A joint Edale & Buxton Mountain Rescue Teams’ snatch squad were called to attend a 62 year old lady who had slipped on a path between Eyam and Stoney Middleton.

The lady from London, visiting the area for the Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in Buxton, sustained a suspected fracture of the ankle. She was treated on site by team first aiders before being carried to a waiting ambulance in Eyam.

Photo:  Casualty, treated and placed on a mountain rescue stretcher, is ready for the short carry-out back to Eyam.  The result of a …

Search Dogs Cap & Zak along with their Handlers Malc Bowyer & Nick Smith were called with 3 other SARDA Dog Teams to assist in the search for a vulnerable 37 year old male.  Along with 3 Mountain Rescue Teams they searched around Ladybower, but the missing person was not found and all Teams were stood down.

Search Dog, Zak, and his handler, Nick Smith, were called by Edale Mountain Rescue with two other dog teams to search woodlands surrounding the Linacre Reservoirs for a missing person.

The search was stood down, when the young male was found safe and well outside the search area.

Edale and Buxton Mountain Rescue Teams called to rendezvous at Woodseats Farm following the report of a mountain biker having fallen whilst descending The Great Ridge from Hollins Cross.

The biker, from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, was treated on scene by rescue team medics for suspected hip / pelvic injuries.  He was then carried by stretcher to a waiting air-ambulance for transfer to hospital for further examination and care.

Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams called to Edale following a report of a family from Manchester believed to be suffering from hypothermia.  The family was initially located by a National Park Ranger in Grindsbrook Gorge, one of the steepest parts of the popular routes on to Kinder Scout.  A passing doctor diagnosed an infant being carried in a papoose as being hypothermic, very cold and wet.

The weather was of heavy showers with a strong winds and occasional hail and it was paramount to get the family party off the hill and away for specialist treatment.  Yorkshire Air-ambulance was able …