MOUNTAIN rescuers are warning walkers they should make allowances for shorter daylight hours after a father and son from Burnley sparked a major seven-hour search when they ran into trouble walking from Langdale to Scafell on Wednesday.
The pair had set off without a torch and, in spite of borrowing one, could not find their way off the fell.
Thirty-four rescuers and five dogs were involved and they were finally found on Scafell at 1.30am on Thursday.
Rescuers also spent three hours searching for a 49-year-old woman from Leeds who did not have a torch and map after she lost her way on Crinkle Crags.
She turned up safe and well.
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