Land Rover donation chain continues
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!
When the Patterdale Team’s name was drawn from the hat to receive the “Royal” Land Rover, there was an immediate opportunity to pass on an existing vehicle to another Team elsewhere in the country and a second draw selected Glossop MRT. The resulting hand over was at Patterdale’s base on Sunday (29 January) where Patterdale Chairman, John Williams handed over the keys and the vehicle to members of the Glossop team.
“We were extremely fortunate ourselves to win the Land Rover donated to Mountain Rescue England and Wales by the Royal couple and in turn we are delighted to pass on our older vehicle to the Glossop Team. Although it is 10 years old I am confident that it will give the team sterling service.”
But that is not the end of things as Pete Stewart, Chairman of Glossop MRT takes up the story: “It seemed only fair to pass on the good fortune to another team so we contacted all teams in MREW and we were approached by three that were in need of a second-hand Land Rover. We had a draw and South Snowdonia MRT won our old vehicle. They’re due to pick it up as soon as Patterdale’s has been re-signed in Glossop’s name.”