A COUPLE received treatment from Patterdale Mountain rescue team after their boat capsized on Ullswater.

The volunteers were called out to a report of a woman in the water at the Pooley Bridge end of the lake on Monday.

By the time the team had travelled from Howtown to Pooley Bridge, the casualty and her partner had managed to make their way to the shore.

The pair were treated and transported to Penrith Hospital for further care.