A FAMILY had to call on the mountain rescue for help after becoming split up when ascending Dale Head.
Keswick Mountain Rescue, along with Lake District Mountain Rescue search dogs were called at about 4pm on Monday after two parents and their 14-year-old were ascending Dale Head when the boy walked ahead and became separated.
After searching for 30 minutes in intermittent cloud and strong winds they called 999 requesting help.
A spokesman for Keswick Mountain Rescue said: "Three teams plus search dogs were deployed to different locations to begin the search. One of the teams was parking the Land Rover at the end of the miners track on the north side of Dale Head when a person seemed to appear from nowhere.
"Dressed in a red jacket and black overtrousers the immediate thought was that it was a Keswick MRT member, however it turned out it was the missing boy. All search teams were stood down and two team members were tasked with re-uniting the boy with his parents who were still on top of Dale Head. A happy ending with everyone back in time for dinner."
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