0:00:02 > 0:00:04Rural Britain has some of the most challenging
0:00:04 > 0:00:06environments in the world.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09In Scotland, the mountains, lochs and coastline encourage
0:00:09 > 0:00:12tourists and locals to get out into the wilds.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14But with that, comes danger.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25The emergency services north of the border have to deal with
0:00:25 > 0:00:28extreme challenges every day...
0:00:28 > 0:00:32Nobody in their right mind should have attempted to drive through this.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36..from severe weather and treacherous terrain...
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Help!
0:00:38 > 0:00:41..to covering huge distances on rural roads
0:00:41 > 0:00:43with time against them.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45The GPs upgraded the call to an emergency.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48They work around the clock,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51battling against some of the most difficult situations.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55We'll be right at the heart of the action.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Side-by-side with air rescue saving lives,
0:00:59 > 0:01:03on the road with paramedics caring for the hurt and injured.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06And following the police fighting crime,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09as the emergency services work together, to pick up,
0:01:09 > 0:01:13patch up and protect the public in rural communities.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16This is Countryside 999.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Coming up...
0:01:34 > 0:01:37A Royal Navy search and rescue team are on a mission
0:01:37 > 0:01:40to find three stranded climbers in Glencoe.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Have you a visual of the aircraft at the moment?
0:01:47 > 0:01:51On a country road, police catch a young tractor driver using his mobile phone...
0:01:51 > 0:01:55- You were clearly on a mobile phone, right?- I wisnae on my mobile.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Come on, get in the back of car and we'll talk about it in there.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02And we join the staff of a rural hospital's accident and emergency unit.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07- How deep did the fork penetrate your hand?- I don't know, actually.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10The main concern with the wound is the risk of tetanus.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20On Scotland's southwest coast is HMS Gannet -
0:02:20 > 0:02:23a Royal Navy search and rescue base.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27This rapid response unit covers a large area of Scotland and Northern Ireland,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30and also parts of the north of England.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33A huge area of 98,000 square miles.
0:02:34 > 0:02:40Senior observer or navigator, Richie Lightfoot, has 27 years' service.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Today he's leading the four-strong helicopter crew
0:02:43 > 0:02:47on a training exercise in the mountains of Glencoe.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Britain's stunning mountain ranges are a playground
0:02:58 > 0:02:59for the outward bound,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03attracting hundreds of thousands of walkers and climbers each year.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07But being on these mountains can be a treacherous business.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12In the last nine months, HMS Gannett has rescued over 90 people
0:03:12 > 0:03:15off mountains like these, in Glencoe.
0:03:17 > 0:03:23On their way back to base, a call comes in from local police, a few miles south of Crianlarich.
0:03:27 > 0:03:33'It's to do with an ongoing incident on Beinn a'Chroin
0:03:33 > 0:03:38'with three climbers in the mist, lost at the summit.'
0:03:39 > 0:03:43The three men began the 3,090ft walk
0:03:43 > 0:03:46up the rocky Beinn a'Chroin in clear weather.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49But at the top the cloud quickly closed in.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54Without a compass or map, relying solely on their mobile phone for navigation,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56the men have got completely lost.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Crew winchman Mike 'H' Henson could be going down after them.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Walking the hills is dangerous any time of year.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07However, it's October now, the nights are drawing in, so
0:04:07 > 0:04:12navigation isn't easy at the best of times, even with a map and compass.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15However, these guys were walking with just a smartphone,
0:04:15 > 0:04:16which is never a good idea.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Rescue Navy 177.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24We've just been contacted by a police unit currently
0:04:24 > 0:04:28involved in a mountain rescue incident, looking for three
0:04:28 > 0:04:32climbers in the Beinn a'Chroin area
0:04:32 > 0:04:35just to the east of Oban.
