A Labrador who fell down a Lake District landmark was stretchered to safety by mountain rescue team members.
The dog was out for a walk with its owner on Sharp Edge, Blencathra, had ‘fallen a considerable distance’ yesterday, Friday, June 17, off the Scales Tarn side.
Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called out to assist at around 12.40pm.
The dog’s owner, and a couple of Penrith Mountain Rescue Team members who were in the area, went to assist and improvised a stretcher to carry the dog down to the path.
Members of the Keswick team met the party as rain started and stretchered the dog down to the car park.
From there, the owner took the dog to a vets in Cockermouth for further checks and treatment.
The incident involved 10 Keswick team members, the two Penrith team members and took two hours.
On Thursday, Keswick team members were called to Shepherd’s Crag in the Borrowdale Valley after a woman and her dog found themselves stuck on a ledge.
The pair had followed the wrong path and the team was called around noon to help.
Both were uninjured but as they were unable to continue on or climb down the way they had come, the woman decided to call mountain rescue.
The team helped the woman to walk off using a back-up safety line on the steeper sections, while her dog was assisted close behind.
Once safely back at the road they both decided to return to their nearby accommodation for rest and recovery. The callout involved 11 team members and took one hour and 42 minutes.
