A man was stretchered from a Lake District mountain and taken to hospital following a fall.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team went to his rescue on the Glenridding valley path leading to Red Tarn on the eastern flank of Helvellyn on Saturday.

He had slipped and injured his ankle. They assessed the man's injuries and splinted his leg.

A rope system was employed to haul the stretcher to a waiting Landrover ambulance on the opposite side of the Valley.

The man, from Twickenham, was assessed at the team's rescue centre before he was referred to Carlisle's Cumberland Infirmary for further treatment.

The rescue involved 13 members and lasted two hours.