0:04:35 > 0:04:41We're currently in the area and they've asked for our assistance.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45The visibility is extremely poor.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47With limited daylight left,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50the situation could turn very serious, very quickly.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Looking at it, you've got this high peak and then one... This is just me.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59You've got this peak here at one o'clock. It's between the two.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01We shall tie in at two miles.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05The cloud cover is making the search difficult
0:05:05 > 0:05:07and their fuel is running low.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Police mobile rescue 17, we've been cleared to assist.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15We have approximately one hour on the scene before we need to go
0:05:15 > 0:05:16and refuel.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19But we will proceed to the grid as you have passed.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25So far, they don't know if any of the party are injured,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28which could make the rescue more complicated.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Police have given Richie Lightfoot a mobile number.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34He hopes it will lead straight to the climbers.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- 'Hello?'- Hello. This is Rescue Helicopter 177.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41We are actually searching for a party of three climbers.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Are you one of those climbers, over?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Have you a visual of the aircraft at the moment?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53You are in the cloud. OK.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Are you on the path at the moment?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Are there any injuries with those in your party, over?
0:06:06 > 0:06:07OK, that's copied.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- They sound like they're OK.- Yeah. - Just completely lost, aren't they?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- Just completely lost.- Yeah.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- But it's pretty steep around here, if they...- Yeah, yeah.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19He says he's got less than 50 metres visibility.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- He's right up on the top there.- Right up at the top.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Daylight is dwindling and the temperature is plummeting.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29The crew decide they must persevere to locate the missing
0:06:29 > 0:06:32climbers before the chance of exposure escalates.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Back on the ground and 160 miles south of Glencoe,
0:06:46 > 0:06:47is the town of Dumfries.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55The local police here cover a huge area of rural villages, towns,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58farmland and coastline.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03From its winding country roads...
0:07:03 > 0:07:07to an arterial route, bridging Scotland and northern England.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Road accidents are one of the area's biggest problems,
0:07:11 > 0:07:14causing over 400 casualties last year.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22PCs Ross Dickson and Stewart Rae have just started their day shift.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29They're part of a landward team who specialise in policing rural areas.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Ross has lived in Dumfries all his life
0:07:32 > 0:07:36and knows that on these country roads, you have to be vigilant.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Today, the officers have spotted a traffic offence.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46It's an accident waiting to happen.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52We've been holding a road check looking for any offences,
0:07:52 > 0:07:53mobile phones, etc.
0:07:53 > 0:08:00And as luck would have it, a tractor towing a trailer has driven by us.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05And the young boy driving the tractor has been using his mobile phone.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08So we're just going to follow the tractor and find a safe place
0:08:08 > 0:08:12to stop and then we will get out and deal with it.
0:08:14 > 0:08:1922 percent of road deaths are caused by 17- to 24-year-old drivers.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24Tends to be young boys, you know, that are driving the tractors
0:08:24 > 0:08:27that tend to be using their mobile phones.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33Driving a tractor, it's a very large vehicle, towing a long trailer.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35It's completely unacceptable.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39It puts other road users at risk, so he will be suitably advised
0:08:39 > 0:08:43regarding that as well, as well as being issued a fixed penalty ticket.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Weighing up to 24 tonnes,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49tractors are a common hazard on rural roads.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51The driver of this tractor could be facing a fine
0:08:51 > 0:08:53and a few points on his licence.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- How you doin', pal, you all right?- All right.- Come round here and I'll speak to you.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Do you know why we want to talk to you?- No, sorry.
0:09:05 > 0:09:11- Right, think about it. You are driving up the 701...- Yeah.- Right.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15What were you holding in your hand, driving, looking at?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Nothing. - Mobile phone.- No mobile.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20No, you were clearly on your mobile phone, all right?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22I wasn't on my mobile.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Come on, we'll get in the back of the car and talk about it in there.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29During his four-year service, Constable Ross Dickson knows
0:09:29 > 0:09:34all too well that people will say anything to try and get out of trouble.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36This young tractor driver is no exception.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Me, Stewart - both seen you.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44- Clearly, driving looking at a mobile phone.- I had...
