A YOUNG man was stretchered from a Lake District fell after suffering a 'debilitating lower leg  injury' whilst walking the Ullswater Way.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to Ullswater Way at 11:50am on Saturday, July 20 after reports of a young man who had fallen and injured his leg.

In a statement on social media, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team said: "The team received a request for help from Cumbria Police regarding a young man who had fallen while walking the Ullswater Way, suffering a debilitating lower leg injury.

"The man, who was part of a small group which had been making their way around Gowbarrow Fell when he slipped and slid off a loose section of the path, down a small section of the bank.

"Team members made their way onto the fell. Upon reaching the casualty, he was assessed and treated by team members, given pain relief and his lower leg was splinted before being stretchered from the fell."

There were 10 team members involved in this rescue which lasted 4 hours 30 minutes.