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Ten years of TGO Awards

By Judy Whiteside / November 1, 2021 /

Regular readers of The Great Outdoors magazine (aka TGO) will be familiar with the annual Reader Awards and Gear Awards. Now in their tenth year, mountain rescue features in a few different ways under the Extra Mile category 2021, announced recently. Sally Seed takes a look at the teams, one individual and even the national…

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Spare a thought for our mountain communities…

By Judy Whiteside / March 22, 2020 /

…and our mountain rescue resources Since the government stepped up measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, we’d hazard a guess your social media streams – like ours – have been popping with bright ideas. One in particular appears to have taken off. And it boils down to this: let’s hire a cottage…

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Warm baths and soggy underpants…

By Judy Whiteside / January 11, 2019 /

… and getting #AdventureSmart. At least some things in mountain rescue have changed Well, here we are in 2019. Christmas done for another year. Baubles packed, tree stripped, crackers cracked. So did you make any New Year resolutions? More outdoor adventure perhaps, a bucket list to tick? Just before Christmas, Lakeland Walker editor, John Manning,…

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Happy Christmas…

By Judy Whiteside / December 16, 2018 /

…and a new year packed with adventure. But, whatever you’re doing, keep safe! Christmas – the time for merrymaking, over-eating, socks and, if we’re very fortunate, fellwalking – is almost upon us. So we thought we’d ask John Manning, editor of Lakeland Walker magazine to offer some timely advice for the festive season. It seemed ridiculously…

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Winter is coming…

By Judy Whiteside / November 8, 2018 /

… stay safe and enjoy the hills Last weekend, social media lit up following an incident involving a group of walkers who set off at 7.15pm on Saturday evening to tackle Scafell Pike. They’d planned to be off the mountain in four hours but, at 2.15am, they were lost and in need of help. Wasdale team…

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