It was a busy weekend for mountain rescue volunteers, with a string of calls to the fells.

A helicopter was requested to help members of Wasdale Mountain Rescue team recover a woman who fell and injured her ankle.

The team was called to the corridor route on Sunday afternoon, following reports that the woman had injured herself after stumbling.

Due to the location, the coastguard helicopter from Prestwick attended the incident.

A paramedic winchman was lowered onto the hillside just as the first team members arrived on scene.

The woman's ankle was then splinted and she was airlifted to Carlisle's Cumberland Infirmary.

On Saturday, the team was also called to Buckbarrow following a report that a group of walkers had become stuck in steep ground on their way down.

The team, assisted by RAF Leeming MRT who had been training in the area, used rope techniques to bring everyone to safety and walk them off the hill.

Meanwhile Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called to Barf on Sunday to locate and recover a group who had tried to follow the Wainwright Route above The Bishop.

When the team arrived they found that the group were stuck at the difficult step at the foot of Slape Crag.

The group included a grandfather, his daughter and grandson.

A total of nine team members attended the scene, where they helped the group down. The rescue lasted more than two hours.

On its Facebook page, Keswick MRT said: "It’s worth emphasising the unpleasant nature of the scree on the route, the looseness of the surrounding rock, and the apparent lack of a clear escape route when it all goes wrong.

"Once you’ve read Wainwright’s description, you’re better off ignoring it, and finding the path that goes up through the forest on the south side of the gill, to come out above the waterfalls.

"That way, you won’t get stuck in the abundant horridness, and we won’t have to come and retrieve you."

On Saturday, Penrith Mountain Rescue Team was also called to assist Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team in evacuating a walker by stretcher.

The 63-year-old man had slipped and injured his knee near High Cup Nick.

He was carried and sledged to a waiting Land Rover and then transferred to an ambulance.

Ten members of Penrith MRT attended the rescue, which lasted three hours.