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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helen Pidd North of England editor

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Hikers high on magic mushrooms rescued in lake district | Mind Blowing Facts

Mountain rescue team on mountain path
Some of the Keswick mountain rescue team who were called out after reports of a group in trouble after taking magic mushrooms. Photograph: Keswick mountain rescue Team

The doughty men and women of Keswick mountain rescue are well used to helping walkers who have lost their way on the Lake District fells. But at the weekend they had to assist a group who had also lost their minds.

Just after noon on Saturday, the team were called to the Stoneycroft, Newlands and Seathwaite area of the national park following reports that a group of young men were in trouble after taking magic mushrooms.

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