A MOUNTAIN rescue team helped to locate a family after they became lost,
Coniston Mountain Rescue were called to help a family of three who had become lost due to poor weather conditions on Thursday at 2.31pm .
A spokesman from CMRT said: “Not a nice day on the fells – strong winds, rain, low cloud and colder than average for August.
“We used SARLOC to find them, which sends a text from us to unlock their phone’s GPS position, and one of our team members already on the hill found them quickly.”
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