A walker suffered head and knee injuries whilst descending one of the highest fells in the Lake District yesterday (august 23)  and was taken to hospital.

A man was descending one of the highest fells in the region, Old Man of Coniston, when he slipped sustaining head and knee injuries.

Conditions where described as cool and dry just as he passed Goat’s Water, however there had been heavy rain fall throughout the week. 

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A spokesperson for Coniston Mountain Rescue Team said: North West Ambulance Service called us out to assist him, and we despatched 3 Land Rovers up the Walna Scar track to the rock step, walking up from there.

"On arrival, he was carefully assessed and it was decided to dress the injury and stretcher him off the hill to our vehicles. He was then driven to our base and handed over to a land ambulance crew for onward transmission to Furness General Hospital."

16 volunteer team members attended for 3 hours and 15 minutes.

Members of the public assisted the walker prior to the arrival of the mountain rescue team.