A man ended up in hospital yesterday after a walk up Catbells, Keswick Mountain Rescue Team have reported.
On the way down with his parents, he slipped with concerns he had broken his ankle.
By chance, he ended up in hospital alongside a Keswick MRT member who had also come unstuck on Friday, having broken his ankle having come off his scooter, rescuers said.
The call out was at 3.35pm with ten volunteer team members spending two hours on the incident.
A pair of team doctors examined the injury and provided pain relief and a splint.He was then stretchered down with arrangements made for his parents to take him to hospital.
The spokesman said: “Whilst at hospital A&E, the casualty fell into conversation with a team member who had broken his ankle earlier that day having come off his scooter.”
