assistance and they, in turn, called CRO. Once the location was confirmed, two members…
