17:37hrs
The team were contacted by the North Yorkshire Police and asked to respond to a person potentially having a stroke on a remote road between Swaledale and Wensleydale. The callers’ phone had gone silent, but an initial location was known. As the team deployed a local team member was cycling past the location as he received the callout. A hasty search of the area identified the callers’ motorbike, but he could not be found.
On further investigation it became clear that a local farmer had taken the gentleman to the medical centre in Hawes
12 team members responded to this incident.