Furness Coastguard were paged just after 9.00am (January 5th) this morning to reports of a Kayaker in difficulty on Coniston Water.
A spokesperson said:
"En route, the team tasked Coniston Boating Centre to launch their rescue craft.The casualty was recovered in the vicinity of Peel Island and transferred to the care of North West Ambulance Service suffering from hypothermia.
"Our thanks to NWAS and Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service for what was another successful example of effective multi agency cooperation.
"As well as covering the UK coastline HM Coastguard also take responsibility for search and rescue throughout many of the lakes and waters in our beautiful lake district, including Coniston Water and Windermere."
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