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Sunday 30 October is Mountain Rescue Awareness Day as well as being the first full day after the UK clocks go back. As the days shorten and the evenings draw in, it gets darker earlier in the afternoons and it’s a good time to think about safety for your day in the mountains during the…
As the country begins to emerge from lockdown and an updated Countryside Code is launched, Sally Seed looks at the implications for mountain rescue teams across England and Wales. ‘Keep well. Stay safe. Look after yourself. Take care.’ We’ve all been finishing off every ‘phone conversation, Zoom meeting and email with something along those lines…
It’s been an interesting year for mountain rescue teams, across England and Wales, and a preliminary look at the figures for 2020 tells a mixed story. There’s nothing better than a good number crunch but gathering stats from across Mountain Rescue England and Wales (MREW) can be a challenge at the best of times. As…
Tomorrow, Sunday 25 October is Mountain and Cave Rescue Awareness Day – not necessarily one of the big dates in your diary but worth an explanatory blog post, we thought. Sally Seed is here to enlighten… Why now (1)? The last Sunday in October has been our Awareness day for several years and there’s one…
Did you spot Emergency Services Day(#999Day) on Wednesday 9 September? You might have missed it as that was also the day that COVID lockdown was tightened nationally and the Kardashians announced the end of their reality TV series. News agendas are fickle things. So, in case it passed you by, Sally Seed explains what it’s…
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