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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Jul 9 2015
Team present providing standby rescue cover for this evenings Bull Hill Fell Race, organised by Radcliffe Athletics Club
This evening for the second year running, we provided standby rescue cover for the Radcliffe Athletics Club organised Bull Hill Fell Race.
Early available team members initially met at both our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ and our GMFRS Bolton North Community Fire Station garage, at 18.00hrs to depart for the race registration at the Waggon and Horses Public House, Hawkshaw, and the head of Hawkshaw Lane, Hawkshaw race RVP/ start and finish location.
The race commenced at 19.30hrs with a field of 232x runners and one sweep, all in excellent dry conditions, clear blue skies and warm temperatures.
The race route took in a course to Lark Hill, on to the head of Red Brook, and onwards to Bull Hill summit, thence to Alden Ratchers, Beetle Hill, Pilgrims Cross, Holcombe Head Farm area and back to Hawkshaw Lane.
All runners were safely accounted for by 21.00hrs, with thankfully no calls upon our services.
Twenty Bolton MRT operational members attended tonight, with all four of our Land Rover Defender Mountain Rescue Ambulances present, and the teams presence co-ordinated from our Incident Control Vehicle by Mark Scott and Garry.
Other team members from the twenty present, were at various locations around the race route including Bull Hill summit – which saw that ‘young daughter’ and her ‘elderly grandfather’ duo of Diane Blakeley and our venerable President Bob Hutchinson gracing the summit, and Nigel “how many checkpoints can I get to this evening” Booth!
The team is pleased to be associated with Radcliffe Athletics Club for this event and hopes the weather for 2016s event will be as kind as tonight’s!
During the race it was great to meet up again with two former Bolton MRT Call Out list members, both taking part as runners, Dave Garner who now lives in the Todmorden area, and Dave Kehoe who lives in the north Bolton area.
Both met up with our Team Leader Garry to chat over past and current times, Dave Kehoe before the race and Dave Garner after the race.
Garry also met up tonight with Dave Bateson, who was the organiser of the long running Belmont Village Winter Hill Fell Race, which no longer occurs due to landowner restrictions, Dave being a fantastic friend and supporter of the Bolton MRT.
Tonight’s standby rescue cover is the thirteenth event we have covered so far this year, with our next provision of such being on Saturday 15th August for the Darwen Gala Fell Race, and then next on Monday evening 31st August 2015 for the Blackburn Harriers Fell Race event on Darwen Moor and Cartridge Hill.
By Paul Brain • Safety Cover