0:09:45 > 0:09:47There is a phone thing there.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49But I don't bring my phone to work.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- I get a works phone. - You had a mobile phone in your hand.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56It might... I was checking something out my wallet.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59But I didnae... I honestly did not have my phone in my hand.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Over one million people have been caught using their mobile
0:10:02 > 0:10:06whilst driving since it became illegal nine years ago.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08If you were not looking at the road ahead,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10you were looking down at a mobile phone.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14It wasn't your wallet you were looking at.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19- I had got a text, yeah. From my boss.- Right, so you were using your mobile phone.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22I just flicked it off and then put it back.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Aye, listen, you're still using a mobile phone, all right?
0:10:25 > 0:10:28If you're reading a text while you're driving the tractor,
0:10:28 > 0:10:29or driving anything.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33You're driving that and you're towing that trailer, right?
0:10:33 > 0:10:37- No' clever, all right? Got any points on your licence?- Yeah.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- How many have you got?- Three. - You've got three? Right.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- Unfortunately, it's another three points.- BLEEP!
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- How long you had your licence? - Just...
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Oh, well, nearly a year now.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Getting six points in your first two years of driving can mean
0:10:52 > 0:10:55a day in court and the loss of your licence.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Listen, you can't be using a mobile phone when you're driving.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Especially... You're driving something like that,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04it's no' the most manoeuvrable vehicle in the world, OK?
0:11:04 > 0:11:09- No.- The slightest wee deviation off the road, and you've lost it.
0:11:09 > 0:11:15As PC Dickson lays down the law, he's interrupted by a 999 call.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18133, go ahead.
0:11:18 > 0:11:24'There is a report of a lorry, a log lorry that's lost
0:11:24 > 0:11:29'eh, one of the logs on the A75, just near to the roundabout.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33'Apparently the log has struck another vehicle.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38'Requesting police. We are just trying to get more information.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39'We lost our caller.'
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Roger. That's all received. Thank you.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Right, anyway, you're going to have to get on your way the now
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- because we have got a 999 call to go to, all right?- Yeah.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Clear left.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52SIREN WAILS
0:11:52 > 0:11:54The accident is seven miles away.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57A log has fallen off a lorry and hit a car
0:11:57 > 0:11:59so the officers need to get there fast.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20160 miles north, the Royal Navy search and rescue
0:12:20 > 0:12:24team are trying to find three lost climbers on a mountain in Glencoe.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Stuck in cloud with just a phone for navigation,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32the climbers are lost, cold and tired.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40The helicopter fuel is getting low and there is limited daylight left.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Senior observer Richie Lightfoot decides to land
0:12:43 > 0:12:46the helicopter at the foot of Beinn a'Chroin.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48They'll work together with local police
0:12:48 > 0:12:51and try to pinpoint the exact location of the three men.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58Using their smartphone, the climbers managed to give the police
0:12:58 > 0:13:00coordinates of their rough location.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04But the thick cloud meant they can't see or be seen by the helicopter.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09What I think they've initially done is they've gone a wee bit to the east
0:13:09 > 0:13:11and then they have got themselves, not quite crag fast,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14but they've got themselves on the top of the crags.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19To be crag fast means to be stuck, unable to move up or down.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25Since these climbers can move, the police think they might be able to
0:13:25 > 0:13:28get to a place where the helicopter can pick them up.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33- Yeah.- If they move back to the summit where they have given us,
0:13:33 > 0:13:36- been in contact with us. - Do you reckon they're just here?
0:13:36 > 0:13:40I reckon... Yeah. Between the two there. In about there somewhere.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Right.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46So what we'll do, we'll go back and have another search.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48If you could...
