Now where was I. As the Haynes manuals always say, reassembly is the opposite of dismantling. Or something similar. So it’s me versus the small springy thing again. Hold tightly in pliers, screwdrivers at the ready. Nope, need to wipe the sweat off my brow befrore i can face this. […]

A Sad Tale of a Frustrated Man. Part 2.

As you may or may not know the offside rear door of the Rescue Team Land Rover will not open. Not the first time we’ve had problems with the back doors, the central locking mechanism is particularly convoluted. So I have a history of swearing and skinned knuckles due to trying to […]

A Sad Tale of a Frustrated Man. Part 1.

Team member Helena Skinn raises £700 for Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team at this years Lakeland 50.  A Tale of Tans, Trench Foot and Trophies. Stood in the start pen with my team mates ready for the off. Nervous. Excited. Sense of dread. We’re off. It’s hot. It’s humid. After nearly […]

Fundraising at the Lakeland 50 2013: A Tale of Tans, ...

Hypothermia can happen anytime of the year and here is a handy guide available to download and take on the hill with you, print out and pop it into your first aid kit or rucsac pocket. Produced by the FRA with input from Woodhead team member Ian. http://everythingoutdoors.co.uk/hypothermia-guide-to-download/

Download a free guide to Hypothermia

Over the last few weeks the team have been getting some extra rope training.  Today’s extraction was designed to push the rope skills of the team by making them do a multipitch pitch lower of a casualty. The brief was a walker had fallen some where high up on the Pennine […]

Rope Training Excercise

A number of the rescue team will be out taking advantage of the deep snow so close to home and practising some survival skills. They all be building a snow hole and some of the “Lucky ones” will be spending the night out in luxury snow hole accommodation.

Mountain Rescue Winter Skills Training