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ALERT ONLY. AUGUST 26th TUE. 12.57hrs PATH Nr BEEZLEY FALLS, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 11 OF 2025

A visitor (f, 37) slipped on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail near Beezley Falls, sustaining a serious ankle injury. The team was put on stand-by, but when the Duty Controller telephoned the reporting person, he was told that several other visitors were helping walk/carry the injured person back to the Falls Park cafe. As this would be accessible to a YAS vehicle, the Duty Controller advised North Yorkshire Police that the…

INCIDENT 71/2025. AUGUST 24th  SUN. 16.33 hrs INGLEBOROUGH, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

Undeterred by her experience on Whernside the previous day and underestimating the challenge, particularly of the descent, a walker reached the summit of Ingleborough but felt unable to begin the rocky descent. A passer-by called for help and a small team drove up Fell Lane, Ingleton, to Crina Bottom. They continued on foot and were delighted to find that three other walkers had selflessly supported the lady down over the…

INCIDENT 70/2025. AUGUST 23rd  SAT. 14.45 hrs WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A distressed walker with medical problems was encountered by other people as they reached the summit of Whernside. Thanks to the support of several walkers, she reached the top of the steep descent path. CRO members then took over the support for the slow, safe walk down to a team Land Rover. This returned her to her weekend accommodation. Volunteer hours: 15

INCIDENT 66/2025. AUGUST 8th, FRI. 11.34hrs KIRKBY FELL, nr MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of a walker (m) who was found having a medical episode by a passing cyclist on the path across Kirkby Fell. Team members were able to drive CROs 2 and 3 along a track to within a few hundred metres of the casualty and, after an assessment by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance doctor, stretchered the casualty to CRO 3…