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in 1992, my Dad, Les Hewitt and his friend Roy Deane became trapped in a rapidly flooding cave system in the Yorkshire Dales. Sleets Gill cave was known to flood to the roof in periods of heavy rain and the two men endured a day and a night of rising water before the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue mobilised one of the most complicated and dangerous rescues and rescued both of them by diving them to safety through 200 metres of flooded passage.

Les passed away on 31 January 2025 but both he and Roy had a lifelong gratitude to UWFRA and all of the crew and volunteers who gave their time and energy to engineer the operation.

Fell and cave rescue organisations reply on donations to fund their work. Thanks to them Les got to live 33 more years of his life and I got a fantastic Dad beyond the age of 13. So if you can spare a couple of quid in his memory and to say thanks to UWFRA, please donate if you can :-)