In what turned out to be an epic seven hour rescue, a group of three walkers and a dog had been following the route of the old Pennine way across the middle of the plateau between Kinder Downfall and Crowden clough.  Just as they reached the half way point, right in the middle of the...

A group of fell runners were running on the lower slops of Kinder Scout when one of the group slipped and injured their knee.  The runner was in significant pain and was unable to continue, so they called for our assistance.  Fortunately for the group, we were carrying out our Sunday exercise at Twenty Trees,...

We were called at 01:15 in the morning to assist an ambulance crew with a patient in Mellor.  It had been snowing all day and the crew were unable to drive the ambulance up the steep snow covered road to the patient’s home.  We were able to assist the crew in carrying the lady down...

We were alerted by the PDMRO duty controller that a young man had not returned from a trip on Kinder Scout. He had been planning to wild camp somewhere on Kinder but had not made his usual contact with his friends. As we had no location or contact with the man it was decided to...

We were alerted by the PDMRO duty controller to a pair of overdue walkers, one of which was having trouble continuing the route due to a previous medical condition.  It was now dark and temperatures had fallen significantly.  We were fortunately able to locate them using their mobile phone and quickly despatched a party to...