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ALERT ONLY. SEPTEMBER 29th SUN. 16.46hrs. BULL POT OF THE WITCHES, CASTERTON, CUMBRIA. ALERT No 6 of 2024

A caller, living over 200 miles away, where there had been heavy rain and flooding, was unable to phone his son (35) who had intended exploring Bull Pot of the Witches. He therefore contacted Cumbria Police, concerned about his son’s safety, some three hours earlier than their agreed ‘call-out time’. He was unaware that there had been little or no rain in the Casterton area that day and that only…

INCIDENT 88/2022  NOV. 15th TUE. 17.10  BROWNTHWAITE, CASTERTON, CUMBRIA – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

NWAS called CRO when their ambulance could not reach a dog-walker (f, 48) who was found by a mountain biker and reported to be ‘disorientated after collapse’ on the bridleway near Brownthwaite Pike, Casterton..An update showed that the patient did not know where she was or what had happened to her. As team members were responding, a further update from NWAS said that the ambulance crew had managed to get…