Lumsdale Woods, Matlock
Call out for year: 15
Date: 30/08/09
Time: 5:30 pm
Grid ref: SK 314 605
Type of incident: Non mountain (Police), problem undisclosed, (1)
Number of team members involved: 1
Time taken: 3.5 hours
Total man hours: 3.5 hours
Search Dog, Cap, with handler, Malcolm Bowyer, were called late afternoon to respond together with three other Peak District search dogs to assist Derby MRT look for a missing man at Matlock.
The search concentrated on woodland at Lumsdale, north west of Matlock, where it was thought a despondent male may have been hiding. Despite a three hour search for the 39 year old man, who was thought to have a quantity of tablets with him, nothing was found and the search was called off at 21.00 hours.
