Coastguard assists mountain bikers!

At just after 8.30 Friday evening, Humber Coastguard received a 999 call from two mountain bikers who were lost in poor weather condition, somewhere on Great Ayton Moor, North Yorkshire.

The men reported they had left the car park beneath Captain Cook Monument at Little Ayton and proceeded cross country towards Guisborough but that on their return journey the weather closed in, and they had lost their bearings.

Using the information provided by the two men, Humber Coastguard operations staff were able to pin-point the pair on Ordnance Survey maps and sent Redcar Coast Rescue Team to find them.

Once the Coastguard were nearing the vicinity of the callers, they switched on their blue lights and the Operations Room Staff contacted the men and asked them to look out for the lights, and to also use the SOS signal on their mobile phone.

At 10.00 pm this evening the Coastguard mobile unit and the callers were united.

Lynda Hillerby at Humber Coastguard said:"The cyclists took the right action calling for assistance as soon as their predicament became apparent and staying in one place to enable them to be located at the earliest opportunity."