In the news
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.
Ankle Injury, Keldas, Glenridding
July 26, 2023 3.25 pm At 15:25hrs on Wednesday 26th July the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by North West Ambulance to assist a woman who had slipped whilst walking on Keldas near Glenridding with her partner. The team responded and treated the lady for an ankle injury , she was given pain relief…
Crag-fast above Dove
July 16, 2023 18:00 hrs On Friday, July 16th at 18:00 the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was tasked to attend a young, solo female walker who’d become crag-fast in steep and broken ground above Dove Crag. Seven team members were tasked to make their way to the scene, backed up by a further eight team…
Injured Plane Spotter near Corris Uchaf
At around 3:30 p.m. on Monday 17th July, call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team received a report from the Welsh Ambulance Service of a man with a broken leg on Mynydd Dol-ffanog near Corris Uchaf. The man, a Belgian national and in his late 40’s, was part of a plane-spotting group on the hill-side. A simple slip had…