Patterdale Mountain Rescue 50th annual report

PATTERDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM 50th annual report

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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Association Ltd is a registered charity (No.1063329) and is the administrative organisation of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team

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The Team Officers

Team Members

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Team Leader Mike Blakey c/o Low Nook, University of Cumbria, Ambleside LA22 9BB Tel 07786 435746

Thomas Abbey Manager of Children’s Home Neil Barrow PMRA Ltd. Chair John Williams Police Officer 31 Thorpefield, Tirril, Penrith CA10 2JN Mike Blakey Tel 01768 890334 Training Consultant Glenn Bridge PMRA Ltd. Secretary Ian Bruce Display Graphics & The Hon Secretary, PMR Association Ltd, Horse Jump Builder c/o Ogilvie House, Patterdale, Cumbria, Anna Carlisle CA11 0PJ Instructor, Outdoor Centre Team Secretary Alistair McCaig Francis Charlesworth c/o Ogilvie House, Patterdale, Cumbria, Outdoor instructor CA11 0PJ Martin Cotterell Renewable Energy Treasurer Mrs Joan Watson Consultant The HonTreasurer, PMR Association Ltd, Matt Cox c/o Ogilvie House, Patterdale, Cumbria, Snowboard CA11 0PJ Tel 01768 486382 Instructor E-mail: ullswaterwatson@btinternet.com Chris Cunningham Legal Advisor Legal Adviser Mr T. Price Eelco Docter Arnison Heelis Solicitors, Penrith, CA11 7AW Police Officer Tel 01768 862007 Sean Duffy Manager, Reporting Accountants Lowe & Whitwell Outdoor Centre Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4HL John Ellerton Tel 01539 721591 Doctor Dan Farley Trustees Data Administrator Syd Burns, Martin Butcher, Jacquie Freeborn, Dave Freeborn Steve Howe, Videographer Gillian Mininch, Mike Rippon, Chris Sanderson, Jacquie Freeborn Lindsay Scott, Louise Walding, Joan Watson, B&B Proprietor John Williams, Will Ripley, Simon Woodrow Chris Gaskarth Financial Advisor Deputy Team Leaders Berni Gilmartin Nigel Harling, Sean Duffy, Mike Rippon Outdoor Trainer Ray Griffiths Training Officer Retired Teacher Gillian Mininch Ian Griggs CofE Bishop Search Dog Handler (part time) Andy Peacock Nigel Harling Police Officer Base Controller Jacquie Freeborn Equipment Officer Glenn Bridge

Ralph Hetherington Retired Instructor Alistair McCaig Police Officer Andy McAlea Doctor Gillian Mininch Recruitment Manager Andy Peacock Firefighter Anja Phoenix Outdoor Trainer Will Ripley Managing Director, Outward Bound Mike Rippon Managing Quantity Surveyor Stephen Shaw Outdoor Instructor Stuart Smith Outdoor Trainer Dave Watkinson Outdoor Trainer Theo Weston Doctor Simon Woodrow Retired Police Officer

Trainee Team Members David Benson Health, Safety & Envirommental Manager Mike Childs Technical Support Manager Mike Hargreives Learning & Development Consultant Laura Iredale Business Administrator Tom Iredale Farmer James Rutter Outdoor Instructor Chris Sanderson Retired Army Officer

Medical Officers John Ellerton, Theo Weston Collecting Box Coordinator Ray Griffiths Photos: Andy McAlea, Sally Seed, Steve Shaw, Local Liaison John Williams and Team members Ian Griggs, Sean Duffy

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was always going to be a very busy year and so it proved. We reached our 50th anniversary as a Team and celebrated this landmark with a series of events throughout the year. Firstly, a relaxed social night held in March at the Quiet Site (one of our local camping sites) who are great supporters of the Team. In June, we were joined by our Supporters for a cruise on Ullswater, kindly hosted

by Ullswater Steamers. We enjoyed an excellent buffet and live music whilst watching the beautiful scenery, amid sunshine on a lovely calm evening. One couple who had never previously attended one of our cruises had already eaten their evening meal, thinking at just £15 per ticket the buffet could only be light nibbles!

How wrong they were.

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hen Saturday July 19th saw our largest get together of Team members, past and present, together with representatives of partner organisations and members of the local community, all with connections to us. In all, some two hundred people attended Patterdale Hall to enjoy the various displays showing the history of the Team since its formation through to the present day. Proceedings were started by a former Deputy Team Leader, Steve Pym, who fired two blasts on his shotgun. This replicated

the callout procedure by the wife of the Team founder, Dr James Ogilvie, in the 1960s when few members had telephones and pagers had not been invented.

Speeches followed covering the entire era and there were plenty of opportunities to catch up and to renew acquaintances. A big “Thank you” goes to everyone at Patterdale Hall for hosting such a wonderful celebration of our half century.

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ctober brought an opportunity for Supporters to attend a Rescue Centre Open Day and inspect the various aspects of our work and latest equipment along with refreshments. The event was made all the more special by some Supporters who are members of a ukulele band – their impromptu performances kept everyone entertained.

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inally, the celebrations concluded with our Christmas dinner and dance when 100 people spanning the 50 years of the Team met, bringing to a close a very special year. I would like to express my thanks to all those who helped in running these various events and also those who supported us and those who worked on the Legacies Campaign (see pages 8/9) as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations too.

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arly 2014 saw the introduction of our new trailer with its multi-purpose role of education, fundraising and, when needed, remote control room. The trailer was funded out of generous donations in remembrance of Chris Bygate, who sadly died whilst climbing in Patterdale. We are indebted to his fiancée, GarLing Ng, and his friends and family for their magnificent effort. The trailer has been used on many occasions throughout the year and always draws a crowd which in turn generates even more interest in our work.

