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Keep up to date with everything going on in mountain rescue around England and Wales. For press enquiries, contact Andy Simpson, MREW Press Officer, via press@mountain.rescue.org.uk.
Couple caught out by weather
October 23, 2021 8.25pm At 20.25 hrs on Saturday 23rd October Cumbria Police contacted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team with a report of two walkers who were wild camping near Grisedale Tarn in between Patterdale and Grasmere. Due to the weather conditions their tent had collapsed in the wind after the poles snapped. The couple then…
Seriously Injured Mountain Biker Near Machynlleth
At around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday 17th Oct, just as Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team call-handlers were finishing guiding a lost walker from Cader Idris, a request was received to assist the Welsh Ambulance Service with a seriously injured mountain biker at Dyfi Bike Park near Machynlleth. The male rider, in his 30s, had fallen off his bike and despite…