MOUNTAIN rescuers have made further calls reminding walkers to be prepared after they were called out to two walkers who became stranded in the dark.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) was called out to the couple and their dogs who were lost near to Dove Crag on Friday.

Thankfully they had a mobile phone signal and the team were able to make contact.

The MRT wrote on its Facebook page: "If they had been properly equipped we could have helped them to help themselves to safety. However they had no torch or compass and, given it had gone dark, we had to dispatch team members to their location.

"Please take the right equipment with you. At this time of year you really do need a torch and given the low cloud [on Friday] a map and compass are essential.

"All in all it gave us a good excuse for a pint in the lovely Brothers Water Inn and all ended well for the couple and their dogs. It would have been very different if they didn't have a mobile signal."

It was Patterdale's 79th incident of the year.