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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.
Male with knee injury – Mires Beck
Saturday 28/09/2019 11:17 The Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out on Saturday 28/09/19 at around 0930am following a report of a male with a knee injury on the footpath by Mires Beck at the rear of Glenridding. The team happened to be at base training and were able to respond quickly. The man had…
Busy Day for Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team
Shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Saturday 28th September, call handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team received a request to assist an ambulance crew with the rescue of an injured motorcyclist near Happy Valley, Tywyn. The man, in his late forties and from Northumbria, was part of a guided off-road motorbike group exploring a hill-track…
Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team called to Pillar Rock
Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 15:30 on 20th September 2019. The Team was called out to assist a 60-year-old male who had taken a leader fall high up on the route ÔMegatonÕ on the north face of Pillar Rock. Due to the remoteness of the location and the potential for serious injuries…