by admin | Feb 9, 2009 | Donations, General news
Today we received a letter of Mr Peter Fenton of Smithills, Bolton, informing us that following the death of his mother Mrs Elsie Fenton, donations were made in her memory to our colleagues at Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team in Cumbria. In amongst the...
by admin | Feb 8, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 19.29hrs this evening during a period of snowfall throughout the Greater Manchester area, we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) regards going to standby in case the road conditions worsened causing problems for their Ambulances progressing to incidents. In...
by admin | Feb 8, 2009 | 2009, Incident
During the concluding part of our involvement with providing standby rescue cover on the Winter Hill Fell Race, whilst most of the teams resources were at the Lower House car park area in Rivington, we were approached by a member of a mountain biking party to say his...
by admin | Feb 8, 2009 | General news
Today the team provided its usual standby rescue cover provision for the gruelling Winter Hill Fell Race, organised excellently as ever by Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletic Club. Now in its 27th year (the team has attended every event), the course takes in an 11 mile...
by admin | Feb 8, 2009 | Donations, General news
Today we are pleased to announce the receipt of a £30.00 donation from the St.John’s Church Men’s Fellowship, further to a £21.00 donation immediately following their visit to our base / HQ on the evening of 27th January 2009. In a very kind...