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ince buying out the lease of the land on which the Rescue Centre stands, we have spent a lot of time clearing overgrown bushes and trees, improving the appearance and allowing space for outdoor training when not actually on the fells. We are currently looking at the feasibility of a small extension to allow the building of a changing room, something which was omitted in the original design. Not so much an oversight then as it was mainly just blokes with beards. Now we are well represented by some excellent young women, providing a much needed balance. I have had representations by the said ‘blokes’ that a unisex changing room will be ideal but I think we can do better than that!

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his is my fifth and final report as Chair as I will be stepping down from the role at our AGM in Spring 2015.

Our rules quite properly limit the time a person can hold the position and I personally believe that it is always in the best interest of an organisation to foster change and keep everything fresh. I would like to thank the Trustees, Team members and all of you for your support which has made my job much easier than it would otherwise have been and also a pleasure to carry out. I hope to continue as a Trustee for some years yet and look forward to working with a new Chair soon.

Thank you.

John Williams

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ell, our 50th year proved to be our busiest too. We celebrated in style with old friends, Team members, families and even some former casualties and yet still managed a record number of call outs to those in need of our help – 85 incidents in all.

It was a year when Martin Cotterell, former Team leader, was injured in the line of duty. He is on the mend and beginning to get out and about again but his serious ankle and leg injury was a reminder that we do actually place ourselves at risk when we go out to help others, even if we accept that and put it to the back of our minds for most of the time.

As the Team gets busier, we see an even greater draw on the resources of our volunteer members and their families. It is to their credit that we continue to offer a free 24/7 capability, even though I am all too aware that many members of the public still believe this is a government-funded service.

We are, as ever, extremely grateful to those people who donate or help with fundraising activities thus reducing the amount of additional time we need to spend on that strand of being a voluntary organisation. To have a team of Supporters – the team behind the Team – makes a huge difference and those people behind the scenes are much appreciated. Thank you!

2014 was a year when we considerably increased our educational resources, with the

team lea purchase of a new trailer that incorporates some impressive images, plenty of storage space and the means to create a mobile booth or even a remote control room if required. Thanks to those Team members who put so much work into creating the trailer and huge thanks also go to the generous friends and family of Chris Bygate.

Much of the funding for the trailer was raised in Chris’s memory and it was great to see it being well used and appreciated by the public during 2014. I trust and hope that this is a fitting memorial to a muchloved man.

Looking ahead, we are starting to see a need to update our radios to ensure good communication links on the fells. Our current radio system is over ten years old and has served us well in that time but it is in need of updating – we are all aware that, without effective radios, we find it more difficult to provide a coordinated response.

As we consider moving to a digital system, we know that 2015 will involve another major investment in equipment and it reminds us of the invaluable support of everyone who contributes to our funds in so many ways.

ader I would like to take this opportunity to formally thank everyone who has helped the Team to be successful in 2014. Land owners, Trustees, Team members, families, supporters and fundraisers alike. As we saw at Patterdale Hall in July, the Team has involved a phenomenal range and number of people in its first 50 years and I anticipate that this will be just as much the case in our next 50 years.

Mike Blakey

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Team legacy campaign to celebrate 50 years In its 50th year, the Team launched a campaign to encourage supporters to remember us in their wills.

“Legacies and wills are sensitive issues, so it is vital that a small charity like us takes care to do the right thing,” said Chris Gaskarth, the Team member who led the campaign. “A legacy can make a significant contribution to our running costs, which are currently about £70,000 per annum.”

“We worked with Trevor Price, a Director of Arnison Heelis Solicitors in Penrith,” explained Chris, “and he helped us to put together a publicity leaflet, an information booklet and pages for our website that we hope give people accurate guidance and advice if they want to include the Team in their will.”

Trevor has been advising the Team on its legal affairs for over 15 years and, in his broader work, he’s seen a growth of interest in local charities in recent years: “A decade or so ago, someone including a legacy to a charity in their will would usually go for one of the big national or international charities. However, things have really swung away from that now,” he said. “For us, the most popular areas for legacies are now very much the local charities - hospices, the air

ambulance, animal refuges and, of course, mountain rescue. I think people have more confidence that their donation will be well spent in a smaller organisation and used as they’d intended.”

The first people to receive the legacies leaflet from Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were members of its Supporters’ Club and the local businesses in the area who advertise in the Team’s Annual Report.

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The legacies campaign is ongoing. Anyone interested in supporting the Team in this way can find out more on the Team’s website at www.patterdalemrt.org.uk.

Plan for a legacy Legacies and bequests are a valuable source of income for charities like us.

After providing for your loved ones, please consider leaving a legacy to Patterdale Mountain Rescue Association (the charity behind the Team). Any size or kind of gift, large or small, pays for the equipment and training our volunteers need to stay safe on the mountains and to save more lives - today and into the future.

It costs almost £2,000 to kit out a mountain rescue team member with protective clothing and equipment for the mountains

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and for other situations such as searches and flooding rescues which are regular requirements for today’s team.

The Legacies booklet includes information about options and approaches to legacies and is the main reference for anyone considering a legacy to the Team.

The Codicil form is a very specific document that enables you to add a gift to us to your existing Will.

If you are thinking of remembering us in your will, we would be very grateful if you could let us know (there is a simple Intention form to download from the website) so that we can plan for the future of the Team.

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The Intention form is a useful and simple way for you to let us know of your plans. The contents of your Will are private but it would be helpful if you could tell us if you are thinking about leaving a gift to us in your Will. This also gives us an opportunity to thank you and invite you to see how your gift could be used by the Team.

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All gifts in Wills are important, regardless of size and we are grateful to all our Supporters for their continued donations, fundraising and gifts. If you would like more information about leaving a legacy to Patterdale Mountain Rescue Association, please contact the Team via the website.

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Equipment 2014 was the busiest year in the Team’s history with 85 callouts.

This level of demand for our services puts even greater pressure on team equipment, personal PPE (personal protection equipment) and clothing. Consequently, there seems to have been a continual need to repair or replace kit.

