by admin | Feb 11, 2015 | Training
This evenings routine weekly Wednesday training exercise was organised and arranged by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and long serving team member Matthew Hailwood. It took the form of a typical lowland search scenario, as we are frequently called to deal with,... by admin | Feb 9, 2015 | Training
This dark and damp mid winter evening, saw our trainee mountain rescue air scenting dog handler Jess Ellsmore and her trainee air scenting search dog Blitz, training at Wilderswood, on the fringes of the moors high above Horwich. Jess was joined by colleague Bolton... by admin | Feb 8, 2015 | Training
This weekend has seen our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson, with his usual navigator Elaine Gilliland and Trailing Search Dog Boris, on this month’s scheduled SARDA Wales training exercise weekend in a very wintry Snowdonia, North Wales.... by admin | Feb 7, 2015 | Training
Early this morning some team members met at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ to journey in our Bolton Mobile 3 Land Rover, to Lead Mines Valley, Anglezarke, to undertake some moorland navigation practice. The training took place in Lead Mines Valley and Limestone Clough,... by admin | Feb 5, 2015 | Training
Tonight 29 team members travelled to the Batridge Road car park at Turton & Entwistle Reservoir, Bolton, for the team’s regular Wednesday night training exercise On this very cold evening we were also joined by two volunteer exercise casualties with the... by admin | Jan 28, 2015 | Training
This wintry evening our Team Training Officer Alistair Greenough, had planned an exercise involving basic mountain rescue skills and some navigation work, in and around the Noon Hill area of Rivington Moor. (further details cannot be entered in to, because this...