On Saturday 21st February Buxton and Edale teams got wind of a call-out on the old Mam Tor road near Odin Mine whereby a lady had been lifted off the ground and blown over by a strong gust (no she wasn’t named Gail).  

The lady had sustained serious head injuries and gave team first aiders and an East Midlands Ambulance crew real cause for concern.  The extremely strong wind made treatment at site difficult and she was moved as quickly as possible but with great care to a waiting ambulance.   She was …

On Saturday 21st February Buxton and Edale teams got wind of a call-out on the old Mam Tor road near Odin Mine whereby a lady had been lifted off the ground and blown over by a strong gust (no she wasn’t named Gail).  
The lady had sustained serious head injuries and gave team first aiders and an East Midlands Ambulance crew real cause for concern.  The extremely strong wind made treatment at site difficult and she was moved as quickly as possible but with great care to a waiting ambulance.   She was then …

Buxton Deputy Team Leader, Mark Williams, had a bit of a busman’s holiday with a recent trip to north Wales.  It was the end of a long day in late March when Mark, a professional mountain leader and manager of the Hollowford Outdoor Centre at Castleton, was descending Foel Goch in the Ogwen Valley.  He was met by a man seeking help for his walking companion who had slipped and injured his side.   A 999 call had already been made and Ogwen MRT was assembling ready to help.  However, the casualty party had no map and …

Buxton Deputy Team Leader, Mark Williams, had a bit of a busman’s holiday with a recent trip to north Wales.  It was the end of a long day in late March when Mark, a professional mountain leader and manager of the Hollowford Outdoor Centre at Castleton, was descending Foel Goch in the Ogwen Valley.  He was met by a man seeking help for his walking companion who had slipped and injured his side.   A 999 call had already been made and Ogwen MRT was assembling ready to help.  However, the casualty party had no map and …

Three new members joined in regular team training for the first time last Thursday night.   The team welcomed Yolanda Blane, Paul Spedding and Andy Keen at the start of their provisional member training programme which will probably take at least twelve months before they achieve full operational member status. 

Joining the team starts with a piratical assessment of navigation skills on Brown Knoll during which the applicants personal equipment and general hillcraft ability will be appraised.   Having successfully cleared that hurdle new applicants are welcomed as provisonal members and start a programme of training to ensure …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team always wants to encourage people to get out on to the hills and enjoy the great outdoors and Spring is probably the time of year to see and hear nature at its very best.   Spring weather can be very unpredictable with winter still hanging on but with summer warmth knocking at the door.   A great time then for the Met Office to launch a new web site specifically catering for the hills and dales of the Peak District National Park.   The forecast is updated twice daily to give the …

For the last twelve months Buxton Ladies Circle has been working hard to raise funds for two local charities, Charis House, a family support centre in Buxton and, Buxton Mountain Rescue Team. 

The Ladies Circle tried some unusual and varied events to raise money including a sponsored sleep over in the haunted Pooles Cavern and running a barbecue at the town’s firework display.   The ladies certainly had the Midas touch and managed to raise a fantastic total of £3,000.   At a short presentation following the Circle’s Annual General Meeting at the Old Hall Hotel, …

For the last twelve months Buxton Ladies Circle has been working hard to raise funds for two local charities, Charis House, a family support centre in Buxton and, Buxton Mountain Rescue Team. 
The Ladies Circle tried some unusual and varied events to raise money including a sponsored sleep over in the haunted Pooles Cavern and running a barbecue at the town’s firework display.   The ladies certainly had the Midas touch and managed to raise a fantastic total of £3,000.   At a short presentation following the Circle’s Annual General Meeting at the Old Hall Hotel, …

John and Hilary Burrows, licensees of the Rock Inn at Upper Hulme near the Roaches, Leek, have long been supporters of Buxton Rescue Team and for the last five years have been encouraging customers to drop their loose change into a bar-top collection box.  Those few coins soon add up and the last time the box was emptied it brought the grand total collected to over the five years to a magnificent £2,200.   This is the first team collection box to reach this milestone and the special help of John and Hilary has been marked with …

Your chance to support the campaign to make Mountain Rescue VAT exempt.

Most people who donate to charity probably think that every penny they give goes towards helping that organisation achieve its aims.  In fairness it does but the problem starts when the charity spends the money and the Government creams off 15% (was 17.5%) in Value Added Tax. 

Mountain Rescue teams are not businesses generating profits from commercial sales and are too small to register for VAT purposes.   This means that the teams have to pay VAT on nearly everything they buy.  (see News article, 5th March: Region Fights …