Keswick Mountain Rescue received their fifty-ninth and sixtieth call outs with two stretcher carries.

The first call on Wednesday, May 29, when a 75 year old man was knocked to the ground when the heavy gate half way up Jenkin Hill closed quickly with a gust of the wind.

Unable to weight bear to continue his descent Keswick Mountain Rescue were called for assistance.

On arrival the 12 person team assessed the man, gave him some strong pain relief and stretchered him down to an awaiting ambulance for onward transfer to hospital.

The second call came in a couple of hours later when a 44 year old man slipped and tripped on the descent path to Seathwaite from Sty Head Tarn.

The rain and poor visibility changed their plans and they decided to abort their intended hike up Scafell Pike.

The man went over on his ankle and was unable to continue, fortunately at that location there was just enough phone signal to get a call through for a rescue.

A 20 person Keswick Mountain Rescue team assessed the man’s ankle before splinting it and stretchering him down to Seathwaite for a handover with the ambulance.