A man has been found alive and well after an unattended paddleboard sparked an emergency appeal.
The paddleboard was found on Friday evening with its ankle leash snapped, floating in the middle of Derwentwater – which led to the launch of a multi-agency search.
Rescue teams put out several social media appeals in an attempt to identify the paddleboarder and searches carried out were done by boat and helicopter.
Searches eventually concluded at around 10pm on Friday night and the identity of the paddleboarder remained unknown.
But on Sunday, Keswick mountain rescue team said the owner of the board had been found alive and well.
The team added that the man had said he had been blown off his board, but had made it safely back to shore.
Station officer for Whitehaven Coastguard, Nathan Major, later urged people to label their water equipment and gear ahead of the summer months.
He said: “This paddleboard incident shows the importance of people taking to the water needing to ensure their kit and equipment is adequately labelled with the owners contact information.
“Ahead of the finer weather coming, we would encourage all water users to please take the time now to label their equipment, meaning a swift closure to any future incidents of this nature.”
