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  • Incident 37/2026. Saturday 6th June 22:45hrs. Cow Pot, Leck Fell, Casterton, Cumbria

    All Rescues / Cave Rescue

    Our Duty Controller was alerted by one of our members to a potential overdue caver in Cow Pot on Leck Fell. A number of cavers from nearby Bull Pot Farm (Red Rose caving club HQ) had gone out to try and locate the missing caver. We were then alerted by

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  • INCIDENT 21/2025. MAR 22nd SAT 2300hrs. WRETCHED RABBIT SYSTEM, EASEGILL, LECK, CUMBRIA

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    The Team received a call from one of our members at the Red Rose CPC hostel, at Bull Pot Farm, that a party of 8 cavers (2m and 6f, 20-29) on the ‘Easegill Traverse’ caving trip between Lancaster Hole and Wretched Rabbit were overdue. We were subsequently called by the

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  • INCIDENT 7/2024 (same day). 22.44 LANCASTER HOLE to WRETCHED RABBIT, CASTERTON, CUMBRIA – CAVE INCIDENT

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    Four cavers were reported overdue on a through trip from Lancaster Hole to Wretched Rabbit, beneath Casterton Fell, having set off at noon. Four members of the Red Rose C&PC, resident at Bull Pot Farm, went to Wretched Rabbit and began searching from that end of the visiting cavers’ anticipated

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  • ALERT only. OCTOBER 28th  SAT. 21.10 hrs.  LANCASTER HOLE to WRETCHED RABBIT, CASTERTON, CUMBRIA. ALERT No 12 OF 2023.

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    A party of five cavers was reported ‘overdue’ from a trip through the Easegill (‘Three Counties’) system from Lancaster Hole to Wretched Rabbit. The alert was very soon rescinded after a member of the party ran back to Bull Pot Farm to delay the call-out time to 23.00. Volunteer hours: 

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  • INCIDENT 17/2023 APR. 1st SAT. 21.00  LANCASTER HOLE / COUNTY POT, CASTERTON, CUMBRIA, CAVE INCIDENT

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    Six cavers (4m, 2f; ‘early 20s’) were reported overdue on a trip from Lancaster Hole to County Pot. They had gone underground at 11.30, anticipating re-emergence by 19.30. As another party had seen them, well on their way, earlier in the day, the search was concentrated towards County Pot. With

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  • INCIDENT 90/2022  NOV 24th THU. 13.19 BRIDGE HALL, LANCASTER HOLE, CASTERTON, CUMBRIA – CAVE INCIDENT

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    A caver (m, 54), on an exchange trip from Lancaster Hole to Cow Pot, slipped from the traverse in Bridge Hall, sustaining a slight head injury and knocking himself out briefly on landing. A loose rock also fell, landing on the caver’s wrist, causing an obvious fracture. Having made him

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  • Alert only – Mar. 9th Sat. 22.14hrs – Lancaster Hole, Cumbria – Alert only

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    The duty controller was contacted by a team caver staying at Bull Pot Farm to inform of an overdue group of cavers, doing a through trip from Wretched Rabbit to Lancaster Hole. Other cavers at Bull Pot had established that the party had made it to the base of the

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