Believed to have been on 25th April 2008 a glider belonging to the Eden Soaring Club force landed in a field at West Head, Thirlmere but ended up coming to rest across a barbed wire fence and in a stream. The pilot was slightly injured as a result of this incident. Basic information was printed in local newspapers at the time from which this basic webpage is created.
Pilot - Mr Richard Walker, aged 67, of Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk.