A pensioner from Bolton-le-Sands was one of three people from the area injured in a horse stampede in Norway.

Phyllis Knight and two people from Lancaster were among the 13 Britons injured while riding horse-drawn carts near the Briksdal glacier on Monday, close to the village of Stryn.

There were 50 tourists, mainly from Lancashire and Yorkshire, on the trip when one horse bolted and caused the others to panic.

The passengers were thrown to the ground as carts overturned.

Ms Knight was treated at a nearby hospital.

Rev Tom Maidment, of St Thomas' Church, Bolton-le-Sands, says he and the congregation were relieved that she was safe.

"It was a shock and the initial reports were frightening and we feared the worse.

"When anything like this happens it is always a shock to the family, but when any sort of distance like this is involved it makes it harder for relatives when they can't see how they are and so they do worry," he adds.

The tour had been organised by coach operator Bibby's of Ingleton.

Sheila Holcroft, a spokeswoman for the coach operator, said the company was doing all it could to help the passengers. She said the trip had been a one-of' for the company.

Haakon Gran assistant manager at the Loenfjord hotel, near Stryn, where the party were staying, told the Citizen yesterday (Wednesday) that they had already left the hotel.

A spokesman for the foreign office, said: " The ones in hospital are expected to fly home in the next few days."

She said she could not comment on individuals.