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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.
Walker with suspected stroke.
July 8, 2022 20:05 At 20:05hrs on Friday 8th July Cumbria Constabulary requested Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to assist a 69 year old male who had been walking with his colleagues in the Dovedale area. The man was unsteady on his feet and unable to finish his walk after he began to feel unwell a…
32 Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medals for Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Members
To commemorate the Platinum Jubilee, 32 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members with at least five years’ service have been awarded the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal. The medal is awarded to serving members of the armed forces and front-line emergency workers with five years’ service. It is also given to living recipients of the Victoria and…
Ankle injury at Aira Force
July 4, 2022 1:20 pm At 13:20 on Monday 4th July 2022, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team received a call from the Cumbria Police to assist a 67 year old woman from Reading who had slipped whilst out walking near Aira Force with her husband. 12 team members responded to the callout. The woman’s injured…