Mountain rescuers were forced to intervene when a group of walkers took magic mushrooms while hiking in the Lake District over the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend.

A ‘number of people’ called emergency workers on Saturday when they came across the high group of men in the Stonycroft and Newlands area.

Two of them – including their driver – were feeling unwell, leaving others concerned for their welfare.

They were led to safety after 11 volunteers from the Keswick Mountain Rescue team were sent out to find them. The mission took two hours in total.

A spokesperson for Keswick Mountain Rescue team said: ‘The casualties were walked down and given advice by the team medic regarding the timing of their onward travel.’

Magic mushrooms can cause hallucinations and feelings of nausea.

While legal in some countries, they are class A drugs in the UK, meaning it is prohibited to possess or sell them.

The callout was Keswick Mountain Rescue team’s 24th rescue of 2023.

The team has up to 50 local volunteers and helps any hiker who is in need, no matter what the cause of distress is.

Later on Saturday, volunteers were called to assist four walkers who were descending the Styhead Tarn path towards Seathwaite.

One was reported to have had an ankle injury, while another suffered a panic attack.

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