Twice in the past year one of our Bell stretchers has had to go into the experts for extensive repairs after recovery of casualties on the head wall of Helvellyn – and that’s indicative of the type of pressure on our equipment given the conditions on the fells.

event with the amazingly generous friends and family of Chris Bygate to mark its completion and handover, this has seen service at events across the valley, raising awareness, providing a mobile base and a focus for supporters past, present and future to find out more about our work.

We have also welcomed six new probationers this year, all of whom have been supplied with a full set of personal Team kit to ensure that they’re equipped for whatever our activities throw at them. In addition, all Team members have been issued with new light weight over trousers and team shirts.

Out of necessity, we have three emergency vehicles, all of which are capable of being driven off road. All three can be used as ambulances, but in practice, two tend to carry personal and Team kit, whilst the other is an ambulance or people carrier. The vehicles are in service for 12 years, meaning a vehicle costing approximately £50,000 (including conversion) is replaced on a rotational basis every four years.

Our oldest vehicle will be due for replacement at the end of 2015. These figures highlight the fact that we have to allow about £1,000 every single month for replacement of vehicles.

The most significant purchase overall this year has been an Autopulse unit. This is a specialist piece of kit that enables us to provide consistent, high-quality, automated CPR to casualties from the point when we get to them through vehicle transfers and on to their arrival in hospital. This comes at a hefty price of £10,000 but will surely save lives over the coming years.

We also completed the work on our new Team trailer and, since an

Communications are expected to be an area of large expenditure over the next couple of years too.

Good comms while we are out on the fell are imperative. We will be looking at updating and

Equipment officer Glenn hoping he will be selected for Bay Watch

improving our systems and radios to be as good as they can be ‌ unfortunately, the mountains will always seem to get in the way!

In other areas, we have continued to update our avalanche kit over the last year, to complement the large amount of training we now undertake to be ready for the threat of avalanches in our area.

Maintenance and servicing of our vehicles, boat, and trailer are also large considerations along with an endless need to replace batteries and flares. Even small things make a difference and I’d like to thank Bridgedale who continue to sponsor us by supplying each Team member with several pairs of high-quality walking socks twice a year.

The only way to meet our costs is by the continuing generosity of our supporters, so a very big thank you from the whole Team.

As a result of your support, we undertake our many rescues throughout the year with kit and equipment that gives the best possible outcome to those who need our help, while protecting Team members at the same time.

Finally, I should like to thank members of the Equipment Committee who continue to put in a lot of hard work that contributes greatly to the safe, smooth running of the Team.

Glenn Bridge

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training However, the opportunity to train with other agencies, teams or organisations is always one of the highlights, which works for everyone, and this featured in our training programme on several occasions over the past year.

The role of training officer can be as challenging as it is rewarding.

The challenge comes in creating a training programme which meets the needs of a Team comprising not only ‘new starters’ but also ‘old hands’ whilst at the same time being varied, enjoyable and engaging – so there is an important balance to be struck.

It started early in 2014 when around half of our Team headed to the Cairngorms for winter training and benefited from input from Charlie MacLeod, the training officer with Assynt Team in north-west Scotland. Charlie introduced some of the new avalanche search management techniques which were being developed in Mountain Rescue in Scotland through lectures and practical sessions out on the hill.

Although not a situation we are likely to be faced with often, there have been several avalanches in our patch over the years so it’s important that Team members keep their skills up to date.

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Closer to home, during a multiagency rescue in our area last year involving other mountain rescue teams, police, fire service, ambulance and RAF, a piece of equipment – an Autopulse – provided by Langdale Ambleside Rescue Team (LAMRT) was used. Following this we bought our own Autopulse, a potentially lifesaving piece of equipment which provides automatic chest compressions in the event of cardiac arrest. Dr Les Gordon from LAMRT very kindly came along to one of our evening training sessions to share his knowledge and experience. He gave us training in the use of the Autopulse as well as delivering a lecture on hypothermia.

The Team has also trained with the Air Ambulance and RAF, two agencies whom we work with on a fairly regular basis. We took a trip out to the Air Ambulance hanger for a familiarisation session, comparing the kit and resources they have on board with what we carry in our Land Rover ambulances – knowing each other’s capabilities assists in the smooth and efficient running of a rescue. Andy Dalton, a paramedic with the Air Ambulance, also came over to our base to deliver a series of lectures and practical sessions in advanced first aid.

We regularly train with the RAF as they are often called upon to assist in rescues involving serious injury. It’s vitally important, from a safety perspective, that Team members are trained in entry and egress protocols, winching and managing a casualty in a stretcher onto a helicopter. Over the years we’ve had excellent training days

with the RAF but this training is now starting to wind down as the transition is made to ‘Bristow’ - the organisation taking over the role of the RAF in Search & Rescue in the UK - and their Sikorsky helicopters.

Training on the Sikorsky is underway and we’ve had several training sessions with our colleagues from other rescue teams in the Lake District.

We were also privileged to have a weather lecture given by Alan Goodman, a Met Office civil contingencies weather forecaster.

Alan regularly sends us information when extreme weather that may have an impact on the Team is forecast. It was great to meet the man behind the missives as well as benefit from his wealth of knowledge.

Training with other teams, organisations and agencies really drives home how much we are part of a bigger team all working together to help people who find themselves injured or in difficulty in the countryside and on the fells.

On behalf of the Team, I’d like to extend our thanks to everyone who has given up their time to deliver training or to train alongside us to help us maintain and develop our skills.

Gillian Mininch Training Officer

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MEDICAL Dan Farley, co-ordinator of the Team’s Medical Group summarises 2014’s developments, especially as they relate to hypothermia.

