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Keep up to date with everything going on in mountain rescue around England and Wales. For press enquiries, contact Andy Simpson, MREW Press Officer, via press@mountain.rescue.org.uk.
Busy Day for Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team
Shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Saturday 28th September, call handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team received a request to assist an ambulance crew with the rescue of an injured motorcyclist near Happy Valley, Tywyn. The man, in his late forties and from Northumbria, was part of a guided off-road motorbike group exploring a hill-track…
Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team called to Pillar Rock
Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 15:30 on 20th September 2019. The Team was called out to assist a 60-year-old male who had taken a leader fall high up on the route ÔMegatonÕ on the north face of Pillar Rock. Due to the remoteness of the location and the potential for serious injuries…
Welsh outdoor safety campaign goes UK wide!
People enjoying the coast and countryside across Wales and England are being encouraged to be ‘AdventureSmart’ with the launch of a new outdoor safety campaign – AdventureSmart.UK. Today at a reception at the Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay, Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism, Lord Elis-Thomas will celebrate the roll out across the border of…