The Spring 2021 edition of Mountain Rescue magazine is now available for free online (as a Flip Book - click on the link at the bottom). It's the official MR magazine for England, Wales, Scotland & Ireland so well worth a read for everyone interested in life 'on the hills' etc - not just mountain rescue types. This edition contains…

After the COVID-19 lockdown was eased at the end of March 2021 things were initially quiet for the Team but that quickly changed on 9th April when the Team had two call-outs, within hours of each other, both to search for missing people. Since then it’s been virtually non-stop with a total of nine call-outs in just nine days, some with very sad…

After almost three months of lockdown the next easing of COVID restrictions in England will take effect on Monday 29th March 2021 when we will be allowed to meet outside with one other household or via the ‘rule of six’ and the ‘stay at home’ rule will end. Whilst the Government has advised that people should still minimise travel and stay as local as possible we can still expect to see an increase in people travelling further for exercise than we have seen in…

Saturday 20th March 2021 After being stood-down from a call-out earlier in the morning, some of our Team members were out again two-hours later to take part in water training. It had been arranged partly as a follow-up to call-out 4/2021 in January, when the Team had been deployed to a vehicle that had been washed off the ford on…

Last summer Nicky Francis and her three children Eva, Stan and Angus undertook a fundraising challenge by running 1-mile for every hour in a 24-hour period. They raised well over a thousand pounds for the Team - a great effort by the Francis family. Well they've decided that wasn't hard enough so on 15th May they will be taking on…

For the third month in a row we must say a huge 'thank you' to Shirley & Jon and their Hardmoors Ultra and Trail series runners for yet again donating to the Team. This time it is a donation of £118 for the virtual Saltburn races. So again, many thanks Shirley, Jon and all the runners. We're looking forward to…

March brings the the start of the meteorological Spring and it's also time to reveal this month's 2021 Calendar photo! It was taken just off the road from Osmotherley to Hawnby not far from Square Corner - looking across to Locker Bank and Arden Great Moor. The March sponsor is Weather Goat Walk Support who provide logistical support on long…

His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex paid a 'virtual visit' to the area via Zoom on Thursday 25th February 2021. The event was organised and hosted by the Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and included colleagues from Cleveland Police, local health services and others. The Earl was interested in finding out how the various services had coped with the Covid-19…

We were contacted by North Yorkshire Police in the early hours of Sunday 14th February 2021 to potentially assist in the rescue of the two occupants of a delivery vehicle that was struck due to drifting snow near Ingleby Greenhow. After liaison with the Police four of our Team members were placed on standby (with a number of others aware…

On Saturday 6th February 2021 a Team member from Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was badly injured during a rescue having gone to the aid of someone who had developed chest pains whilst camping. Sadly the Team member fell at least 150-metres suffering significant injuries and after receiving treatment he had to be flown by helicopter to hospital where he is…