A request came in from the farmer at Burnthwaite to rescue two crag fast sheep on Great Gable. Three team members spent 3 hours at the head of Little Hellgate on Great Gable. The sheep were located on an exposed ledge and recovered safely. Incident closed at 1.00 p.m.
Whilst out on a training day the team found a crag fast sheep, well down one of the gulleys. The sheep had been down the gulley for some time (all the vegetation around it had been eaten) and there was no way it could ascend. It was stuck with a Read more…
The rescue of two crag fast sheep, Middle Fell
Team leader and a team member carried out a sheep rescue on Kern Knots. A local farmer’s wife had rung to ask if we could get two cragfast sheep out of the right side of the crags. I’m afraid one jumped but we did get the other and lowered it Read more…