Today sees the start of a training weekend by SARDA in the lake District, to which our trainee air scenting mountain rescue dog handler Jess Ellsmore is attending, having travelled up to the Lake District on Wednesday 10th December with her colleagues and friends from Cornwall Search and Rescue Team, with of course her trainee dog Blitz.

Meanwhile our Trailing Dog Handler Steve Nelson, his usual navigator and Bolton MRT fellow team colleague Elaine Gilliland (Who are both members of SARDA Wales) are off to a wintry Snowdonia for the monthly SARDA Wales training weekend.