0:13:48 > 0:13:54See if you can't get either a more accurate position off them, where they actually are right now.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57I reckon we've got about another half hour,
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- 40 minutes we can commit to before we need to be fuel.- OK.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03With the Mountain Rescue team on standby
0:14:03 > 0:14:06and the police trying to narrow down the search area,
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Richie hurries back to update the crew.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42The weather is getting even worse,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45so Richie phones the climbers again to check on their rough position.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Hello?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Hello, we're hovering over the path,
0:14:48 > 0:14:52this is about as high as we can get due to the cloud base.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Are you visual us, and can you hear the aircraft, over?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07If you could walk down the path towards the sound of the aircraft,
0:15:07 > 0:15:11hopefully you will come down, eventually, below the cloud line
0:15:11 > 0:15:13and this is where we will be.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19With the threat of darkness and the weather closing in,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Richie decides their best option is to land
0:15:22 > 0:15:25the 10-tonne Sea King helicopter close to where they think the men are.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29OK, you are clear to the left.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33There's a quite large rock just under my window in the door.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Go down slowly.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Three feet at the tail, two foot at the tail.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Coming down now.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48The landing has been carried out safely.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53Now the job is to find the three climbers from the ground.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02The emergency services in rural areas like this
0:16:02 > 0:16:06work together to prevent as many serious accidents as they can.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10But when they do happen,
0:16:10 > 0:16:16the injured are taken to Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary,
0:16:16 > 0:16:20which covers a huge geographical area of 2,400 miles.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Compare that to Manchester,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28where you're never more than five miles away from an A&E department.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary serves a scattered rural population
0:16:36 > 0:16:38of 148,000 people,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41many of whom are fishermen, forestry workers and farmers.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Helping to run this hectic department as smoothly as possible
0:16:46 > 0:16:50is Nurse Practitioner of 13 years, Kevin Ferguson,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52who's tending to a rather unusual farming incident.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- What happened? - Just a slight farm accident.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02I was clearing a forage wagon that had blocked up with silage
0:17:02 > 0:17:05with a grape, and I was working with my left hand
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- trying to clear the silage and slipped.- OK.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13A grape is a sharp pronged implement used to break up soil on the farm.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16It may not look as dramatic as a stab wound
0:17:16 > 0:17:20found in an urban hospital but, because it happened on a farm
0:17:20 > 0:17:25where the risk of infection is high, it could become serious.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30How deep did the fork penetrate your hand?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32I don't know, actually.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- I don't think it's gone in that far, actually.- OK.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Kenny's also had an x-ray done
0:17:38 > 0:17:41to check for any broken bones on his right hand.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44This is where the metal fork penetrated the hand,
0:17:44 > 0:17:48so if there was any fracture there with the puncture wound it would
0:17:48 > 0:17:52change the management, cos it would be classed as an open fracture.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56But the X-ray looks great and there's no fractures seen.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59So the main concern with the wound is obviously the fact
0:17:59 > 0:18:02it's been in a farm and the risk of tetanus.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is a serious infection
0:18:09 > 0:18:13caused by bacteria found in soil and animal waste.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16If not treated, the bacteria can create a poison
0:18:16 > 0:18:18which affects muscles and nerves.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21OK, so what we're going to have to do, sir,
0:18:21 > 0:18:25is put some local anaesthetic round about the wound
0:18:25 > 0:18:26and give it a good clean, OK?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Then we'll have to give you a couple of vaccinations,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32one of them being an active tetanus vaccination, OK?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- A couple of jacks for you, if that's OK.- Aye.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36HE LAUGHS
0:18:36 > 0:18:39First, Kenny gets an injection of anaesthetic.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43- Bit stingy, is that OK? - Aye, it is a wee bit. That's fine.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Kevin gives Kenny's hand a thorough clean
0:18:45 > 0:18:49to make sure there's nothing dangerous left in the wound.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Although the wound looks small, it's really the depth
0:18:52 > 0:18:54of how deep the forks went that's the worry,
0:18:54 > 0:18:56because the bacteria go into the hand.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59So, obviously, the most important thing is a good clean.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Once sanitised, the wound is dressed.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Farms can be hazardous places,
0:19:09 > 0:19:13with over 1,000 recorded injuries to farm workers last year alone.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17You hear a lot of folk getting caught in machinery
0:19:17 > 0:19:20and one thing and another, but that's really just stupidity.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Well, mind you, I can't be any worse!
