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Thursday 08/08/2019 23:06  At 20:41hrs volunteer members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police to rescue a fell runner who had slipped and fallen while descending from Arthur’s Pike above Ullswater. The team accessed the location using their 4×4 landrover ambulance and on arrival, assessed the casualty for his injuries. After assessment…

At around 6:40 p.m on the 6th August. call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of two walkers lost and struggling to get off the hills near Dinas Mawddwy. The pair, a mother, 73 and daughter, 39, had been following a walking-book route around Minllan quarries. At some point they became lost and had been on…

This year’s birthday honours list includes an MBE for Mike France, Chairman of Mountain Rescue England & Wales. Mike joined Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team in 1970 and subsequently became a party leader, team leader and regional incident controller, a job he continues to do today. He took on the role of Chairman of Mountain Rescue England & Wales in May…

Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called out at approximately 22:30 on Monday 5th August. The team was asked to assist a group of six walkers who were struggling with fatigue near Ennerdale Youth Hostel, following a long day out on the fells. Given the apparent nature of the incident, eight team members were dispatched, they…

Shortly after 1:00 p.m. on Monday 5th August, Aberdyfi Search and Rescue Team received a request for assistance from the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust to help in the rescue of an injured female. The woman, in her early 40’s and from the London area, was part of a family group enjoying a woodland walk at…