The team were called out by Lancashire Police to a report of two overdue cavers (50 Y.O. & 19 Y.O.) in the Lost Johns’ cave system. CRO placed a full team call out for both underground members and surcace members to assist with logistics on t…
The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a walker (m, 80) who had fallen whilst walking around Ingleton Waterfalls Trail and had a reported head injury. One of the Duty Controllers who was in the area was able to quickly locate the casual…
North Yorkshire Police called the team regarding a father and young son close to the summit of Whernside who were struggling on steep ground and extremely wet and cold. After speaking to the father, a small CRO team were asked to RV on the Kingsdale t…
The team was contacted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service regarding a male walker (72) who had collapsed while out walking with a party of friends. Team members and vehicles attended at the incident site, as did Yorkshire Air Ambulance, YAS, and North York…
Yorkshire copper DCI Jim Oldroyd gets caught up in the mystery of a body found down a well-known cave. There’s certainly no shortage of suspects as he tries to unravel a complex web of lies and distrust. The Body in the Dales, first published in 2017 as The Body in Jingling Pot, is a whodunit…
The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to a possible overdue caving party in Alum Pot. Following initial enquiries by our group of Duty Controllers it was ascertained that the party had actually got back to the surface, safe and well and had j…
The team were called by both North Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a walker (f,52) who had fallen on the path up Gragareth sustaining an injury to her ankle. As the team were on route we heard from our colleagues at Yorkshire Air Am…
The team responded to a request from North Yorkshire Police to assist with a dog that had slipped 8 metres down a slope and was stuck on a ledge a few metres above the river. On arrival the team set up a twin rope system and lowered a team member to th…
A walker (M 27) walking the 3 peaks, struggling with sore knees on the summit of Ingleborough, called for assistance. The team were put on stand by and a small team headed off up the fell in the team’s ATV CRO 4. The local running club (Settle Ha…
Join the BCRA Cave Archaeology Group at the British Cave Science Centre at Poole’s Cavern, Buxton on the 9th/10th May 2026 for a programme of talks, practical sessions and field visits exploring the cave archaeology of the region. This event is available to anyone with an interest in cave archaeology. To sign up, please visit…
Scottish caves have turned up again in crime fiction … JD Kirk (a pen-name for writer Barry Hutchison) has written 21 novels featuring DCI Jack Logan, stationed in Inverness with a responsibility for the Northern Major Incident Team, which basically covers the whole Highland Region from Elgin right down to the island of Mull. I…
The team responded to a request from North Yorkshire Police to assist with an incident at Springs Wood above Langcliffe. Volunteer hours: 30
The team responded to a request from North Yorkshire Police to assist with an incident at Springs Wood above Langcliffe. Volunteer hours: 30
The team were called by north Yorkshire Police to assist with a walker (F 60) who had slipped off a stile sustaining a lower leg injury. Team members assessed and splinted the leg then carried her a short distance to the road. She was then taken in a t…
A member of the public reported a sheep stuck on a ledge in a disused quarry near Ingleton. The team gave the sheep an opportunity to self-rescue. When it did not do so, team members attended and, having discussed the situation with the farmer, set u…
North Yorkshire Police asked the team for assistance with a search for a potentially vulnerable person. While the Duty Controller was still waiting for tasking instructions, North Yorkshire Police advised that the team’s assistance was no longer…
North Yorkshire Police asked the team for assistance with a search for a potentially vulnerable person. While the Duty Controller was still waiting for tasking instructions, North Yorkshire Police advised that the team’s assistance was no longer…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist with the search for a vunerable person in the Malham area. As the controllers were gathering more information the police officers on scene located the person and the team stood down. Volunteer ho…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a walker (m,27) who was struggling to complete his Three Peaks walk due to a bad knee. When the Duty Controller spoke to the party he was moving again with the assistance of some other members of…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a lost walker (m,14) who was doing the Three Peaks and had become separated from his group and was unsure where he was, with a nearly flat phone battery. From the description given of his location the D…
