INCIDENT 28/2024. May 4th SAT. 21.21 CLAPHAM BOTTOMS, CLAPHAM, N.YORKSHIRE

The Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) late in the evening in relation to two walkers (M, 22 and 26) doing the 3 Peaks walk who had reported themselves as lost. Unfortunately, their phones had limited signal which was lost after they had contacted the police. Fortunately they had given the Police a good description of their surroundings before the signal was lost which enabled the team to…

INCIDENT 5/2024 FEB. 16TH FRI. (same day) 17.47 HRS. CLAPHAM BOTTOMS, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

North Yorkshire Police were called by two walkers (m,27; f,27) who said they were lost in low cloud and rain after following a published walk on Ingleborough. As they were in a poor reception area, the usual telephone location systems were ineffective. However, the caller had mentioned walking past ‘a tanker’, which the team’s local knowledge suggested was the bowser (for watering stock) in the Clapham Bottoms area. With other…