“As someone who is not a medical professional, one of the privileges of being involved in the medical provision for the Team is that I get to work alongside and learn from doctors who are at the cutting edge of mountain rescue medicine. Technology and medical knowledge seem to have moved forward hand in hand over the past year and the Team has been the testing ground for some of this.

For a while, the LDSAMRA (Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association) Medical Sub-committee has been working on the protocol for dealing with profoundly cold (hypothermic) casualties and how best to use a new piece of equipment which has become available. Called an Autopulse, it provides consistent, external, mechanical cardiac massage. Basically, it squeezes the chest of a casualty to circulate the blood around the body as you would when doing life support.

This can then keep a patient alive while they are evacuated on a stretcher (where manual chest compressions are not possible),

transferred into vehicles and, ideally, flown by helicopter to a hospital with suitable re-warming facilities.

At the end of March 2014, the Team was called to an incident where these procedures were put to the test (see incident 17).

In a multi-team, multi-agency rescue, we provided continuous cardio pulmonary resuscitation to a casualty who was then placed on an Autopulse brought in by the Langdale Ambleside Team.

She was then flown by RAF Sea King helicopter to Wythenshaw Hospital in Manchester for rewarming. She was alive on arrival at hospital though she sadly died later in intensive care.

The incident prompted the Team to invest in its own Autopulse - no small investment at a total price of about £10K - and the LDSAMRA protocols were further reviewed and tweaked after this incident too. Since then, and thanks to a generous donation from Rotary Cumbria and Lancashire, several other teams have also purchased Autopulses. These are now available to all the Cumbrian rescue teams and the LDSAMRA procedures have been adopted

by Mountain Rescue England and Wales as national guidance.

But the best equipment is only as good as the training of the personnel who use it.

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This year, we have benefited from training sessions provided by one of the Great North Air Ambulance paramedics who has given up several evenings to provide medical training to the Team. Thanks also to our Team doctors (now three of them) who provide their professional skills both to our casualties and in training to the rest of us!

Of course medical equipment costs money to buy and to maintain; increasingly so since the drive to improve standards has led to an increase in single use disposable items and almost everything has an expiry date after which it needs to be replaced. Cutting edge treatment is only possible thanks to the generous support and donations of our supporters and the public.

Last year, the purchase of the Autopulse more than doubled our medical equipment spending. We would like to be able to do the same in 2015, primarily to replace our training manikins so that they can support training with new equipment. On behalf of the Medical Group and the Team, I’d like to thank everyone reading this for their interest in our work and their support. And I’d like to thank everyone in the medical group for their commitment to ensuring that we can offer casualties the best possible care in an emergency.”

Dan Farley Team Medical Group

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The Team continues to benefit from the amazing support of people across the country and also from local businesses in and around Patterdale. That support is very much appreciated and a huge THANK YOU goes to everyone reading this Annual Report – especially if you have made a contribution into a collection box or you’re receiving this as a member of our Supporters’ Club.

Our costs continue to climb and the announcement in 2014 about national Government support will only relate to a rebate on VAT – so we only get that back on things we’re already buying. It is good to know that money raised for the work of the Team can be used for exactly that and we will still be investing in vehicles, equipment and kit as well as spending on fuel, insurance and utilities for the foreseeable future.

donating £1000 to the Team and Patterdale Walking raising over £300 too.

Our focus on legacies for our 50th year created press coverage and some interest. Income from legacies increased in 2014 but we recognise that this is a long-term campaign and something that is very much an investment in future funding and donations. Thank you if you are still considering this aspect of your support for the Team and please get in touch with us if you have any queries or questions about a legacy.

Local support

Huge thanks go to lots of people in the valley and around Penrith who raise money for the Team – individuals and businesses.

Rachael Mosleley is tackling the Hadrian’s Wall route as one of her three fundraising walks in 2015.

Our 50th year

We had some great donations to mark our 50th year – including Patterdale Church and Sunderland Lions as well as Penrith Inner Wheel, who raised money with a supermarket bag pack and split the proceeds between us and Penrith MRT. Two outdoors businesses also got involved in fundraising with Lakeland Trails

Rachael Moseley, one of our youngest and yet most committed local fundraisers, continues to contribute and has great plans for expeditions in 2015.

Also on our doorstep, Park Foot Caravan and Camping Park, Troutbeck Caravan Park, The Quiet Site at Watermillock and Whitbarrow Caravan Park

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Crowds of supporters at the annual duck race all raised money for the Team during 2014. There were often special events that involved a lot of extra work and time as well as the energy and enthusiasm of visitors and staff alike. Thank you to all of you – and to other local accommodation providers for advertising with us in the Annual Report too.

we can keep it stocked with gifts and cards too.

In 2015, we hope to have educational packs which Anja Phoenix is working on so we can use them when we go into schools. You may have seen Anja’s family walking leaflets already so we’re looking forward to seeing her latest ideas very soon.

Scrap your car for the Team

Troutbeck Caravan Park present a cheque to the Team A new Thank you goes to the organisers of the first Patterdale Terrier Day. This was a really fun event (and one of the first to feature our new Trailer) and it raised £500 for the Team. Thank you to everyone involved and good luck as you plan for 2015.

Trailer on tour

Having the new Trailer to use at events as a base for meeting people and telling them more about our work has been a big plus during 2014.

Huge thanks go to the family and friends of Chris Bygate for their massive contribution of £10,000 towards the Team trailer. We’ve only had it for about a year but it is very much part of our work at events, in schools and around the area. People spot us easily, seem to have more time to chat and

We continue to participate in the Giveacar scheme (see details on page 63) and have had the proceeds from three old cars donated during 2014, amounting to about £350.

Supporters’ Club

Finally, a plug for our Supporters’ Club. This has been running now since 1998 and is a huge benefit to the Team as it enables us to keep in touch with regular supporters and also predict and anticipate part of our income.

Members receive this Annual Report and two issues of Patrick Relay newsletter each year and membership starts at just £12 per annum. We also issue car stickers and a special membership badge.