NYP contacted the team regarding a collapsed walker (m, 51) with central chest and arm pain on the ascent of Whernside. A full team callout was made and CRO2 and 3 were mobilised to Ribblehead. Team members were collected there and transferred to the …
The Team were requested by Kendal MRT to assist with an extensive hill search in the Howgills near Sedbergh. A number of teams from the Lakes and Pennines were asked to assist in searching for a male missing in the Howgills area. A small team assisted …
A walker (f, 72) slipped on the field path below Oxenber Wood, near Wood House, Austwick, sustaining a very painful ankle injury. After assessment, pain relief and splinting of her leg, she was lifted onto the back seats of CRO 4 (Honda Pioneer) and dr…
A walker (m, 70) was unwell on the limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove. A Community Safety Officer and a team member were first on scene and the casualty appeared to be recovering. However, after initial assessment, they handed over to the YAS…
A climber (m, 39) fell a reported 8 metres from a climb at the southern end of Giggleswick Scar (South). He landed awkwardly on a ledge, was unable to move and was complaining of mid-back and severe ankle pain. The first team members to arrive found th…
A climber (m, 39) fell a reported 8 metres from a climb at the southern end of Giggleswick Scar (South). He landed awkwardly on a ledge, was unable to move and was complaining of mid-back and severe ankle pain. The first team members to arrive found th…
Yorkshire Ambulance Service asked the team to assist with a walker (m,61) who had experienced a medical episode. With YAS paramedics first on scene and providing care, the team transported the casualty by stretcher to the road ambulance on Stainforth …
The Giles Barker Award is presented to any person connected with any aspect of cave photography in recognition of excellence or contributions to the field; it has a wide remit to allow consideration of many areas of image creation. The award has been running since 1993 in memory of Giles, a keen cave photographer who…
The Tratman Award is presented annually to the best caving-related, paper-based publication in memory of UBSS member Professor E.K. ‘Trat’ Tratman. Chris Howes, on behalf of the judges, announced this year’s winner at Hidden Earth. British caving publications are among the best to be found anywhere in the world, a fact that is acknowledged annually…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a caver (m, 43) who was struggling to exit the Gaping Gill system via Bar Pot. A small hasty party of three cavers set off in CRO 4, our Honda Pioneer ATV, to make an initial assessment of the situatio…
North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist a walker (m, 60) who had fallen while descending Ingleborough toward Clapham and injured his knee. A small party of team members set off toward Trow Gill in a team Land Rover, meeting the casualty who wa…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police for a party of cavers at the bottom of the 90m shaft of Alum Pot due to concerns over a damaged rope. As the team were assembling at the RV point, they received a further call confirming that the party wer…
Our colleagues at Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) asked the team to assist with an injured walker with a suspected fracture to his lower leg on the bridleway above Foxup, which is close to the border of our respective areas. Due to the…
Yorkshire Ambulance Service asked the team to assist with a walker (f,61) who had taken a tumbling fall coming off the summit of Ingleborough and sustained arm and facial injuries. As team members headed up toward the casualty’s location from the…
A walker (f, 24) slipped and injured an ankle not far from Janet’s Foss on the path towards Malham village. When she had been assessed by the YAS paramedic, team members helped her to the road ambulance which took her to Settle Railway Station fo…
The latest edition of Cave and Karst Science is now with us. It contains six papers and a photo spread. Max Moseley discusses Charles Chilton and the late 19th century discovery of ‘well shrimps’ in New Zealand which he describes as “a case study in serendipity and contingency in speleobiology. They were discovered in 1881…
Our colleagues at Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) asked the team to assist with investigating a report of three cavers overdue in Dowbergill Passage, a demanding through trip between Providence Pot and Dow Cave in upper Wharfedale. An…
North Yorkshire Police called the team to assist a walker (m,17) who had slipped and injured his ankle and knee descending Whernside toward Bruntscar. Team members ascended to the casualty’s location just off the summit ridge, where they assesse…
North Yorkshire Police requested CRO’s support with an incident at Malham. A small team attended but the situation was resolved, eventually, without CRO’s direct involvement. Volunteer hours: 13
North Yorkshire Police requested CRO’s support with an incident at Malham. A small team attended but the situation was resolved, eventually, without CRO’s direct involvement. Volunteer hours: 13
