The Autumn edition of Mountain Rescue magazine is now available online (link). This is the official magazine for MR in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and as usual it contains lots of really useful and interesting articles. An incredible amount of work goes into producing the magazine so, as ever, our thanks to the editorial team and all contributors. Even…

A few Team members dropped in to wish Nick Piper all the best and to thank him for his fundraising challenge in support of the team, earlier today on Blakey Ridge. Back in May this year we went to the aid of one the participants in the Boltby Bash Enduro mountain bike event. After treating Nick Piper at the scene…

Our very good friends at GrasshoppersYoga have made another big donation to the Team following collections at their Sunday morning beach yoga sessions at sunny Redcar. This time a whopping £551.78p. Many thanks to everyone who took part and contributed, it really is greatly appreciated! If you're interested in taking part, please check out their Facebook page. (Photo taken from…

One point discussed during our search training exercises over the weekend was the 'Herbert Protocol', which is a national scheme used by Police forces (and other agencies) and is aimed at carers, family & friends of potentially vulnerable people. The protocol comes into use if they go missing, which might simply be a case of just wandering away from home…

Today is the start of our 2023 Recruit Induction Programme for eleven candidates who successfully passed a recruit assessment held in June. They will join us tonight to be welcomed as 'prospective members' and will then undergo approximately three-months of training and familiarisation in the role of a search & rescue member. Hopefully, that will lead to them becoming probationary…

Many thanks to everyone who went along to the Ceilidh held in Danby on Saturday evening, raising over £800 in support of Cleveland MRT in the process. A special 'thank you' to the organisers - we know you put on a really good show and made our members who took part very welcome. We understand a number of local business…

Today is Emergency Services Day (#999Day) which is an opportunity to recognise the two million people who serve in the NHS & emergency services, including all mountain rescue members who help to provide a 24-hour, year-round voluntary search & rescue service. One of those volunteers suffered life-changing injuries in 2021 whilst on a rescue with his colleagues from Patterdale Mountain…

Many, many thanks to local business 'K Home International' for a donation of £2,500 to the Team. The company is a Teesside-based, family run business that has worked on projects across the world, offering engineering design and project management services for industrial plants. There is a past connection to the Team in that one of our former members used to…

Saturday 2nd September 2023 We had a very welcome visit from Martyn Clark who we rescued in July 2022 as part of a multi-agency response. He had fallen approximately 200-feet down a steep embankment into the River Esk south of Lealholm (between Danby and Egton Bridge), coming to rest partly in the water. Martyn visited our Base to say a…

The summer edition of Mountain Rescue magazine is now available to read online. As usual, it contains lots of useful and interesting articles about MR in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Closer to home there are a few articles and photos relating to Cleveland MRT: p49 - £1,000 donation from the Esk Valley Fell Club in April p53 - also…