If you (or a friend) would like to know more, see page 39 for further details and please consider joining the Club – we call it the team behind the Team and it is a really valuable way of supporting us and keeping in touch.

Jacquie Freeborn, Chris Gaskarth and Joan Watson

Incident Report 2014

Total incidents 2014 - 85 three fatalities in the year

A man from Cambridge, who was walking with his family, slipped and injured his ankle just 200 metres from a cottage where a Team member lived. His family knocked on the door and the alarm was raised with the Police and mountain rescue team. Within an hour, the man had been treated by the Team and was carried in a stretcher to a waiting Land Rover and on to Base. He was then transferred by ambulance to Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle.

Seven members of the Team were involved for two hours.

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The Team received a request from Cumbria Police to assist with the search for a 26-year-old man from Penrith who had gone missing following a party at a hotel in Glenridding. He had last been seen leaving the building shortly after 22:00 the previous evening.

14 Team members responded together with six Lake District search dogs. In darkness and driving rain, the grounds of the hotel and the routes the man might have followed were searched and the Team’s rescue boat was launched to search the Ullswater Lake. Nothing was found and the Team was stood down. The search resumed in subsequent days and the Police have also pursued other lines of enquiry.

07/01/2014 18.04 Sticks Pass Helvellyn

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A woman from Chesterfield slipped on wet grass and fractured her ankle while descending from Great Mell Fell. One of her companions, finding that she did not have a mobile phone signal, made her way from the fell to call for help. Cumbria Police alerted the Team and members were on scene and treating her within 30 minutes of the initial call. She was given pain relief and her leg was splinted to stabilise the fracture.

An hour later, after being carried down the fell in a stretcher, she was transferred to an ambulance and taken to hospital in Carlisle.

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Both Patterdale and Keswick MR teams were alerted by Police to a mountain biker who had been reported missing by his sister.

The man, from Canada, had set out to traverse Helvellyn. While the Team was still gathering information about his intended route, he turned up safe and well in Keswick having descended down the western side of the mountain rather than to Glenridding as expected.

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The Team was called to assist a local man who had fallen off his mountain bike and dislocated his shoulder on the Old Coach Road, which runs from Matterdale to Threlkeld. A passing farmer and two walkers assisted the man and called for help. At the time of the incident, some Team members were meeting with the Coastguard at Patterdale MRT base and immediately responded to the 999 call. The man was treated on scene and transported by Land Rover ambulance to a waiting NWAS ambulance. Seven team members were involved for approximately two hours.

31/01/2014 13.22 Kirkstone Pass

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The Team was called by Cumbria Police to investigate cries for help at High Dodd above Boredale.

Several members met the informant who had raised the alarm at Beckside Farm and then went on foot to the location from where the cries had been heard. After a search of the area no persons were found. It was concluded that the cries may have originated from a group of outdoor students paddling on the lake and the Team was stood down.

ten other stranded motorists were assisted. On return to the Rescue Centre at Patterdale, several other motorists who had disregarded the road closed signs were also assisted when they become stuck in slippery snowy conditions. Eight team members assisted for over two hours.

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The Patterdale and Langdale Ambleside teams were called by the North West Ambulance Service to a road traffic collision on the Kirkstone Pass above Patterdale. Three casualties and

Having been alerted to a lost dog by her owner late on Saturday evening, the Team set out to search once bad weather subsided on the Sunday morning. The man, a solo walker from Warrington, had found himself in white out conditions on the summit of Caudale Head but had slipped and fallen 150 metres down a steep snow-covered slope while trying to take a bearing back to his bunkhouse. Whilst falling, he lost his dog, crampon and both walking poles but he survived the fall with only cuts, bruises and a sore shoulder. He had made a concerted effort to climb back up and find his dog but rightly turned back when the terrain became too difficult. The following morning, the Team went prepared to search avalanche prone terrain.

Members of the Team and the man climbed for an hour and a half to reach the corrie and then formed a line to search the area. When they arrived there was no sign of the missing dog, a large area to

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The Team was called by the Police to go to the aid of a woman who had slipped on ice on Dollywagon Pike. Although uninjured, the woman and her husband were unable to continue due to the conditions underfoot and their lack of equipment. Two Team members started to make their way up Grisedale valley to assist the couple when the call came in from the Police saying that experienced, well-equipped passers-by had come to the aid of the couple.

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The Team was called to a 49-yearold man and his friend who had tumbled about 100 metres down a snow gully while ascending Swirral Edge on Helvellyn. One man was uninjured while the other had head, neck and back injuries. An MR team member from Coniston came across the pair and, together with the Lake District National Park Fell Top Assessor who was passing, went to their initial assistance, checking the men for injuries, securing them, and calling 999.

The Great North Air Ambulance responded to the incident but was unable to reach the men. It dropped a doctor and paramedic at the tarn below the ridge and then ferried two Patterdale MR Team members up to the same location. Although the casualty’s injuries were not life threatening, they required his immobilisation

and a stretcher evacuation. An RAF Sea King helicopter from Boulmer was requested and further Team members climbed to the casualty site on foot while it was scrambled. Assistance from Penrith MR team was also requested. Due to the cloud level, the RAF helicopter was also unable to reach the two men so the MR Team lowered the casualty on a stretcher about 300 metres down a steep, wet snow gully to Red Tarn to rendezvous with the helicopter at the tarn outfall. The rescue took about five hours and involved 10 members of Patterdale MR Team, four from Penrith MRT, one from Coniston MRT, the LDNP Fell Top Assessor, the Great North Air Ambulance and an RAF Sea King helicopter.

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06/02/2014 13.11 Swirral Edge

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search and lots of snow, which in some places was waist deep. With snow shovels, probes, avalanche transceivers and ice axes, the Team set about their task. After an hour of searching, the Team spotted a dog sitting on a small rocky outcrop. Minutes later, they found a broken walking pole, a crampon and eventually another pole. The line that the man had fallen down the day before was clearly evident.

