by admin | Jul 11, 2004 | General news
Bolton Mobile 1 suffered a puncture today, luckily it was by the Georges Lane T Shack, so who do we call to help rescue us ?? Total Tyres of Leigh (01942 761001) came to our aid. Whist we waited for them to arrive we sampled the delights of the T Shack, very nice...
by admin | Jul 11, 2004 | General news
The team was delighted to attend the annual two day Egerton Victorian Village Fair. on Saturday July 10th, the Teams attendance was affected by the wet weather, but smaller crowds for this 2 day event meant that the team members present didn’t have to wait as...
by admin | Jul 10, 2004 | 2004, Incident
GMP contacted the Team mid afternoon for assistance in the continuing search operation for a 70 year old South Manchester man, reported missing on Thursday evening the 8th July. A Mountain Rescue Search Control was established at Withington Golf Club with searches...
by admin | Jul 9, 2004 | 2004, Incident
At 13:15 Hrs, LAS requested the assistance of the Team, with the report of an injured pedal cyclist, in the Rivington area. Our first member arrived on scene at the same time as the LAS Ambulance, to discover the cyclist had crashed immediately by the road side on...
by admin | Jul 8, 2004 | Donations, General news
Special thanks to the Original Bay House (’Long Pull’) Pub in Horwich for a very generous £100 donation following on from a ’Bonus Ball’ competition. Rumour has it that the donation was £150 but Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon,...
by admin | Jul 7, 2004 | General news
This evening, our routine Wednesday exercise was held at the invitation of Bowland Pennine MRT, as a joint exercise in the White Coppice area of the West Pennine Moors. Both teams descended upon this quiet Lancashire village, to take part in a number of scenarios...
by admin | Jul 3, 2004 | General news
13 team members, with three team vehicles, were on hand to provide Standby Rescue Cover, for the Tockholes Gala Fell Race, with Darwen Tower as the highpoint of the race. Ninety runners took part, with no injuries or incidents requiring our attention.
by admin | Jul 3, 2004 | General news
Team members Dave Sarti and Andy Ryding, today offered up their services to assist members of the Bolton Countryside Volunteer Ranger Service, on their Basic Navigation Course. The team regularly helps the volunteers with their map reading courses, at both a basic and...
by admin | Jul 2, 2004 | 2004, Incident
22 Team members and our Search Dog, Chi, were involved in a search alongside GMP Officers for a missing 55 year old man, within the grounds of Prestwich Hospital, Manchester. What happens when you’re late for a search, you end up feeding and watering everyone....
by admin | Jul 2, 2004 | General news
Once again 2 senior members of the Bolton Team, Mike Marsh and Ann Shaw, acted as instructors on the MRC National Party Leaders Course; another long serving Bolton Team member Chris Moody also attended this year in a formal training capacity. Organised by Peter Smith,...
