Missing walker located safely in thick fog

The Coastguard team were tasked this evening to Ballard Down after a walker got disoriented in thick fog. 

Having  walked from Old Harry rocks darkness and the fog descended and knowing the risks of the cliff edge the walker called 999 and the Coastguard. 

The team deployed and started to search the area identified by used the phone data provided during the  emergency call. Shortly after searching the male was located safely, checked medically and taken back to his car in Studland. 

The whole incident from the initial call to the male being safely returned to his car was 55 minutes.  The walker did exactly the right thing, stopped and called for help.  

In a coastal emergency call 999 - Coastguard.