Volunteers of a Cumbrian mountain rescue team are on course to have their busiest year to date.

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team responded to its 133rd incident of the year on Halloween.

The figure equals the most calls it has received in a year.

The call was to come to the aid of two walkers who had got into difficulties whilst coming down England's highest mountain.

The pair became disorientated and became stuck in awkward ground as they descended Scafell Pike yesterday evening.

Members of the Wasdale team were called to find and help the pair from the mountain.

They used Sarloc - a smartphone app - to help locate the walkers in the Middleboot Knotts area underneath the Corridor route.

Trained mountain rescue volunteers were then able to walk the pair down to safety.

A statement from the Wasdale team on its Facebook page reads: "This was the 133rd incident for the team so far this year which equals the most calls in 12 months."