Our thoughts and condolences are with the Royal Family following the sad news of the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Many of our members were inspired to enjoy the outdoors through the DofE Award. The picture shows members meeting the Duke in 1979. pic.twitter.com/SSTC30CcPB
At 4.56pm yesterday we were requested by NWAS to assist with a 22yo male who had fallen at Tiger’s Clough. The team treated him with pain relief & placed a vacuum splint around the injured ankle, then stretchered him to the waiting ambulance.We wish him a speedy recovery. pic.twitter.com/ZEbrt4vaLT
1/2 From all of us at BMRT we would just like to thank every one of you that donated to us this weekend. It was a hard decision for us not to do our usual Easter meet and great around Rivington but for the safety of our team members, we decided against it. pic.twitter.com/xkNOo8equX
It's been a busy start to 2021 for the team. Three months in & we are already on our way to more callouts than we had last year. If you can support us in our work, please feel free to donate via boltonmrt.enthuse.com/#!/ #BoltonMRT #Volunteers #Donate #Rescues #BeenBusy pic.twitter.com/KhDxLT92N8
1/ Today is usually a busy and important day for the team. With so many people visiting the Rivington area in particular, we would usually have our displays set up around the area to help educate people about outdoor safety. pic.twitter.com/0iKNZaqWU1
Thank you to everyone who nominated us for these awards and huge congratulations to Ricky Lomax for winning the Emergency Service Award 🥳 #BoltonNewsLockdownHeroes twitter.com/theboltonnews/…
Our water team has been very busy over the past few weeks! Congratulations to our new MOD2’s and well done to our MOD4’s for passing their refreshers course 🥳 facebook.com/58756182794365… #BoltonMRT #WaterSafety #Training pic.twitter.com/3MaO6XkOnF
If you see a fire in the countryside, report it immediately 🔥 Leave the area as soon as possible and dial 999 📱 If you witness illegal activity report it to Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 pic.twitter.com/I7eRXLwQx4
❓ Did you know that moorland and wildfires can be started in a number of ways? Sadly, many are started deliberately, however, some can break out by people being careless with barbecues, campfires or not disposing of cigarettes properly 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WDHdEHFcXA
We appreciate this encouraging message of support from our colleagues at NWAS twitter.com/NWAmbulance/st…
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Aug 9 2013
New Bury Youth Club’s Welsh Coast Cycle Ride – 27th July to 9th August 2013 – Mission Accomplished!
This morning saw the seven ’challengers’ completing their cycle ride from Cardiff to Chester around the Welsh coastline – a total of 670 miles.
Our Team President, Bob Hutchinson, along with team member Steve O’Hara and Support Group members Iain Clarkson and Gillian Gregory (Also our team Secretary), met youth club members Taylor Aylett, Matty Brown, Macauley Farrington, Declan Hobson, Charlie Potter, and voluntary leaders Eddie Birchall and Andy Nicholls, on the last leg of their journey from Chester at the junction of Plodder Lane and Highfield Road, Farnworth, to proudly escort them into New Bury.
With two of our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances, (BM3 and BM4) one at the front and one behind the cyclists, the group cycled the short distance to New Bury Community Learning Centre, where they were met by applauding family, friends, and supporters, eager to congratulate them on their magnificent achievement.
The Bolton News photographer was on hand to take photos for publication, along with an army of amateur photographers also wishing to record this special occasion.
The seven cyclists and four Bolton Mountain Rescue Team members were then treated indoors at the Centre’s coffee bar to a delicious meat & potato pie lunch, kindly prepared by the ladies who run the cafe, followed by a communal viewing of Andy Nicholls’ video recording of the adventure.
When asked which were the most memorable parts of their trip, they told us the best times were the view crossing the Menai Straits into Anglesey and crabbing in Conway! Probably the worst and lowest moments were near Newport in South Wales when, after a hard day’s cycling, they arrived at their stay for the night to be told there was a mix-up and no room was available, which meant another fifteen miles riding to an alternative place, only to find on arrival that there was no food available, so back on the bikes for another nine miles to be fed!
Team President, Bob Hutchinson, officially thanked the challengers for their fantastic achievement and excellent support of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, inviting them to maintain ties with the team, and wishing them well for the future.
All five youngsters have just left Harper Green School, where Andy Nicholls is currently a teacher, and will be going on to various colleges in September.
Very many thanks must go to Eddie Birchall for obtaining community grants, organising and leading the challenge, Andy Nicholls for supporting him (both giving up their own holidays to join the boys), the parents who travelled over to Wales several times to show support for their sons, those who helped with transport, ’C’ Flight 22 Squadron RAF Helicopter Search & Rescue at RAF Valley, ASDA Farnworth for allowing a bag-packing session to help with costs, Bernadette Tither (Area Learning & Hub Manager at New Bury Community Learning Centre), ladies in the cafe, everyone who helped in any way, and, of course, those who generously sponsored the cyclists to raise funds for Bolton Mountain Rescue Team.
Taylor, Matty, Macauley, Declan, and Charlie are a credit to their parents, their school, their youth club and the community and they should feel rightly proud of their selfless achievement. They are now busy collecting in their sponsors’ pledges which will be reported within these pages once the total is known.
See also website ‘News’ reports dated 5th August, 2nd August, 10th June, 20th May & 12th April 2013.
Footnote; On Saturday 10th August 2013, our Team Secretary Gillian Gregory emailed Bernadette Tither with the following;
By admin • General news