Team members responded to calls for help from a local bus company when the Macclesfield to Buxton service became stranded in deep snow on the A537.  The bus was pulled from the drifts and was assisted to turn back for Macclesfield.  One passenger was travelling to a church service in Buxton and team members obliged by taking her to the church door. You could say we like to provide a “service”.

Photo: Treacherous conditions on the notorious Cat & Fiddle road.

Deep snow hampered the rescuers called to Lose Hill to assist a 55 year old lady complaining of chest pains.   Edale & Buxton MRTs rendezvoused at Spring House Farm being the nearest access for vehicles in the winter conditions, leaving 750 foot of asscent to the casualty site. 

After treatment on site the lady was carried to an air-ambulance for transfer to hospital.

Search Dog Megan and Handler Dave Mason were called together with two other SARDA  dog units to search an area of land either side of the River Lathkill after local residents had heard shouts for help. 

Nothing was found.

A call from Derbyshire police to assist with the recovery of a body from the foot of Parkhouse hill.   It is presumed that the man had fallen several metres whilst attempting to climb the ridge in the winter conditions.  The middle aged male, thought to be a regular walker from Ashbourne, had been alone at the time of the accident and the exact time and circumstances of the incident have yet to be established.

Team members carried the deceased from the snow covered hillside to Glutton Bridge where the road was sufficiently …

A small group of team members were called to a house in Chapel en le Frith where an elderly lady had fallen and sustained a serious head injury.  Owing to the severe pressure that the ambulance service are currently experiencing due to the severe weather no ambulance was available and mountain rescue was called.

The team had a vehicle with a crew of three trained advanced first aiders on scene within 15 minutes but Kinder MRT were even quicker off the mark arriving just minutes before Buxton.

The lady was assessed by team medics and a speedy transfer to a Stockport hospital …