by admin | Nov 30, 2015 | General news
The end of November and already we have two Christmas cards delivered to the team – Former long serving team call out list member (and one time local Vicar) Mike Thomason has sent our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE Christmas wishes and thoughts to his former team...
by admin | Nov 30, 2015 | General news
Not previously reported has been the receipt of a very kind email by our Secretary Gillian Gregory from fantastic team supporter Stephen Hazlitt, who we reported within our website ‘News’, attended with his family, our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ ‘thank you’ evening to...
by admin | Nov 30, 2015 | General news
The team extends its thanks to all at Tent Valeting Services Limited, of Egerton Street, Farnworth, for recently making up four bespoke heavy duty carry bags for our four new Scoop Stretchers, which due to their length and size are carried on the roof racks of all...
by admin | Nov 30, 2015 | General news
Dave Marsh our DVSD Handler has the following interesting account to add to our Incident report 89 of Saturday 28th November 2015: “The lad who acted as coxswain for me on Saturday 28th November, had a tracking system running while we were on the water, I did two...
by admin | Nov 30, 2015 | General news
Following attendance at todays standby rescue cover event, a small number of team members met up afterwards at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ and spent the late afternoon putting up our Christmas Festive Decorations, with Support Group member (and Team Secretary)...
by admin | Nov 29, 2015 | General news, Safety Cover
Today the team provided standby rescue cover for the David Staff Memorial Charity Fell Race. This fell race takes in a course over 6.6 km including 366m of ascent, centred on Jubilee Tower, Darwen and Darwen Moor. The course this year followed last year’s route,...
by admin | Nov 28, 2015 | General news
Regular readers will be aware we have two operational Mountain Rescue Dog Handlers within the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team membership. Both represent specialisms within the NSARDA community, where air scenting search dogs are perhaps more widely known to the public at...
by admin | Nov 28, 2015 | General news
Long time friend of our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and his partner Ann, former Bolton MRT Call out list member Lee Budworth, of Adlington, a very keen outdoorsman, walker, mountaineer, fell runner and skier, contacted Garry earlier this year and mentioned that he...
by admin | Nov 28, 2015 | 2015, Incident
It has been a very busy period for our specialist Mountain Rescue Trailing Dog Team of late, with today being the turn of our equally specialist DVSD Dog Team, in the guise of Bolton MRT DVSD Dog Handler Dave Marsh (of SARDA Ireland North) and his DVSD Search Dog...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | General news
Starting this afternoon to prepare for a course commencement this evening, a small number of Bolton MRT members are involved either in the organisation and as instructors, or as participants in this years annual MREW Party Leaders Course fully residential training...
