Jenkin Hill, Skiddaw (74)

Callout Date: 07/08/2022
Callout Time: 12:54 pm
Agencies Involved: Keswick MRT

A walker called the police after hearing cries for help from a child in the ravine of Whit Beck between Jenkin Hill on Skiddaw and Lonscale Fell. A phone find was able to place the location of the informant. A small team was sent to investigate. More information subsequently arrived from the police concerning a child who had run off up Skiddaw. A passer by managed to help the child out of the ravine from where they made their way across Lonscale Fell to be met by team members who escorted the child back to his mother at the Gale Road car park.

12 team members – 1 hour 56 minutes