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Two anti-tetanus jabs later, he's good to go.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- I'll let you get away home now. - Good, good, good!
0:19:45 > 0:19:49PCs Ross Dickson and Stewart Rae have been dealing with a young lad
0:19:49 > 0:19:52using his mobile phone whilst driving a tractor.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55They're now on a 999 call to another road incident
0:19:55 > 0:19:57that's just come in.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02We're off down to the A75.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07There's a wood lorry that's been transporting logs...has shed...
0:20:07 > 0:20:12One of the logs has fell off and struck another vehicle.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14So we're making our way there just now.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16We don't have any more details than that,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18so we don't know if anyone's injured or not,
0:20:18 > 0:20:21so we'll try and get there as quick as we can see what's happening.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26Southern Scotland has woodland areas as big as the whole of Cornwall
0:20:26 > 0:20:29and the sight of a log lorry on the road is commonplace.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34A large vehicle spilling logs on to roads like this
0:20:34 > 0:20:36could easily cause a pile-up.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41133, do we know if the log is off the road, over?
0:20:41 > 0:20:45- RADIO:- Sorry, we're unaware of that.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46Received.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- There's the log there. - There's the log there.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00We've just passed the log in the road that's caused
0:21:00 > 0:21:03the damage to the vehicle, and it's off the actual road,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06off the carriageway, so it's not causing any obstruction,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08so that's certainly a bonus.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13The vehicles involved are parked just ahead.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- Everyone OK? - Well, everyone's still standing.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Still standing, OK.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Fortunately, the damage to the car is relatively minor,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28concentrated around the front right wheel arch.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30If the log had gone through the windscreen,
0:21:30 > 0:21:33the outcome could have been much more serious.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Constable Stewart Rae gets the drivers' version of events.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44For James in the car behind, it was quite an alarming ordeal.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45It happened that quick, like,
0:21:45 > 0:21:49the log was on the road virtually coming towards us.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52And my front wheel ran over, doing damage to the vehicle.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56I'm OK, like, but it's just a bit of a shock, this log coming off.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03The log lorry driver thinks he knows the reason for the accident.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07With all the rain on the trees, it's made the trees slippy.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11When I pulled up to that roundabout, they slipped forward.
0:22:11 > 0:22:12I saw it in my mirror.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Actually didn't know I'd hit that car,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17but we'll sort it out in insurance.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22But securing the load is the pressing concern
0:22:22 > 0:22:24to stop this from happening again.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Some of his load's unsafe, so what he's doing, he's just trying to make
0:22:30 > 0:22:34it safe, then he can strap it better before he can go on his journey.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40The driver adjusts the logs with the crane attached to the lorry.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46But Ross can't leave it at that.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48After consulting with police HQ,
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Ross decides there's only one option in this case -
0:22:52 > 0:22:53to press charges.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Just due to the circumstances, the fact that the load shouldn't
0:22:57 > 0:23:00have came off, it has to get reported to the court, OK, sir?
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Basically, that's a charge of the vehicle being a dangerous load,
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- which is Section 40 of the Road Traffic Act, 1988, OK?- Yeah.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Do you have any reply to make to the charge?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12No. No point, is there?
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Thank you very much, sir, I'll let you get on your way now.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- I'll no doubt hear from you. - HE LAUGHS
0:23:17 > 0:23:20You might not hear from us, you'll hear from the court.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23- All right.- Thank you, sir. - OK, see you now.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27He's in charge of the vehicle being secure,
0:23:27 > 0:23:29making sure the load's safe and secure.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33He hasn't done that, cos one of the logs has fell off,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36and you heard him say there, the logs were slippy and they were wet.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40He should have made extra care that the logs were secure.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42There's also the possibility
0:23:42 > 0:23:45that his driving hasn't exactly been perfect.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Back in Glencoe...
