The Kendal team broke its previous record for callouts. Photo: Kendal MRT

The Kendal team broke its previous record for callouts. Photo: Kendal MRT

A Cumbrian rescue team said it had its busiest ever year in 2014.

Kendal Mountain Rescue Team said its festive season was relatively quiet, but its total number of callouts throughout the year was a record.

Its volunteers were called out 58 times, surpassing the previous record of 55 two years previously.

Deputy team leader Kath Jackson said “The pattern of callouts this year has been a bit like buses – we have had long quiet spells then several incidents at once.

“The vast majority of people that we help are well equipped, responsibly enjoying the outdoors and have simply been unfortunate. We in the Kendal team, along with our mountain rescue colleagues across the Lake District and the country, work hard to ensure we are always ready to respond when we are needed, whether in the mountains or elsewhere, and we are very grateful to the public whose generous support allows us to maintain our voluntary service 24 hours a day throughout the year.”

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