The man was found near Burnbanks at the eastern end of Haweswater. Photo: Bob Smith/grough
An exhausted runner in the Lake District was rescued after his wife rang Derbyshire police to raise the alarm.
The 46-year-old was attempting to run the Coast to Coast path when he got into difficulties on the Haweswater section on Tuesday.
Penrith Mountain Rescue Team was alerted about 10.20pm.
A team spokesperson said: “Having been on the move for 24 hours, the runner contacted his wife saying he was very cold and was seeking shelter under some trees.
“Unable to contact her husband further due to a poor mobile phone signal, she called Derbyshire police who contacted Cumbria police.”
The Penrith team’s volunteers were called out to search for the runner.
The spokesperson said: “The team were deployed in a series of search patterns and quickly located the missing man in woodland near Burnbanks. He was taken back to Penrith base to await the arrival of his wife and brother.”
The 2½-hour incident involved 27 Penrith MRT members.
The Coast to Coast Walk is a 192-mile long-distance route between St Bees Head in Cumbria and Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire. It was devised by author and fellwalker Alfred Wainwright, and passes through three national parks: the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors.
SL
24 September 2020Sounds like he didn't need rescued and it was just his wide panicking. He probably just needed some rest and some shelter. He must have known what he was letting himself in for so surely had some kit with him for shelter.
As he was less than half way through the route so you would assume he had food with him as well.
If he was that exhausted it's a good job he didn't walk to Burnbanks or he could have fallen down the grating near the half dozen parking places just past the phone box / information plaque he'd have walked past.
Chris Brooks
25 September 2020I would just like to say a big thank you to the police and the 27 Perth mountain rescue team members
Ian
25 September 2020#Chris Brooks
"Perth" the rescue, if you could call it that, wasn't in Scotland it was in the Lake District.
Wainwrightwalker
25 September 2020SL - you do keep mentioning "grating".
What are you on about?
Mike
27 September 2020SL please stop dumbing down this website.
East Lancs Rodeo
28 September 2020Haha I was just about to mention the same thing about SL's posts about grating.
It's almost as if he/she wants to show off their intricate knowledge of parts of the Lake District. Surely not...?
I personally find the small hawthorn as you take the 30 degree left turn past the farm below Angletarn Pikes to be most edifying... zzzzzz...
tommy
30 September 2020You know what really grinds my gears, is people with far too much time on their hands, who think they know absolutely everything about everything!
SL let's hope one day you dont "fall down the grating" and need rescued yourself, it would be a great shame for people to mock you seeing as you know soooo much!