News Archive
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team News Entries for 2010
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Man falls from Swirral Edge: Brown Cove, 30th December
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PMRT assist in major search for missing woman: Whinlatter Forest 30th December
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Party of 6 overtaken by darkness: Boredale Hause, Patterdale 29th December
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Walker falls from Helvellyn: Brown Cove 27th December
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Lost Winter Climbers: Keppel Cove 4th December
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Fall on Thor's Corner, Viking Butress Helvellyn: Viking Buttress Helvellyn 3rd December
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Female climber fell from head wall of Helvellyn: Head Wall of Helvellyn 27th November
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Fractured ankle on Middle Dodd. Patterdale: Middle Dodd. 20th November
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Search. Hartsop above How: Hartsop above How 20th November
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Crag fast walkers on St Sunday Crag: St Sunday Crag 20th November
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Search for missing kayakers: Ullswater 11th November
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Family Caught on Flooded Lake Shore Path: Lake Shore path near Long Crag 8th November
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Overdue walker from Grasmere to Striding Edge.: Glenridding 7th November
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Outdoor activity student with knee injury: Gowk Hill, Fusedale 4th November
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Collapsed female on road to Grisedale: Grisedale Road Patterdale 24th October
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Suspected Heart Attack at Grisedale Bridge.: Grisedale Bridge Patterdale 16th October
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Missing Walker on The Knott: The Knott, Hayeswater 11th October
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Dislocated shoulder on lake shore path: Lakeside path below Place Fell 10th October
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Second incident - Fractured Ankle: Oxford Crag 10th October
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Concern for man at Hole in Wall Hellvellyn: Hole in the Wall Helvellyn 9th October
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Rescue at Sykeside, Hartsop: Sykside Hartsop Hall 3rd October
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Rescue on Place Fell: Place Fell 2nd October
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Benighted Hartsop Dodd: Hartsop Dodd 26th September
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Female walker falls on the Knott. Patterdale: The Knott 15th September
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Woman with fractured arm at Aira Force: Aira Force 14th September
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Search for Missing Walker near Hart Crag: Caiston Glen 13th September
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Woman Rescued from Above Brothers Water: Above Brothers Water 9th September
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Woman rescued from Cofa Pike. Patterdale: Cofa Pike, Fairfield 8th September
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Ankle Injury on Lake Shore Path: Silver Point, Ullswater 7th September
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Female Walker Rescued from Striding Edge: Striding Edge, Helvellyn 5th September
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Fell Runner Assisted by Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team: Above Keppel Cove 5th September
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Request to assist a 14 year old: Ruthwaite Lodge Area Grisedale 4th September
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: Aira Force 3rd September
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Austrailian couple disorentated: Scale How area 3rd September
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Fisherman Missing on Ullswater: Glenridding, Ullswater 31st August
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Missing Children at Aira Force: Aira Force 29th August
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Child fell into Aira Force: Aira Force 21st August
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11 Year Old Boy Falls from Swirral Edge, Helvellyn: Swirral Edge, Helvellyn 21st August
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Injured walkers rescued from Grisedale Valley: Grisedale Valley, Patterdale 6th August
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Broken Wrist Grisdale: Grisdale Path to Ruthwaite Lodge 6th August
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Family lost on fells above Ullswater: Bonscale Pike 25th July
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Separated couple Kepple Cove: 23rd July
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Young person stretchered from Swarth Beck: Swarth Beck Howtown. 20th July
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Outdoor centre student damages ankle at Freeze Beck Boredale: Freeze Beck 15th July
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65 year old man falls from Swirral Edge: Swirral Edge, Helvellyn 10th July
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D of E girls reported misssing on High Street: Ullswater Camp Site 3rd July
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Ankle injury at Elm How: Elm How Grizedale 2nd July
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Female slipped at High Force Ullswater: High Force nr Aira Force Ullswater 28th June
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Missing Kayaker on Ullswater: Ullswater, Pooley Bridge 26th June
