We were contacted by the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation (PDMRO) Duty Controller with a request to assist Derbyshire Police with a search for a missing young lady in the New Mills area. We focussed on two areas around the River Goyt and the Sett Valley Trail. We were supported by colleagues from neighbouring mountain...

We were contacted by the North West Ambulance Service with a request to assist them with a collapsed gentleman in his 70’s by the River Goyt in Offerton. They suspected they would need assistance with a stretcher carry out. A local team member arrived just after the ambulance crew and they decided that with his...

The team was called to assist a walker who had stumbled on rough ground near Kinder Low trig point and injured their ankle.  The walker had heard a “crunching” noise and was now unable to put any weight on their leg.  An EMAS ambulance team consisting of two paramedics (one of which was a Kinder...

A squelchy August day didn’t put off the crowds for the Cracken Edge Fell Race, with an impressive 167 runners gathering for the event in Hayfield on the evening of Wednesday 2 August. The forecast storms weren’t brave enough to venture further north than Birmingham, so participants were safe to take to the hills at...

We were contacted by North West Ambulance Service to assist with the evacuation of a patient at the side of the river in Bramhall Park. As the team were deploying the crew managed to get their patient to their ambulance and we were stood down. Neil Woodhead, Team Leader