MONDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2020 After a fairly busy Christmas for many mountain rescue teams around the country we were just starting to hope that we might get away without a call-out during the holiday period but it was not to be! We received a request from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service at 1330 hours to attend to a man who had…

Friday 18th December 20200 At 1220 hours we received a request from the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) to assist one of their ambulance crews and their ‘Hazardous Area Response Team’ who were attending to a report of a man who had injured his leg after falling some distance down muddy banking alongside the River Leven on the southern outskirts…

Thursday 10th December 2020. We were contacted by North Yorkshire Police with a request to assist them with the recovery of a deceased person from land near to the Lealholm area. One of our Land Rover Ambulances and nine Team members were deployed for a total of approximately three hours. Our thoughts go to the person’s family and friends at…

Sunday 6th December 2020 At 1239 hours we received a request to rescue a dog that had become stuck on a crag near to the disused Mount Snever Observatory, approximately two miles south-east of Sutton Bank. The dog was reportedly 10-15 feet from the top and the owner was at that time unable to reach it. Two Team Land Rovers…

Friday 4th December 2020. Shortly before 1000 hours, North Yorkshire Police requested mountain rescue assistance to help search for a vulnerable elderly lady who was reported to be missing from her home in Ainthorpe near Whitby. Weather conditions at the time were poor and there were obviously concerns for her safety. One Team member co-ordinated our response remotely - immediately…

Saturday 28th November 2020. We were contacted at 1323 hours by the North East Ambulance Service to assist them with a man who had been taken ill on Roseberry Topping. A number of Team members were deployed and when the first of them arrived at the scene they gave assistance to the man. A short time later he later was…

Sunday 22nd November 2020. We were contacted by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service at 1446 hours to assist them with a report of a motorcyclist who had sustained a shoulder injury. The reported location was the Cleveland Way on Ingleby Moor, near to Tidy Brown Hill. One of our Land Rover Ambulances was dispatched with other members either en route or…

Friday 6th November 2020. This was our 50th call-out of the year! Cleveland Police contacted us at 1123 hours to alert us to a report of two dogs stuck in a hole (created by old mine workings) in woods above Hutton village.  Earlier in the morning our Call-out Officer had obtained an availability list of Team members for the weekend.…

Monday 2nd November 2020. North Yorkshire Police contacted us at 2034 hours with a report of two women who stated that they were lost in the vicinity of Roseberry Topping. They were unable to provide a precise location and their mobile phone was low on power. Team members were alerted and our call-out officer endeavoured to contact the missing pair by…

Tuesday 27th October 2020. We were contacted by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist them with a man who had reportedly been taken ill whilst walking on Scarth Wood Moor near to Cod Beck Reservoir, just north of Osmotherley. One of our Land Rover Ambulances and a number of Team members were deployed together with North Yorkshire Police officers and…