A caller, living over 200 miles away, where there had been heavy rain and flooding, was unable to phone his son (35) who had intended exploring Bull Pot of the Witches. He therefore contacted Cumbria Police, concerned about his son’s safety, some three hours earlier than their agreed ‘call-out time’.

NWAS called CRO when their ambulance could not reach a dog-walker (f, 48) who was found by a mountain biker and reported to be ‘disorientated after collapse’ on the bridleway near Brownthwaite Pike, Casterton..An update showed that the patient did not know where she was or what had happened to