On the previous day, a team member and a member of the public had spotted a lamb on a ledge near the top of Mealbank Quarry. The lamb was left overnight to give it an opportunity to rescue itself, which is often the safest course for the animal. When it did not do so, a small group attended and a team member was lowered to the lamb’s location. The team…
North Yorkshire Police called for assistance in rescuing a sheep which had fallen into Hull Pot. A small team was dispatched. While one team member abseiled approximately 18m down to the sheep and persuaded it into a flight bag, four other team members set up a hauling system. The sheep was brought to the surface and turned over to the farmer who owned it, looking somewhat dishevelled from its experience…
a) CAVE HOLE (BOGGARTS ROARING HOLES area) Two team members, walking from Ingleton to Gaping Gill, found that a sheep was stranded about 10m down in Cave Hole. Re-inforcements were called. A team member abseiled in and wrestled the sheep into a flight bag before it was hauled to the surface and released, a little stiff, but not seriously harmed. b) FIFE POT (GREY SCARS area) Cavers had also heard…
A heavily pregnant ewe was stranded on a ledge at the Western end of Warrendale Knotts, above Settle. The farmer left it, hoping it would self-rescue when it became hungry, but there seemed to be enough grazing to keep it going. After three days, he called CRO via North Yorkshire Police. A small team attended and one member was lowered to the ledge. He distracted the sheep with feed nuts…
