A Team Member for 42 years, Peter Farrer, of Chapel en le Frith, has been made a Member of the British Empire by H.M. The Queen for his services to Mountain Rescue.
Peter has always been a keen hill going member but a recent injury has prevented his attendance at any call-outs this year (apart from the one when we went to rescue him of course!).
Peter has always been one of those who beavers away in the background and without who’s dedication mountain rescue couldn’t operate.  He served on the management committee of Buxton …

Who would think there’s money in rhubarb? 

However, one team supporter has raised over £30 for team funds through selling her surplus rhubarb.  I didn’t dare ask what makes it taste so good!

Many thanks.

Isla our 18 month old trainee Search And Rescue Dog Association search dog and is the personal pet of team member, Mark Williams.
Mark and Isla have now been training together for around 14 months.  It is a real roller coaster of emotions with lots of high when the training goes well and frustrating when you think it will go well and dog just doesn’t do what you want / expect.
Isla has now progressed to doing returns.   Which means …

Sunday 5th June.  A beautiful summers day set a glorious backdrop for the service attended by around fifty people in one of the most scenic churches in the Peak District. This was the setting for the third year of what has become an annual service kindly dedicated to Buxton MRT. 

The service was led by the Reverend Steve Rathbone who himself is a trainee member of the Buxton team and a keen cyclist. This cycling connection led to the concluding song being …

Born in 1916, in Consett, County Durham, Thomas Rees, like many others, started work down the coal mine.  Sadly an accident stopped him working and as part of his recuperation he took a holiday n Newhaven, Sussex and whilst there bought a bike to cycle home on.

On the way home he called at the Swan Inn in Chailey, Sussex, and met a young woman named Mary who was buying a jug of beer for her father.  To cut a long story short Thomas and Mary married in 1941 and …

The Goyt Valley near Buxton is a very popular rambling and dog-walking area and is busy on most days of the week all year round.

The valley includes two reservoirs, numerous paths and tracks to the tops of the hills and hundreds of acres of forest and dense vegetation.  Dealing with a known location accident in the area would be bad enough but the report of someone missing would cause a significant problem and too big to handle for any one team.

Consequently, at the weekend, Kinder M.R.T. joined forces with …

Mountain Rescue England and Wales, the national umbrella body for all mountain rescue teams, has recently announced the call-out figures for 2015 in a review of the year document.

The forty-eight voluntary rescue teams registered with M.R.E.W. received a total of 1,815 calls from 32 different statutory agencies which resulted in 1,642 deployments.  1,721 people were assisted consuming a total of 92,019 hours of volunteer’s time.

There were only 15 days during the whole of 2015 when a mountain rescue was not operationally active somewhere.

The figures show a 10% increase on 2014 and …

Chinley Drop In is a group which meets each Wednesday and Friday morning 10.00 until 12.00 at The Parish Rooms in Chinley village.   They are there to provide information about the parish and to provide a venue for anyone who just wants to “drop in” for a chat.  Tea and biscuits and a listening ear are always available and those “dropping in” often drop a donation into a pot which is then distributed to local charities.

The group has supported Buxton Mountain Rescue Team since the team’s Fifty Years of Service …

The government’s Health and Safety Laboratories, based at Harpur Hill in

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Buxton, have generously supported Buxton Mountain Rescue Team in the past and have yet again made a great contribution to the team.

It was Andy Harby of Interserve Facilities Management who challenged the Health and Safety men to a charity football match.  The game was played at the Peak Dale ground on a bitterly cold evening but, with pride and honour at stake, it was played with great spirit.  After a closely fought game the …

The government’s Health and Safety Laboratories, based at Harpur Hill in
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Buxton, have generously supported Buxton Mountain Rescue Team in the past and have yet again made a great contribution to the team.
It was Andy Harby of Interserve Facilities Management who challenged the Health and Safety men to a charity football match.  The game was played at the Peak Dale ground on a bitterly cold evening but, with pride and honour at stake, it was played with great spirit.  After a closely fought game the …