A farmer’s wife left a message on CRO’s Facebook, saying that a lamb could be heard near Cowskull Pot, on the West side of Pen y ghent. The following morning, a small party of CRO members found a rather heavy sheep in Cowskull Pot, hauled it to the surface and released it, unharmed, onto the fell. Volunteer hours: 10
A walker observed a sheep in the bottom of the entrance shaft of one of the Pillar Holes and e-mailed the CRO Secretary, asking whether he knew who the farmer was and whether he could be contacted to investigate. The following morning, a small party of CRO members went to investigate and, walking along the line of shafts, found a lamb in Fluted Hole and another in one of the…
Having waited five days for a sheep to leave its ledge and wander up the quarry face to graze the field at the top, a farmer called for help. A small team lowered one member down to the ledge with a bag of sheep-nuts in one hand and a large canvas sack in the other. The shaking of the bag seemed to remind the sheep that it was hungry and,…
Two local people, out for a walk, spotted a sheep on a ledge in one of the Pillar Holes on Newby Moss and called the Duty Controller. A small team was able to drive all the way to the hole in CRO 4 (the team’s Honda Pioneer) and was then able to rescue the sheep before releasing it onto the fell, unharmed. (It’s in the bag!) I Volunteer hours: 10…
