I once gashed my palm open on the descent from Scafell during Borrowdale. The only way I could stop the bleeding was to pick up a stone and hold it in my fist. After the finish it took a lot of juggling of bikes and campervan and lift from a friend to get to the A and E at Keswick. I'd previously rung to check they still had an A and E at the small cottage hospital. They were excellent in sorting me out and I mentioned not being sure if they were still open - the nurse said that they had been on the point of closure a year or two ago "and then people started mountain biking at Whinlatter" which had brought so much business the department was busier than ever and saved from closure.....