by admin | May 12, 2012 | 2012, Incident
Whilst still providing standby rescue cover for the Pike View Hike and with the Belmont Fell Races senior events yet to start, at 12.23hrs we were alerted to a young twelve year old competitor in the Pike View Hike who was experiencing problems with her Asthma...
by admin | May 12, 2012 | General news
Today the team provided full standby rescue cover for the ever popular annual Belmont Fell Races, all of which take place on and around Winter Hill, Belmont. Commencing at 12.30hrs, 21x young fell runners took part in the mass start for the Under 12’s, Under...
by admin | May 12, 2012 | General news
Today at an early hour a small number of team members journeyed to Bibbys Farm, Limbrick, the campsite of the Bolton Scout Trust, to provide the kit checking team for the 06:00 start of this year’s Pike View Hike, celebrating eleven years of this successful and...
by admin | May 12, 2012 | General news
During the course of us providing Standby Rescue Cover for the Belmont Fell Races, one of our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances (BM2) developed what we thought was a tyre puncture. A diversion to Thistlethwaites Tyres of Bolton, saw them providing a very quick...
by admin | May 11, 2012 | General news
This morning Team Training Officer, Elaine Gilliland met with Janet Dickinson and Claire Atkinson of Bolton MBC, Sgt Steve Baldam of Greater Manchester Police and British Army Warrant Officer Andy Farmer, at Bolton Town Hall, to discuss further arrangements for this...
