A PENSIONER who suffered a ‘very nasty’ fall while walking is appealing through the newspaper to find the Good Samaritans who helped him.

Graham Stemp, who is three months off his 88th birthday, fell when out walking in Bowness.

After falling when walking a footpath around Cockshott Point from Bowness, Mr Stemp ended up dripping with blood but was carefully looked after by strangers.

Mr Stemp contacted us to try and find the people who helped him so he can thank them.

On the afternoon of Tuesday September 10, he was walking on the east shore of Windermere and had just reached the junction which leads down to the launching facilities at Ferry Nab.

He tripped, falling ‘rather heavily’ and ‘awkwardly’ on his face with the bridge of his nose hitting the gravel path.

 “Luckily, although this path is often deserted, there were some walkers not far behind me and they stopped to pick me up,” said Mr Stemp.

“Seeing the amount of blood issuing from my face, they guided me back to the lake wardens’ offices at Ferry Nab.”

Mr Stemp had his eyes closed to protect them from loose grit so he said has no idea who helped him, what they looked like or how many walkers came to help.

When he was safely guided to the wardens’ offices, he realised that his hearing aid was missing. 

One of the walkers kindly returned to the spot where he had fallen and was able to find it.

Mr Stemp said: “I wish to thank the walkers for their prompt and concerned action and apologise for the blood that was surely on their clothes. My only chance of doing this is via our local newspaper which, hopefully they may read.

“I am not sure what I would have done without their help. I was certainly in no fit state to get up, deal with the flow of blood and carry on walking.”

The lake wardens phoned for an ambulance, offered him a cup of tea and phoned his wife with a reassuring message, explaining why he would be home late. 

 Once the ambulance arrived, Mr Stemp was checked over by medics, who drove him to the Urgent Treatment Centre at the Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal.

He said: “A friendly doctor carefully put a few stitches in the main wound.”

“Many thanks to the walkers, the Lake Wardens and paramedics who carried out the first aid and to the Kendal Urgent Treatment team who undertook the final patching up,” he said.

“I don’t know what I would have done without all this concerned and friendly help.”

If you are, or know the people who helped, contact imogen.barber@newsquest.co.uk