A Lake District mountain rescue team had a far busier bank holiday weekend than most, as they were called out four times amidst the wet and windy weather caused by Storm Lillian. 

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team confirmed the details of all four of their callouts on Facebook. 

The first rescue occurred on August 24 at Skew Gill, when a walker had hit their head and become unwell. 

A helicopter was diverted and the walker was taken to hospital, with Wasdale MRT able to stand down. 

The second happened late on August 24 at Sty Head path after a call from Cumbria Police about a walker who had taken a tumble fall on the path sustaining knee and shoulder injuries. 

The team assisted the walker on the descent and once she was safe, they returned to base. 

A third call was received when a walker was reporting another group that was struggling to descend from the stream crossing on Brown Tongue.

The informant was concerned that then family group was ill equipped for the conditions and the male walker was having frequent muscle spasms. They were all cold and wet and struggling to make any progress.

Again, a small team was tasked from base to investigate. However, on arrival at Brackenclose, the family was located in the car park having successfully made their own way off the hill. They stood down and returned to base once more.

Finally, the fourth and last call of the evening from Cumbria Police was regarding someone at a camp site in Nether Wasdale reporting flashing lights on a mountain to the East. They were concerned that they were flashing to request help.

A local team member was asked to investigate as the original informant could now not be called back due to poor mobile phone reception. No lights could be observed to the East from Irton Pike to Brackenclose. However many could be seen on Scafell Pike which was very busy, sometimes these can appear to flash as head torches move as walkers descend.

A further check was made an hour later, again with nothing seen. With the weather forecast not presenting a significant hazard overnight, the Team Leader closed the log.