Amazingly, Bonnie the dog had survived the night and stayed at the top of her master’s fall. With a bacon sandwich inside her and some dog treats, she was able to walk down the steep mountainside to be reunited with her master.

Seven team members were involved for five hours.

The Team was called out to assist North West Ambulance Service with the rescue of a 56-year-old man from Lancashire. He had slipped and injured his left ankle

08\03\2014 17.46 Dovedale

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The Team was called after the Police received reports of a distressed dog seen in the vicinity of Priest’s Hole in Dovedale.

To exclude the possibility that its owner had come to harm, seven Team members ascended Dovedale and searched the traverse to the cave, the foot of the crag and the path up to the hause between Hart Crag and Dove Crag. No sign of either the dog or its owner was found.

29/03/2014 14.59 Birkhouse Moor

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The Team was called by the Police to go to the assistance of a local farmer whose trusty collie, while out gathering sheep, had run over the edge of a craggy outcrop on the side of Ullswater and into the lake. The Team launched its Rigid Inflatable Boat “Patrick Scotty” and quickly located the dog, cold and wet but unharmed. Team members then reunited dog and owner. The Rescue lasted 90 minutes and was attended by seven Team members.

27/03/2014 13.18 Auterstone Crag

The Team was called by the Police to go to the aid of an 84-yearold man from North Wales who was feeling faint and unwell while out walking with his son in the Auterstone Crag area above Ullswater. The Great North Air Ambulance was in attendance along with Penrith MR team. The man was stretchered off the fell to the waiting Air Ambulance and taken to Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle. Seven Patterdale Team members and three from Penrith team took two hours to complete the call out.

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05/03/2014 17.24 Devil’s Chimney

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while walking with friends in very wet and windy conditions.

The Team located the man at Hayeswater Gill and were able to drive a Team Land Rover to the scene. The casualty was driven off the fellside and back to the Rescue Centre where he was transferred to an ambulance and taken to Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle for further treatment. The rescue was attended by nine Team members and lasted two hours.

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The Team was called to assist a 34-year-old man from York who had slipped while descending the path from Birkhouse Moor to Glenridding. He had been walking with friends and had nearly finished the route when he tripped and injured his ankle. He was found by an ex-Team member who reassured the casualty and called the Police. The casualty was then treated at the scene before being stretchered from the fell. The Team transported him by Land Rover to the Rescue Centre where he was transferred to an ambulance and taken to Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle for further treatment. Ten team members were involved for two hours.

06/04/2014 13.57 Pooley Bridge

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The Team was called by North West Ambulance Service to rescue a female who had been found unconscious and hypothermic in Glencoyne Beck in Seldom Seen. About fifty emergency service personnel from the Team, North West Ambulance Service, Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service and a Royal Navy helicopter were involved in the multi-agency rescue which lasted for over two hours. Patterdale MRT also requested assistance from both the Langdale Ambleside and Keswick teams, both of which immediately provided additional specialist medical equipment and personnel.

Sadly, the woman later died in hospital.

The Team was alerted by HM Coastguard of a sailing boat that had become stuck on rocks close to Pooley Bridge with several people on board. During the mobilisation period, a call was received that the boat was safely moored close to the incident and everyone was safe and well.

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12/04/2014 14.53 Dollywagon Pike

The Team was called to the assistance of a mountain biker, reported to be suffering from hypothermia on Dollywagon Pike.

Team members were training with an RAF Sea King helicopter from Boulmer at the time of the call and were able to respond immediately. Due to low cloud the RAF helicopter was initially limited to taking some members as far as Grisedale Tarn while others made their way on foot. However a window of clear weather enabled the helicopter to reach the casualty site where Team members assessed the casualty’s condition.

The casualty was then flown to the Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle for further treatment and the rest of the casualty’s party was walked off the fell by the Team. Sixteen Team members, along with two Cockermouth and two RAF MR team members who were training in the area, took part in this rescue, which took three hours to complete.

13/04/2014 17.43 Thornhow End

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201/04/2014 19.13 Glencoyn Beck

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A couple from Wigan called 999 to report themselves stuck on steep ground while descending Striding Edge from Helvellyn. As the Team was responding, the couple made their own way to safety.

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01/04/2014 14.21 Striding Edge

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22x INCIDENT REPORT

The Team was called to the assistance of a 52-year-old woman who was feeling unwell and very cold. The symptoms reported suggested a possible heart attack.

As the location of the casualty could be reached by Land Rover, a Team vehicle was dispatched immediately and was on scene within ten minutes. The casualty was brought to Patterdale Rescue Centre where she was assessed by an ambulance crew. The rescue was completed within 20 minutes.

The Team was called to go to the aid of two men from Bishop Auckland who had been out walking the Helvellyn range when they became disorientated in low cloud and mist. The Team made contact with the stricken pair and quickly ascertained that they were close to the ski tow on Raise. Five Team members made their way to the men who were cold and wet but otherwise in good spirits.

Once they had been assessed and given extra clothing, they were

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26/05/2014 15.29 Aira Force

The Team was called to assist a man who had fallen into Aira Beck and lacerated his leg. While team members were evacuating the casualty on a stretcher, a woman from Stockport fell nearby and injured her ankle (see below).

The woman was treated while the first casualty was transported to a waiting ambulance.

26/05/2014 15.00 Aira Force

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25/04/2014 16.35 Raise Ski Tow

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The Police contacted the Team after a walker reported hearing voices from Nethermost Cove earlier in the day. The walker was interviewed but in view of the good conditions on the fell and the absence of any reports of lost or overdue walkers, no further action was taken.

15/05/2014 15.12 High Dodd

The Team was called by the Police to assist a man who had slipped while walking with his partner on High Dodd above Boredale and had sustained a suspected fractured ankle. The Team requested the assistance of Penrith MRT and the air ambulance, which was dispatched from Blackpool.

