Last Bank Holiday Monday, we received a call from Cumbria Police about people potentially lost in the water at Wast Water requiring assistance. They had received multiple calls reporting similar things about paddle boarders in distress. Further information suggested that one person was unaccounted for. Multiple emergency services were activated Read more
Cumbria Police requested team assistance after a 30kg dog refused to move on the Wastwater Screes. The Team Leader deployed a boat team and they successfully rescued the dog along with two walkers. All were safely returned to the landing area and continued their walk back to their campsite.
The 168th 999 alert for the year makes 2024 a new record for the team. Cumbria Police requested help from the team for a party of 7 walkers, one of whom had pulled a muscle whilst walking on the Screes near the lakeshore. A full callout was made, and both Read more
Whilst incident 159 was ongoing a further call for help was received. Two walkers and their dog had lost their route on the Screes and were struggling to make progress. Their dog was also being carried at this point, making it particularly hazardous across the boulder fields. Additional team members Read more
The team was called by Cumbria Police about a walker who had slipped, sustaining a very painful injury to her ankle. Phone Find located her and her walking partner on the Screes path. A full callout was made and access was quickest from the Brackenclose side, also avoiding the tricky Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a party of four walkers (in two separate groups) attempting to walk around Wast Water. However, one of the walkers was struggling to negotiate the boulder field and felt they could not continue in either direction. A full callout was made and Read more
As the team rescuing the dogs from incident 25 was returning to base, another call had been received from Cumbria Police and more team members with fresher legs had been deployed. Once again, they passed each other in opposite directions. The call was regarding a mother and son who had Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police, however it was quickly established that this was not in our area and that the receiving team had all the resources they needed to respond quickly. As such the tasking was transferred across, and the team was stood down.
A call was received from Cumbria Police regarding two walkers. They had two dogs but one of them was spooked and refused to move any further on a boulder field. The terrain makes it extremely difficult to make safe progress in this situation so the team were called out. The Read more
The team received a call this afternoon from Cumbria Police about a party of three adults and a dog who had lost confidence that the could safely negotiate the lakeshore route at the bottom of the Screes, potentially having gone upwards rather than staying close to the lake. Like many Read more
As members of the team were starting to set up a team barbecue on a sunny Friday afternoon, we were called by Cumbria Police about two people reporting themselves stuck on the Screes on the South side of Wast Water. They also had a dog with them. Fortunately as part Read more
As the team was waiting for the helicopter to depart from the previous callout, a second call was received from Cumbria Police. A walker on the Screes lakeshore was in need of assistance. Details and exact location were not available as the message was relayed from people on the lake, Read more
The team was called by Cumbria Police regarding a family whose dog was injured as they were crossing the Screes boulder field. They felt unable to move safely in either direction. A limited callout was made to deploy the team boat and ‘pick off’ the family group. Other team members Read more
The team was called today about a walker on the Screes path who had fallen and injured her ankle. It was called in to Cumbria Police by another couple who were passing. The Team Leader called the team out, and the team boat was mobilised. The advance foot party arrived Read more
In another Screes callout we were alerted by Cumbria Police to help an injured dog who was unable to carry on. The boat team responded again and was able to relocate the dog and their owners to much friendlier ground on the opposite side of the lake.
The team were alerted to help two walkers and their dog who were attempting to cross the Screes by the lakeshore of Wast Water. At the start of the last boulder field their dog became unwell and refused to move further. We were able to help by sending some team Read more
We received a call from the police regarding a walker who had become unwell whilst crossing the Screes. As per callout 94, our boat was deployed as the safest and quickest rescue option for both the casualty and team members. The casualty was assessed and then transferred to safety on Read more
We were alerted by Cumbria Police to a party of three people and a dog who together were unable to make further progress across the large boulder field on the Screes. The standard team response to this scenario was initiated, involving deploying the team boat, a transfer from the Screes Read more
Cumbria Police notified us about a walker stuck on the boulder field on Wastwater lakeshore, with an injured ankle, having fallen a couple of times. A foot party and the boat were deployed and further members went to Cross Walls on the other side of the lake to receive the Read more
A call was received about two walkers and a dog who were stuck on the large boulders on the lakeshore path. A foot party and a boat party were deployed as the Team Leader was unable to contact the walkers to find out what breed of dog they had, and Read more