We were alerted by Cumbria Police about eight walkers who were reported overdue from a walk up Scafell Pike. While the Team Leader was gathering information, one of the group returned to the valley and contacted the police to say that the rest were all OK and not far behind. The incident was closed after confirmation was received that they were all off the hill.
Incident started at 19:34 and ended at 21:03 making 1.5 hrs in total. There was 1 Wasdale team member involved. Total rescuer hours: 1.5