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Investigation: Striding Edge 14th June
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Search for 74yr old man: St Sunday Crag 12th June
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Head injury Striding Edge Helvellyn: Striding Edge Helvellyn 4th June
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Search: Frizington area 3rd June
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Over due walkers: Helvellyn Red Tarn 30th May
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Ankle injury - Striding Edge: Striding Edge 23rd May
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Man collapses: Aira Force 21st May
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Walkers lost overnight: Glencoyne 20th May
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Man Falls from Steamer on Ullswater: Ullswater 29th April
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Duke of Edinburgh Award student rescued: Sticks Pass 17th April
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Exhausted man on High Street range above camp site: White Knott 16th April
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Belgium visitor slips on fell and fractures her ankle.: The Knott 8th April
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Female with chest pains at Aira Force: Aira Force. Ullswater 29th March
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Man in water - Lake Ullswater: Ullswater Mossdale Bay 28th March
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Search for Coast to Coast walker,: High Street 22nd March
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Three persons crag fast on Pinnacle Ridge.: St Sunday Crag. Patterdale 18th March
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73 year old man lost on High Street: Rest Dodd 16th March
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200 metre fall into Brown Cove, Helvellyn: Brown Cove, Helvellyn 13th March
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Female Rescue on Catsycam: Castycam 13th March
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Five lost walkers on summit of Helvellyn: Helvellyn Summit 27th February
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Overdue climbers: Red Screes 23rd February
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Four climbers avalanched above Pinnacle Ridge: Pinnacle Ridge, St Sundays Crag 22nd February
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Overdue walker: Fairfield 21st February
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Ankle injury: High Dodd, Ullswater 20th February
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Leg Injury: Arthur's Pike 20th February
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Stranded Climbers: Helvellyn 16th February
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61 year old man slips on snow from top of gully: Nethermost Cove 11th February
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Collapsed Male on Striding Edge: Striding Edge, Helvellyn 7th February
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Climbers falls in Nethermost Gully: Nethermost Gulley, Nethermost Cove Helvellyn 6th February
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Fall on Catstyecam: Catsyecam 31st January
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Incident on Ullswater: Ullswater 31st January
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Ambulance Assist - Glenridding: Glenridding 13th January
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Another car stranded in deep snow: Kirkstone Pass 11th January
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Rescue of motorists stranded on Kirkstone Pass: Kirkstone Pass 5th January
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Team News: Land Rover donation chain continues 29th January
When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge donated a Land Rover wedding gift to mountain rescue last summer, they probably never guessed that it would be the start of a chain of donations that has gone from Patterdale in the Lake District to Glossop in the Peak District and will soon stretch a link further to Snowdonia in North Wales!
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Team News: Walking group raises over £1700 for rescuers 30th October
A rescued walker and her friends from Rosley near Wigton have just donated over £1700 to Patterdale MRT as a thank you for the Team’s work.
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Team News: Local rescuers fight it out at Fun Day 27th September
Local mountain rescuers and fire fighters competed for honours at Saturday’s Fun Day (24 September) to launch this year’s Ullswater Outdoor Festival.
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Team News: Donated Land Rover creates a ripple effect 2nd August
Back in April, Land Rover presented an MRT vehicle as a wedding present to the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who then passed it on to MREW. That vehiclewill soon be on its way to the Patterdale team in the Lake District, winners of a draw by Prince Harry at Clarence House, no less.
In the spirit of the wedding gift, the Patterdale team has conducted a draw of its own and one of its existing vehicles will be heading south to the Glossop team later in the autumn.
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Team News: TV stardom (almost) for Ally and Steve 20th July
Team member, Ally Howard-Carter and Trustee, Steve Howe, have represented the Team in recent weeks on filming TV programmes that have very little to do with mountain rescue! The Steamer Pier area by Ullswater seems to have become a favourite with TV crews for outside broadcasts and Ally definitely got the better deal with sunshine and helpings of sticky toffee pudding.
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Team News: 2011 Duck Race 25th April
On Easter Monday the Patterdale Mountain Rescue DUCK RACE was held. Here are the Winning Ducks.
