Reports of screaming and shouting on the fells near Helvellyn resulted in a call out for Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team at the weekend.
At around 4.45pm on Saturday, the team was called to make a search of the area by Cumbria police, after reports of people possibly needing help in the Grisdale valley, on a hillside between sheepfolds and Hole in the Wall.
The people were said to have been shouting, screaming and waving their arms around half way up the hill from the valley bottom. It was stated that there were two or possibly three all in dark clothing and they were definitely trying to attract attention of anyone in the area.
Two groups of team members were dispatched into the valley, one group searched the lower path back down the valley and then made their way up the hillside past the possible location.
The other group made their way up the main track to the Hole in the Wall, nothing was found in the area and team members returned back to Patterdale base.
“The alarm was raised with good intentions the informants were convinced it was someone in trouble and as usual the team were happy to go and make a search of the area in case someone was in need of assistance,” said a spokesman.
The incident took just over three hours involving 14 members in total.