A Three Peaks walker (f, ) collapsed near ‘the fingerpost’ at the corner leading on to ‘the miners’ track’ to the summit of Pen y ghent (Taking the clockwise route.). Team members, most of whom had just returned from the …
A Three Peaks walker (f, ) collapsed near ‘the fingerpost’ at the corner leading on to ‘the miners’ track’ to the summit of Pen y ghent (Taking the clockwise route.). Team members, most of whom had just returned from the …
An expeditioner (f, 15) slipped on the seriously slippery limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove, twisting a knee and dislocating the kneecap. After assessment and pain relief, a team paramedic reduced the dislocation, thus easing the pain, befor…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist two walkers (f 25, f27) who were struggling due to the strong winds on the top of Ingleborough. Upon speaking to the walkers the Duty Controller agreed with them that the best course of action wa…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a party of walkers who had become separated from one of their number whilst descending from the summit of Ingleborough. Although initially uncontactable the missing walker came back into mobile s…
The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a walker (f, 38) who had slipped on the path whilst walking round the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, sustaining an injury to her ankle and lower leg. Upon arrival on scene the team found that the YAS P…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a farmer rescue a cow stuck in marshy ground on Kirkby Fell. As the duty controller was gathering more information about the incident the farmer called back to report that they had been able to f…
Team members assisted our colleagues in Kendal Mountain Rescue Team with a Cumbria Police request for a search for a missing person near the boundary of our respective operational areas. Following a period of bankside and woodland searching, the team …
Team members assisted our colleagues in Kendal Mountain Rescue Team with a Cumbria Police request for a search for a missing person near the boundary of our respective operational areas. Following a period of bankside and woodland searching, the team …
A report was received, describing one or possibly two green lights flashing on Whernside and expressing concern that someone might be in distress. After a check that a Flight Radar application showed no aircraft in the immediate Three Peaks area, a tea…
A visitor (f, 37) slipped on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail near Beezley Falls, sustaining a serious ankle injury. The team was put on stand-by, but when the Duty Controller telephoned the reporting person, he was told that several other visitors were h…
A Three Peaks walker (f, 55) experienced pain in one knee on the descent from Whernside. This had worsened by the time she reached Ingleborough so she was unable to put any weight on it as she left the summit plateau. In the really dry conditions, team…
A visitor (f, 46) fell near the top of the steps up the side of Malham Cove, sustaining a head injury. YAS requested assistance in moving the patient from the accident site to the air ambulance helicopter. This was already on scene before CRO was alert…
A visitor (f, 46) fell near the top of the steps up the side of Malham Cove, sustaining a head injury. YAS requested assistance in moving the patient from the accident site to the air ambulance helicopter. This was already on scene before CRO was alert…
Undeterred by her experience on Whernside the previous day and underestimating the challenge, particularly of the descent, a walker reached the summit of Ingleborough but felt unable to begin the rocky descent. A passer-by called for help and a small t…
Undeterred by her experience on Whernside the previous day and underestimating the challenge, particularly of the descent, a walker reached the summit of Ingleborough but felt unable to begin the rocky descent. A passer-by called for help and a small t…
A distressed walker with medical problems was encountered by other people as they reached the summit of Whernside. Thanks to the support of several walkers, she reached the top of the steep descent path. CRO members then took over the support for the s…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of an overdue caver in the Gaping Gill system. Whilst the Duty Controller was making initial enquiries the reporting person got back in touch to confirm that the caver was now safely back on th…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of a walker (m) who was found having a medical episode by a passing cyclist on the path across Kirkby Fell. Team members were able to drive CROs 2 and 3 along a track to within a few hundred me…
A walker (m, ) slipped at the beginning of the ascent up the Swine Tail, sustaining a deformed leg fracture. CRO 4 (Honda Pioneer) was driven up onto Little Ingleborough carrying three team members. They continued on foot to the casualty site above the…
