14 Aug 2009 : Dovedale Search

In what has proved to be a busy week, the tam were called out last night (Thursday 13th August to search for a missing 40 year male who had been staying at Ilam youth Hostel.

The team were called at 23:00 after the man had failed to return from a walk earlier in the day and his wife had alerted police. He had last been seen at approximately 15:00 that afternoon by the Stepping Stones at Dovedale.

Twenty three members of the team, supported by 3 search and rescue dogs from the region, searched the area throughout the night but the man was not located within the search area.

The team were stood down at around 6:00 on Friday morngin, with the possibility of resuming the search later in the morning if the man had not been located. Before the search was resumed, he walked into Ilam Hall Youth Hostel at 10:56 on Friday morning. As yet, there are no details about what had happened to him.

This was the second callout on Thursday, with the team being called out to search for another missing person in the Leek area that afternoon. On that occasion the missing person was located by police before the team arrived on scene and the team were stood down en route.