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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.
70th Anniversary of Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team – 23rd
February 2023 Thursday 23rd February 2023 marked the 70th anniversary of the formation of Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team. The Team came in to being on a Monday evening in 1953 at the Central Café on Cockermouth Main Street. Rusty Westmorland, George Fisher and Mike Nixon, members of the existing Keswick MRT, had come to speak…
Lost walkers on Cader Idris
Shortly before 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday 22nd Feb, call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of two walkers lost on Cader Idris. The men, from Swansea and in their late teens and early twenties, were attempting to complete the Welsh three-peaks, having started on Pen y Fan earlier in the day. On…
Launch of AdventureSmart.UK Toolkit for Businesses: Working together to keep visitors to Lake District Cumbria safe
On Wednesday 1st March, the Lake District Visitor Safety Group, in collaboration with AdventureSmart UK, is launching a new toolkit for businesses at the Lakes Hospitality Show, hosted by Copeland Borough Council in association with Visit Allerdale and Discover Carlisle (Stand 34). Businesses are urged to be proactive and creative in providing their guests with…