LOCAL mountain rescue teams have reported a busy weekend, attending four incidents in Northumberland within 24 hours.
As well as a rescue at Auchope Cairn on Saturday (November 1), the teams, which included Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team (NNPMRT), North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and the North East Ambulance Service, also performed rescues on Sunday (November 2) at Wark Forest, Gains Law and Beanley Wood.
They performed the rescues while providing rescue support for the Trail Outlaws Wooler Marathon and Half Marathon, which took place on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
On the Wark Forest rescue, a NNPMRT spokesperson said: "With the Trail Outlaws incident ongoing, the Team and North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team received an alert from the North East Ambulance Service for a report of a person found in a ditch in Wark Forest.
"As our duty controller began coordinating a response, the incident was resolved and Mountain Rescue resources were swiftly stood down.
"The incident involved 3 Team members for 3 minutes."
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