The Trustees and Members of Buxton Mountain Rescue Team wish all its supporters and helpers a Very Happy and Peaceful New Year.
2008 was a very busy year with the team being called-out over eighty times and even on Christmas Day.  The team dog handlers were busy too recording an additional fourteen call-outs in support of other teams or regions.

Mountain rescue is always multi agency task and every Buxton Team call-out will involve some of our full time colleagues in the Police, Fire, Ambulance, RAF, National Park or Warden Services.   Unseen faces also help by receiving …

Cat Woman and Wonder Woman both took time off from fighting the worst international villains last weekend and instead went for an eight  mile sprint over the Staffordshire Roaches.   Cat Woman, alias team member Hazel Winder, and Wonder Woman, alias team member Kerry Clarke, both represented the team in the Staffordshire Moorlands Athletics Club, “Christmas Cracker” fell race.

Four hundred competitors entered the race and all in fancy dress ranging from Elvis to a Christmas Tree and a Morris Dance Troop to 101 Dalmations.  

Twenty members of Buxton …

This could be the headline in the national newspapers when Buxton Mountain Rescue team member Phil Leigh sprints across the finishing line on 26th April 2009, having completed the gruelling 26 mile London Marathon.  Phil has been waiting five years for a place on the starting grid alongside the other 46,499 competitors for the London Marathon trophy.  This year he has been successfully chosen from the 80,500 entries and holds one of just two places offered to Buxton Athletic Club. 

Phil now has to concentrate on his training campaign which starts this Sunday with …

The weekend of 12th December 2008 saw another fourteen members of Buxton Mountain Rescue Team and six members from Glossop and Kinder teams undertake a stern examination in advanced first aid.  The course syllabus and examination are set by our national umbrella body Mountain Rescue England and Wales; Mountain Rescue Scotland also shares the same examination so, from the summits of Glen Coe to the limestone dales of the Peak, all casualties should receive the same high quality of care.

The examination comprises a one hour written test followed by two twenty-minute …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team says a big thank-you to the Wormhill Well Dressing and Festival Sports Committee for its generous donation of £50 towards the team’s funds.  Wormhill is a tiny village on the outskirts of Buxton which, like so many other villages in Derbyshire, continues the age old tradition of Wells’ Dressing.

Thousands of tiny flower petals are pressed into beds of clay to make up wonderful pictures depicting local scenes or events.  The finished tableaux are then erected over the ancient wells which have supplied drinking water to the villages  for …

Christmas cheer is spreading and trees and decorations are going up all over the area but nowhere more so than in the little village of Castleton in the Hope Valley.  Each year the shops and pubs decorate the streets with dozens of illuminated trees creating a magical setting for children and adults alike.

The streets are busy as visitors arrive by the coach full to wander round the quaint shops or dine in the many cosy pubs and cafes.  Each year at this time …

Any call-out causes team members to think about the route they will need to drive to get to the incident rendezvous point but in winter making the wrong decision can lead to hours of delay.  Now members of Buxton Mountain Rescue Team and any other road users can take advantage of a new facility to help them on their way.

Natalie and David Barnes, the landlords of the famous Cat & Fiddle pub on the summit of the main A537 Buxton to Macclesfield road have linked with a local information website to provide a round-the-clock web camera.   …

At lunchtime on Sunday 16th November team member, Nick Weston, was climbing on Lower Scout Crag in Great Langdale, Lake District National Park, when he heard screams from a nearby route.  A 22 year old woman had fallen 5 metres from the crag and had struck the ground, fracturing a femur.

Nick immediately went to her aid, now wishing he had taken more notice of his MRC Casualty Care Course.  Her screams meant her Airway was clear, her continued screams meant that she was having no trouble Breathing and the quickly expanding thigh showed that most of …

At a recent committee meeting the team Trustees were asked to consider funding two additional items and entailing major expenditure.  The team is already committed to providing a third set of operational casualty care equipment so that the kit normally carried on our two vehicles can be replenished immediately following an incident.  Likely expense = £5,000

One new proposal is for the replacement of the team’s personal-use lamps with the latest LED technology lamps.  Several modern battery powered lamps are now on the market which are much lighter in weight, much brighter and promote longer battery life.   The committee decided to investigate the market further before making any final decision and approval was given for the purchase …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team wishes Ged Scott of Cheadle Heath, Stockport, a very special happy birthday and a big thank you for his most generous donation.

Ged recently celebrated his 70th birthday and as a life long walker and climber decided he would like to help the rescue team.   He very unselfishly donated the value of his birthday presents to the rescue team raising £130. 

Ged’s donation is very timely as the team has just had to spash out £900 for a new power generator.

Congratulations Ged, (pictured above with wife Pauline) and many thanks …