The casualty was treated on scene before being flown to the Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle for further treatment. The callout was attended by a total 12 mountain rescue team members and lasted four hours.

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22/04/2014 19.19 Nethermost Cove

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The Team received a 999 call via the Police asking for assistance to evacuate a dog that had been found near to Fall Crag, below Angle Tarn, near Hartsop. With very little information to go on, and not knowing if the caller and dog were stuck in a dangerous situation on the mountain, the Team went quickly to their aid. En route the Team heard from a member of the public that the dog and owner had been airlifted by private helicopter and were safely on their way to the Lancaster area.

escorted from the fell. The rescue lasted three hours and included seven Team members.

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19/04/2014 18.52 Fall Crag

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INCIDENT REPORT x23

The Team returned to carry the woman to a waiting mountain rescue Land Rover. The Great North Air Ambulance assisted the Team. Thirteen Team members were involved for three hours on these two rescues.

01/06/2014 14.36 Threshthwaite Mouth

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The Police tasked the Team to assist with a search for a missing man who had been staying at a local hotel. Nothing was found during the search but then, sadly, the man was found dead by a police helicopter the following day on the Thirlmere side of Helvellyn.

The Team was called to assist a 72-year-old man from Somerset who had fallen approximately 20 metres while walking from Threshthwaite Mouth to Thornthwaite Beacon. He had sustained injuries to his head, knee and hand and was unable to walk off the fell. The Team went to the scene together with the North West Air Ambulance from Blackpool. The man was well enough to walk to the helicopter with assistance and was flown to Lancaster for further treatment. His wife walked down to her car with members of the Team. 11 Team members were involved for about three and a half hours.

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03/06/2014 17.45 Helvellyn

22/06/2014 14.02 Sticks Pass

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The Team was called by Cumbria Police following a report of a possible missing woman from Wakefield. While the Team was gathering information, the woman turned up safe and well having changed her route and ended up in an area with no mobile signal.

A mountain biker fell off his bike while descending from Sticks Pass near Greenside. He sustained a dislocated shoulder. Called out by the Police, the Team arrived at the scene, administered pain relief, and the man was flown by RAF Sea King to hospital in Carlisle.

The Team would like to thank Penrith MRT and the RAF for their assistance. Ten Patterdale MR Team members were involved for just over two hours.

25/06/2014 14.54 Sandwick

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30/05/2014 16.52 Brown Cove Crags

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The Team was called out by Cumbria Police to assist a 12-yearold girl who had become dizzy while out walking with a group.

She was assessed on scene by the Team and, as a precaution, transported off Place Fell using the Team stretcher down to Sandwick where she was able to rejoin her friends. The callout was attended by eight Team members and lasted three hours.

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29/05/2014 14.17 Place Fell

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24x INCIDENT REPORT

The Team was called out after a man reported that his 67-yearold wife had suffered a leg injury while walking the path along the eastern shore of Ullswater. The Team rescue boat was launched from Glenridding Steamer Pier and Team members were ferried across the Lake. After assessing the woman’s injuries and administering medication for her pain, her leg was splinted and she was carried down to the waiting boat. She was transferred back to the Team’s Base and then by ambulance to Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle.

Eight Team members were involved for two hours.

The Team was called by the Police to go to the aid of a 71-yearold man from Preston. He had collapsed while out walking with friends in the Dovedale valley and was unconscious. The Team quickly made their way to the scene and assessed the man’s condition. They were then joined

by North West Ambulance Service

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The Team was called to assist a 57-year-old woman from Langholm, who had fallen and was unable to continue. Eleven members of the Team went to her assistance. She was treated on scene, given pain relief, and then carried by stretcher to a waiting ambulance.

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13/07/2014 14.18 Hartsop above Howe While the Team was dealing with the rescue on Little Mell Fell (see above), members were called to a similar situation on Hartsop above Howe. Patterdale MRT were called to assist a woman who had injured her ankle whilst descending from Hart Crag. The Great North Air Ambulance went to her aid and flew her back to Patterdale base.

Patterdale MRT thanks Penrrith MRT for their assistance.

17/07/2014 11.10 Red Tarn Helvellyn

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10/07/2014 13.11 Dovedale

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The Team was notified by Cumbria Police of a missing 71-year-old woman in the Aira Force area.

During the planning phases and while discussions with the informant were taking place, the woman was located, safe and well having taken a different route from that planned. The Team were stood down before deployment commenced.

13/07/2014 11.31 Little Mell Fell

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10/07/2014 10.47 Aira Force

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The Team was alerted by the Police to locate a missing 21-yearold woman from the Netherlands who had raised the alarm (via her parents in Holland) after she became lost on the high fells above Haweswater. Given the large potential search area, MR teams from Patterdale, Penrith, and Kendal together with Lake District Search Dogs and a Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer attended. The woman was located having pitched her tent in the area known as Fordingdale Bottom on Brampton Common.

Ten Team members were involved and the rescue lasted three hours.

paramedics. Due to his low level of consciousness and poor health the Air Ambulance was requested for evacuation. The Team stretchered him off the fell to the waiting Air Ambulance, which then flew him to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. The rescue lasted three and half hours and was attended by ten Team members.

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08/07/2014 18.03 Brampton Common

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INCIDENT REPORT x25

The Team was called to assist a 30-year-old man from Penrith who had a fallen and injured his ankle while walking with his dog near Striding Edge on Helvellyn.

Members of the Team were flown near to the casualty site by

26x INCIDENT REPORT

For its third incident of the day, the Team returned to Helvellyn to assist a young girl who had slipped and injured her ankle while walking near Red Tarn outfall. A passerby had raised the alarm. The casualty was located and a Team medic administered pain relief before splinting the girl’s ankle.

The Team then transported her on a stretcher down the fellside to Glenridding Beck and then on to the track using a hoist system.

