Scarborough rescue volunteers called out to help cyclists over the weekend

Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team were getting ready for a training exercise when they were called to Dixon's Hollow in Dalby Forest at 4.40pm on Saturday where paramedics were treating an injured mountain biker.

Using a stretcher, the rescue team carried the rider to a waiting ambulance.

Yesterday, at 4.09pm, they were deployed to a bridleway in the Vale of Pickering where a cyclist had suffered an ankle inkle injury.

The team treated the female rider and helped into one of their vehicles before taking her to a waiting ambulance.