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…
North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist two walkers (m,20s) who were stuck on the steep and rocky south shoulder of Pen-y-ghent. Two other members of their party (m,f,20s) had gone up to assist them, but the group was unable to move due to high winds and poor visibility. Team members, struggling to stay on their feet in the wind, located the group at the edge of the summit…
NYP asked for CRO’s advice and technical assistance in locating two relatively inexperienced campers (m, 18) in the Settle area. They had phoned a parent at 01.32 to say that they were very cold and could they be picked up in Settle? At 03.00, the parent had arrived in Settle but had been unable to find or phone them. The CRO duty controller was alerted at 07.35 and, after making…
A group of walkers (2f, 3m, 30s) set off up Ingleborough from near Chapel-le-Dale. One member of the group turned back at Humphrey Bottom. Having later received a message from the rest of the group saying that they were lost, she called 999. As a small CRO team met with her to get further information, the other members of the group turned up safe and well. Volunteer hours: 16