0:23:59 > 0:24:03The Navy Sea King helicopter has landed on Beinn a'Chroin.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Now winchman, trained medical technician
0:24:06 > 0:24:08and experienced hill walker H
0:24:08 > 0:24:11sets out on foot to try and find the three men.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17'As we all know, in hills, where you can hear something coming,
0:24:17 > 0:24:22'it can echo off things, so my initial worry was that they would
0:24:22 > 0:24:24'end up going off track, basically,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26'and get themselves into further danger.'
0:24:26 > 0:24:29So my plan was to go into the distance
0:24:29 > 0:24:34just to try and cut that gap down, the margin for error down,
0:24:34 > 0:24:38and then sort of guide them visually back to the aircraft.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43He's dropped out, I'll try and call him again.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Richie's on the phone trying to lead the climbers towards H,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50but he doesn't know if they're going the right way.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54The visibility is reducing the higher up H gets,
0:24:54 > 0:24:58and in these conditions there's a real risk the two parties
0:24:58 > 0:25:00might miss each other altogether.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Hello!?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13In very low visibility,
0:25:13 > 0:25:17H has climbed almost 600 feet in 15 minutes.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19At last, he hears a whistle in the distance.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22WHISTLE
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Hello!
0:25:26 > 0:25:28WHISTLE
0:25:28 > 0:25:29I can hear you!
0:25:37 > 0:25:39WHISTLE
0:25:41 > 0:25:43I've got a visual now.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49'Believe it or not,
0:25:49 > 0:25:53'it was the old-fashioned whistle that came in handy...'
0:25:53 > 0:25:57and actually saved the day, because as I was approaching them
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I was shouting for them, they were blowing the whistle
0:26:00 > 0:26:05and it gave me vectors to be able to eventually get visual with them.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11How are you doing?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13INAUDIBLE
0:26:14 > 0:26:17No, no problem at all, no problem at all.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20We've got about another 10, 15 minute walk back down the path
0:26:20 > 0:26:22where they're waiting for us,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25but we've only got about 10 or 15 minutes' worth of fuel here,
0:26:25 > 0:26:28so we'll have to go as quickly and as safely as possible. OK?
0:26:28 > 0:26:32You guys all fit? There's no injuries on anything, is there?
0:26:37 > 0:26:41At last, they catch their first glimpse of the rescue helicopter.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53After four hours of being lost and stranded in dense cloud,
0:26:53 > 0:26:55it's a huge relief for the three men.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59They won't have to spend a lonely night on the freezing mountain.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- These are your men.- Thank you. - No problem at all.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11With around 300 call-outs every year, rescuing an average
0:27:11 > 0:27:15of over 300 people, it's another positive result for the crew.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- No worries, take care, all right? - Thank you.- Take care.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Job done.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- Back for tea and biccies and medals. - I think so.- Beautiful.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28'It doesn't get any better than that.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30'We managed to get three people'
0:27:30 > 0:27:33off the hill uninjured, before dinner, before dark,
0:27:33 > 0:27:35so, yeah, great result.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40What started off as a training exercise turned into a full-scale
0:27:40 > 0:27:45rescue of three climbers lost at the top of a mountain in Glencoe.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56It's been all go for the emergency services in Scotland's rural areas.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01The young tractor driver pleaded guilty to driving
0:28:01 > 0:28:03whilst using a mobile phone.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07He was fined and got three points, but kept his licence.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12The log lorry driver pleaded guilty to the offence.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15He was fined £100 and received three points on his licence.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20And the three climbers rescued from the top of the mountain
0:28:20 > 0:28:25in Glencoe by the Royal Navy are now safe and well after their ordeal.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28And you thought it was quiet in the countryside.