A walker was taken to hospital with leg injuries after an incident up a Lake District fell.

The woman, who was walking with her partner, had to be rescued by two crews from Keswick Mountain Rescue Team on Sunday afternoon about 3.15pm.

She had suffered an ankle injury while out walking somewhere on the Allerdale Ramble, near Seatoller, and was unable to weight bear.

A rescue team spokesman said: "The first team vehicle set off to Seatoller, with the intention that the second vehicle would go to the Grange end of the path to search from that point.

"However, control managed to locate the casualty, which placed her near to Scaleclose Coppice.

"The second vehicle then went to Rosthwaite, while the first group located the patient, administered analgesia, and then splinted the leg."

Members of the two groups then carried her down to Rosthwaite and because there was no ambulance immediately available, she was transported to Keswick Hospital.

It was there she was able to rendezvous with a vehicle from the North West Ambulance Service.

She was taken on to the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle.

In total 15 members took two hours and 26 minutes to complete the rescue.