by admin | Apr 7, 2015 | Donations
As we reported on 1st April 2015, Sharon & Alan Jones, licencees of Ye Jolly Crofters public house, Chorley Old Road, Horwich, held an Easter raffle to raise funds for Bolton Mountain Rescue Team. A large Easter basket of chocolate goodies and wine was on offer...
by admin | Apr 4, 2015 | 2015, Incident
Whilst present providing Standby Rescue Cover, for the Annual Rivington Pike Fell Race, towards the end of the race at around 15.25, the crew of our Land Rover ambulance positioned at the finish line was approached by a lady asking if we could help her son who was...
by admin | Apr 4, 2015 | Safety Cover
With a long history of team involvement, today 13 team members, in three Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances, provided full Standby Rescue Cover for the incredibly long established (Over 100 years!) Annual Rivington Pike Fell Race, for a very long time now run...
by admin | Apr 3, 2015 | General news
Mountain Rescue (England & Wales) have produced a new video promoting the work of Mountain Rescue....
by admin | Apr 3, 2015 | General news
We are very pleased to announce our March 2015 month end collection box figures, with £112.29 collected, against £198.70 for March 2014. The total so far for 2015 is £735.12 compared with £578.43 for the same period in 2014. We currently have 115x collection boxes out...
by admin | Apr 3, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At 15.50, whilst team members Diane Blakeley and Heath Doran, were walking through the area on foot, they were approached by a gentleman asking for help as his wife had just fallen. The lady had been walking with her husband and daughter and had unfortunately slipped...
by admin | Apr 3, 2015 | General news
Today on a damp and drizzly Good Friday, 18 Team Call Out list members assembled at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ at 10.30hrs for a briefing before departing for our annual presence at the Good Friday festivities centred upon the West Pennine Moors landmark of...
by admin | Apr 1, 2015 | Training
This evening fourteen Callout list members and five trainee team members attended our regular Wednesday night training evening. The following report has been supplied by team member, Michael Wakerley, who jointly co-ordinated the exercise and organised proceedings...
by admin | Apr 1, 2015 | Donations
Today we are very pleased to announce the receipt of yet another truly fantastic and very generous donation, this time an amazing £250.00, from our much appreciated, very valued and incredibly supportive friends at Bolton H.F. Walking Club / H.F. Bolton Group....
by admin | Apr 1, 2015 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce the receipt today of a kind card and attached donation, from dear friend of the team, Susan Corsini, who is a member of Darwen Dashers Running Club. Susan addressed her card to our Team Leader, Garry Rhodes MBE, and kindly stated; “Hi...
