by admin | Feb 19, 2016 | General news
Huge thanks to our friends at Bridgedale clothing, in particular product manager Chris Gordon, for supplying the team with 164(!!) pairs of hiking socks – totally free of charge – as part of their continuing support of Mountain Rescue Teams. Having... by admin | Feb 19, 2016 | General news
This cold, and damp evening the team provided standby rescue cover for the Darwen Dashers Running Club fifth annual unique night-time fell race, the affectionately named “Mr. Sparkle’s Dark ’Un”. This event is organised by Darwen Dashers Running Club member, and great... by admin | Feb 18, 2016 | General news
Nine Support Group members met this evening at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for the second Support group meeting of this year, which commenced at 19.15hrs. Attending was Iain Clarkson, Lee Grice, Gillian Gregory (also our Team Secretary) Sarah Hindle, Dave Rees, John... by admin | Feb 18, 2016 | Donations
We are pleased to report a very generous on-line donation of £65.00 received via Charity Checkout from Tina Angus of Harwood, Bolton. Tina has kindly gift aided her donation which adds a further 25% to the total, giving us a fantastic donation of £81.25. Many thanks... by admin | Feb 18, 2016 | Donations
Following 12th Bolton Beaver Scouts’ visit to our Base/HQ on 22nd January 2016, our Team Secretary has received a card signed by the Beaver Scouts and stating “Thank you for letting us come to visit you.” Enclosed with the card was a marvellous cheque donation of... by admin | Feb 18, 2016 | General news
Today three team members were invited to give a presentation on Bolton MRT at the British Red Cross Development Day, which was aimed at BRC Emergency Response and Event First aid Service members. All three, our Training Officer Alistair Greenough, Steve O’Hara and... by admin | Feb 18, 2016 | Donations
On Saturday 13th February 2016, we reported within our website, that we had provided Standby Rescue Cover for the 2016 West Lancashire LDWA (Long Distance Walkers Association) Annual Anglezarke Amble Event. During this event, one competitor, Mr D.M. Crompton, was... by admin | Feb 17, 2016 | Training
This evening saw many activities taking place within the membership. Our Probationers, on their first training session, met at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ at 19.30hrs to be instructed by our Training Officer Alistair Greenough, Michael Wakerley and Call Out Contact... by admin | Feb 16, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 14:03 today the team were called to assist The North West Ambulance Service gaining access to a female walker near to Rivington Hall Barn. The casualty was located by former team member Andy Ryding who works as a Ranger for United Utilities. Andy was able to... by admin | Feb 13, 2016 | General news
This evening at 17.11hrs our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by a member of the public, who was contacting the Bolton MRT for advice and assistance in regards to a possibly missing young mountain biker. The fifteen year old male youth had been in a...