East Midlands Ambulance Service requested assistance in transporting ambulance crews from station to station for shift change. Road conditions only suitable for 4 x 4 vehicles – team responded with two members in the team Land Rover.
Following a report from two walkers benighted on Kinder Scout, Buxton Mountain Rescue Team, Edale MRT and two SARDA dogs units were called to search the Southern Edge of Kinder Scout.
The Duty Incident Controller was able to speak by mobile phone to the lost walkers and it was established that the pair were probably on Upper Tor. However it was a black, wet night with thick hill fog so, to play safe, the usual Kinder search plan was activated.
On this occasion the couple were where they were thought to be and the pair were quickly located by Edale Team members and escorted to the valley.
Search call out for Dave Mason with Search Dog Megan. See team incident No. 84 Saturday 20th November
Buxton Mountain Rescue team was called to the Goyt Valley at tea time on Armistice Day to assist the ambulance service with a woman who had sustained an injury whist walking alongside Fernilee Reservoir.
Mountain rescue personnel, together with equipment, were deployed from the Bunsal Cob area onto the track on the eastern side of the reservoir. The casualty, an 18 year old female from the Buxton area, was found to be suffering a severe injury to her right lower leg and was located with her father who had arrived and was sheltering her in his car. She was very cold, …
On Tuesday, two mature gentlemen from St Helens set off for a day’s walk on Kinder Scout from a car park near Hayfield. A promising day soon deteriorated with heavy rain setting in from noon onwards. The wet conditions with low cloud cover on the summits made for difficult navigation and slow progress. When darkness fell early the gentlmen became dissorientated and lost.
The men decided to use their experience and stay put on the moor. They spent a very uncomfortable night sharing a plastic emergency shelter bag. The rain continued for most of the night swelling the rivers and streams. When daylight …