Winners will also be informed by telephone.
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Team News: Come Dine with Me event raises over £600 for the Team 22nd March
A Come Dine with Me-style meal at the Herdwick Inn in Penruddock raised £614, which local chef-for-the-night, Brian Firth, has kindly donated to Patterdale MRT. Thanks go to Brian, to Mark and Linda Wilmot at the Herdwick Inn and to the 80+ diners who supported the event.
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Team News: Police underwater specialists brief Eden rescue teams 13th February
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) recently hosted a training meeting with representatives of the North West Police Underwater Search and Marine Unit that was attended by members of the Penrith, Kirkby Stephen and Patterdale MRTs.
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Team News: Louise sets £1000 target 23rd January
Patterdale Mountain Rescue’s Supporters’ Club Secretary, Louise Walding, is planning some fundraising of her own, aiming to climb two of the highest mountains in Africa and raise £1000 for the Team.
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Team News: Success of 2010 cards 11th December
This year’s new card designs are selling well with the Eusmere Bay image proving so popular that almost 1000 have been sold pre-Christmas.
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Team News: Well wishers raise funds for MRT 2nd November
The wishing well in the garden at Granny Dowbekin’s Tearooms in Pooley Bridge is a popular feature with visitors and the most recent collection has raised nearly £150 for Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team. Ray Griffiths of the Team received the proceeds from Colin Hindle of the tearooms.
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Team News: Inn on the Lake continues Team support 10th September
A fundraising fashion show hosted by The Inn on the Lake at Glenridding has resulted in a £400 donation to the Patterdale Team
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Team News: Wainwright Society Calendars 6th September
The Wainwright Society has a number of calendars left for sale
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Team News: Park Foot raises £500 for the Team 14th August
Staff and visitors at Park Foot Caravan and Camping Park have raised over £350 for Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team with a series of fundraising raffles to win giant World Cup bears. Owners, Barbara Allen and Fiona Bell have then made that figure up to £500.
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Team News: Birthday gift contributes over £650 10th July
To celebrate her 70th birthday, friends and family of Jennifer Heaton of Yanwath near Penrith have contributed towards a donation of over £650 to Patterdale MRT.
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Team News: Ullswater Steamers support £2,000 fundraising target 14th June
The Ullswater ‘Steamer’ company has kindly donated one of its boats and crew to Patterdale Mountain Rescue Association for a midsummer evening cruise on Thursday 24 June.
The Raven will leave Glenridding pier at 7.30pm prompt and tickets are now on sale, priced £15 including food and music, from Linda Burton of Lakeland Office on 01768 890604 or 01931 712958.
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Team News: Ullswater Association supports the Team 5th May
Members of the Ullswater Association, a network of local tourism businesses, have raised over £500 with a raffle and presented Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) with a cheque for £250 last night (Wednesday 5 May). Mark Hook of the Moss Crag Guesthouse in Glenridding is Treasurerof the Association and he presented the cheque to John Williams, recently appointed Chairman of the Patterdale MR Association.
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Team News: Annual Duck Race 26th April
The annual Duck Race was great success. HERE ARE THE WINNERS
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Team News: New PMRA Chairman elected 15th April
Trustee and recently “retired” Team member, John Williams, was elected to take over from Tim Jones as Association Chairman at the AGM on Tuesday 13 April.
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Team News: Penrith business supports Team ahead of annual Duck Race 29th March
Ray Griiffiths has presented a Supporters’ Shield to Lakeland Embroidery of Penrith as a thank you for the company’s support in kind to the Team and as an opportunity to promote this Easter’s Duck Race.
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Team News: Sad news of long-time member's death 29th January
Team members have all been shocked and sorry to hear of the death of long-time member, Eric Harrison on Wednesday night.
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Team News: Congratulations on MBE 1st January
Team member and ex-team Leader, Dave Freeborn, has been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List with an MBE for services to Patterdale Mountain Rescue team. Dave served almost 17 years as Leader until handing over to Martin Cotterell in March 2008. He continues to serve the Team as a deputy.