A couple were walking on the field path from Lambert Lane to Upper Settle, with their dogs, when a group of young cattle began running towards them. The walkers scrambled into a different field to avoid the beasts, but the man (53) fell and sustained a knee injury, so that he could not walk. YAS paramedics attended, giving pain relief and splinting the injured leg but were unable to move…
The party of a walker (F, 40yrs) contacted North Yorkshire Police to say she was having difficulty descending from Whernside to Bruntscar on the 3 Peaks Path due to very painful knees which were getting more painful as she progressed. A small party of CRO members attended and, with assistance from her friends, managed to walk her down to a Team Vehicle at Broadrake. She was reunited with other friends…
A walker (f, 46) slipped, sustaining a knee injury, on the steep muddy path from Twisleton Hall to Beezleys Farm which connects the two arms of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. Having confirmed the location, a small team of CRO members went to assist the YAS paramedics in transporting the casualty to the road ambulance. Volunteer hours: 5
North Yorkshire Police received a call from a walker who, while walking on Whernside, had texted a family group who she knew were also on the hill, asking whether all was well. This was because a member of the family was known to have knee problems. The reporting person’s text was sent at 13.03, but because one or both of the phones was out of signal, she did not see…
