A YOUNG female was airlifted to hospital with a head wound after she fell around 50 feet while walking at Ullswater yesterday.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team and medics from the North West Air Ambulance attended the casualty, who had fallen while traversing loose ground on Glenridding Dodd.

A Patterdale MRT spokesman said: "Due to the broken ground and steepness of the slope, a rope lowering system was set up and the casualty was lowered on a stretcher to safer ground.

"The Air Ambulance from Teeside attended and was able to land closeby allowing the casualty to be flown direct to hospital."

In a second incident yesterday, Patterdale rescuers were called to assist Penrith MRT after a mountain biker crashed above Rampsgill Head near Kidsty Pike.

Patterdale team members ascended from the site of the old Hayeswater dam and arrived at the scene at the same time as an RAF Sea King helicopter.

The biker was assessed and found to have an isolated shoulder injury. He was walked to the waiting helicopter and flown to Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle for treatment.