The walker had boarded a bus in Kendal and was on his way home. Photo: Ian Roberts CC-BY-SA-2.0

Members of a Lakeland mountain rescue team spent two hours searching for a missing walker who was found safe and well – on a bus.

Four of the Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team were called out to look for a man who had become separated from his companions while walking on the Langdale Pikes on Wednesday.

The team was alerted at about 4.15pm and searched the area around Loft Crag in Great Langdale.

The errant fellwalker was eventually located, on a bus in Kendal, heading for home.

A spokesperson for the team said: “There are so many ways to communicate in a modern world, but sometimes they all fail.”