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Yahoo
22-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Rescue team says 'thank you' after successful Easter Monday duck race
A mountain rescue team has said a 'huge thank you' to everyone who was involved with its annual duck race. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team's (MRT) annual duck race took place on Monday, April 21, and saw hundreds of yellow rubber ducks race from Glenridding Bridge. The annual event helps raise money for Patterdale MRT as participants pay £2 to have a duck entered in the race. (Image: Patterdale MRT) Prizes were also awarded for the top ten ducks, including an Osprey Mutant Rucksack, a £100 voucher from Catstycam Outdoor Shop, and a family 'round the lake trip' voucher on Ullswater Steamers. Writing on social media, Patterdale MRT said: "Huge thank you to everyone that got involved, buying tickets, coming down to cheer the ducks on, to supporting the team by selling tickets Catstycam - Outdoor Clothing & Equipment, or letting the team sell tickets on their ground Aira Force National Trust. (Image: Patterdale MRT) "It is a community effort to make this happen, and thank you to everyone who helped put the ducks away after the race. "Your support allows the team to raise funds so they can continue all they do, and the team loved meeting you all. "Congratulations to all those with winning ducks."
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Yahoo
Man dies while open water swimming in lake
The body of a man in his 20s has been recovered by police divers after he got into difficulty while open water swimming in the Lake District. The man had gone swimming at Falling Rocks in Ullswater on Friday morning and his friends called emergency services when he did not resurface. A three-and-a-half hour search was carried out by mountain rescue, the coastguard, the fire service and the Great North Air Ambulance Service, before the man's body was found by the divers at about 14:25 GMT. Cumbria Police said an investigation into the circumstances leading up to the man's death was continuing but it was not being treated as suspicious. A spokesperson for Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team said it had been called at about 09:40 GMT and used a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) to search the lake. "After several hours nothing had been found and the rescue was scaled back," they said. "The team RIB stayed at the scene and conducted a sonar search of the area, identifying possible targets for the police dive team, who arrived at about 13:00. "The team's thoughts are with the friends and family of the man involved." Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Cumbria Police
BBC News
22-03-2025
- BBC News
Man's body recovered from Ullswater after going swimming
The body of a man in his 20s has been recovered by police divers after he got into difficulty while open water swimming in the Lake man had gone swimming at Falling Rocks in Ullswater on Friday morning and his friends called emergency services when he did not resurface.A three-and-a-half hour search was carried out by mountain rescue, the coastguard, the fire service and the Great North Air Ambulance Service, before the man's body was found by the divers at about 14:25 Police said an investigation into the circumstances leading up to the man's death was continuing but it was not being treated as suspicious. A spokesperson for Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team said it had been called at about 09:40 GMT and used a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) to search the lake."After several hours nothing had been found and the rescue was scaled back," they said. "The team RIB stayed at the scene and conducted a sonar search of the area, identifying possible targets for the police dive team, who arrived at about 13:00." Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
