.... So you remember that Kaz and Daryl had been training then had 2 callouts then came home yesterday? Well, they'd just finished their tea and we had had a big play in the field and they were about to go out with handlers Iain and Ali for a drink, when guess what - the pager went off for a missing lady at Mardale Head (back where they'd been earlier). This time I was needed so we drove to the carpark. Daryl was going to navigate for Kaz but him and team leader Mike were taken up near Small Water by the Cleveland Police Helicopter and me and Kaz searched the wood and copses - it was hard work and poor Kaz was getting poked in the eyes by twigs. The rest of Kazs team walked up to Small Water and just as we'd finished searching the woods and were waiting for the RAF to pick me and Kaz up for a lift up to the top, some of the team radioed to say they had found the lady. At the same time as all this was going on, the police had asked some of the team still in the carpark to go to help an injured person on Kidsty Pike - so they set off there. Then a lady from the Haweswater hotel turned up and said she had a group of walkers who hadn't checked in and she was worried about them. We honestly thought that this was Callout number 5 - but a quick radio call to the group on Kidsty Pike confirmed that they were the overdue party- phew!
Whilst we waited for the others to walk off I rolled in something horrid and Kaz and the team members in the control vehicle weren't very happy!
We all got a nice cup of tea at the hotel and when we got home Kaz put me in the bath and used smelly soap on me - I don't really know what all the fuss was about - eau de fox is quite nice!
Anyway here are a couple of pics taken by Daryl up on Nan Bield - we are now having a rest before doing some fundraising at the Penrith Carnival
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