A walker (m, 32) was reported to have sustained an ankle injury at a location believed to be almost at the top of Horton Scar Lane (a.k.a. ‘The Vicarage Track’ or ‘The Hull Pot Track’) from Horton in Ribblesdale. It seemed that this incident would be a simple pickup by a small team in a Land Rover but, as a precaution, the vehicle from Clapham was backed up by another,…
A mountain biker (m, 58), descending a track at speed, was thrown over the bike’s handlebars into a wooded area and hit a tree before coming to earth. Bowland Pennine MRT and the North West Air Ambulance set off to deal with the incident but with many members on holiday BPMRT found themselves short-handed and asked CRO to assist. The first BPMRT member to arrive began assessing the patient, but…
A Three Peaks walker (m, 55) suffered a knee injury – possibly caused by the repeated pounding of his feet on the hardened path surfaces (?) – a little way down the steep descent from the top of Whernside, so that he was unable to continue walking. He called North Yorkshire Police and the request for help was passed on to the CRO duty controller. Having splinted the injured leg,…
A walker (f, 54) slipped and sustained a suspected broken ankle on the path from Water Sinks, just before it joins the path down into ‘the Dry Valley’, leading to Malham Cove. A small team of CRO members walked down from Langscar Gate, administered pain relief, splinted the leg, lifted the walker onto a lightweight Titan stretcher and carried her to a team Land Rover. This took her down to…