The casualty was then taken by Team Land Rover to Greenside Mines where she was handed

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20/07/2014 18.23 Hayeswater Dam

The Team was called to assist a 17-year-old woman from Mansfield who had injured her ankle while descending from The Knott.

The Team went to her aid at Hayeswater Dam. She was treated on scene and then stretchered to one of the Team’s Land Rover ambulances before being taken to the Rescue Centre and transferred to an ambulance for onward transfer to hospital. Twelve team members were involved for about two hours.

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24/07/2014 14.06 Lakeside Path Ullswater The Team was alerted after a 60-year-old man from Worcestershire slipped and fell while walking between Howtown and Patterdale. The Team rescue boat was launched to reach the site of the incident. The man had suffered cuts and bruises to his legs and back but had been able to walk down to the lake shore.

He and his wife were ferried back to Patterdale and their car so that they could make their own way to Penrith Minor Injuries Unit.

25/07/2014 14.52 Blowick

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17/07/2014 15.31 Red Tarn Helvellyn

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The Team was called to its second rescue of the day. The first casualty was being transferred into an ambulance when the Team received a call to attend Aira Force where a woman had injured her ankle while walking close to the waterfall. National Trust staff and the woman’s husband could not get her to safe ground so called for the Team to assist. Team members located the woman and splinted her ankle, transferred her to a stretcher and carried her across Aira Force bridge and up to the Dockray road. The woman was then transferred to a county ambulance and taken to hospital.

over to an ambulance to go to Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle.

The Team returned to the Rescue Centre having been out for almost eight hours on three consecutive rescues.

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17/07/2014 13.50 Aira Force

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North West Air Ambulance. They assessed the casualty’s condition and, together with paramedic from the air ambulance, treated him at the scene and airlifted him to the Rescue Centre. He was transferred to hospital by ambulance.

The Team was asked to assist a 17-year-old girl on a Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition who

The Team was called by the North West Ambulance Service to assist a 17-year-old with a head injury at Grisedale Tarn. The Great North Air Ambulance was already en route. The Team was stood down when it was confirmed that the casualty was to the west of Grisedale Tarn, near to Dunmail Raise and the Langdale Ambleside MR Team was assisting.

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05/08/2014 13.42 Aira Force

The Team was called by the North West Ambulance Service to a man who had fallen from the top of a waterfall above Aira Force. On arrival, the man was found to be injured and laying at the foot of the falls. He had sustained injuries to his chest and was treated for possible spinal injuries. The Team lowered an air ambulance paramedic and Team members to the casualty site. He was treated on scene and placed in a vacuum mattress and then onto a stretcher. The man was then hoisted out of the stream and up a steep banking before transfer to the North West Air Ambulance.

Eight team members were involved for approximately three hours.

05/08/2014 20.00 Catstye Cam

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The Team was called by Cumbria Police to assist a 65-year-old woman from Cornwall. The woman had slipped and sustained a suspected fractured ankle while walking with her husband and daughter on the shores of Ullswater. The Team launched its rescue boat to get to the casualty and arrived a few minutes before a paramedic crew from the ambulance service. The woman was treated at the scene and then carried to the waiting ambulance at Sandwick Bay. The casualty’s husband was taken to Glenridding

by Team rescue boat to pick up his car. Nine team members were involved for just over two hours.

04/08/2014 11.50 Ullswater

The Team was tasked to support the Police search for a potentially suicidal woman. Whilst the Team was assembling it was stood down when new information came to light suggesting that woman was fine.

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27/07/2014 13.57 Sandwick Bay

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had an injury to her ankle. A vehicle was despatched to locate the casualty while other Team members were assembling. The first Team members to respond found the girl as she approached Side Farm. She was able to walk carefully with her companions to the rendezvous with her party leaders.

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INCIDENT REPORT x27

Team members assisted a local farmer to rescue two cragfast sheep. The sheep were cragfast on a ledge on the broken north face of the hill. Eleven team members were involved for two hours.

The Team was called by the North West Ambulance Service to rescue a woman who had slipped on the lake shore path near Silver Point and badly fractured her ankle. The Team accessed the location using its rescue boat and Team members treated the woman at the scene.

Due to the nature of her injury, the Team requested a helicopter to transfer her to hospital. She was transferred by rescue boat to the Inn on the Lake where the Pride of Cumbria Air Ambulance had landed. The casualty was assessed by the doctor on board and then transferred to Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle for further treatment. Ten members of the

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13/08/2014 14.37 Bleacove Beck

13/08/2014 16.42 High Dodd

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The Team was called to assist a young woman having an asthma attack while out walking with companions. At the same time, Helimed 58 was deployed by NWAS and landed close to the scene. The woman was treated by the NWAS Doctor for her medical condition. Once stabilised, she was stretchered from the location to the waiting Team Land Rover and taken back to the Rescue Centre where she was handed over to an ambulance and taken to the Cumberland Infirmary for further treatment.

The Team was called by NWAS to assist a 62-year-old man who had suffered a wasp sting while out walking with companions, close to High Dodd above Ullswater. When the call was received, Patterdale MRT was busy dealing with the previous incident and requested Penrith MRT to attend High Dodd.

The man was located and treated on scene by that team and was able to walk off the fell.

14/08/2014 16.04 Bowderthwaite Bridge The Team was called to assist Penrith MRT with the rescue of a 16-year-old woman who had sustained an ankle injury while undertaking the Coast to Coast.

The casualty was located at

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07/08/2014 15.15 Silver Point

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The Team was called by HM Coastguard and Cumbria Police following reports that a paraglider had crashed into Ullswater. The Team launched its rescue boat and carried out a full search of the lake with an RAF Sea King helicopter and Penrith MRT assisting. A safety boat from Outward Bound reported finding a small coloured balloon in the water but nothing else was located. As there were no other reports of a crashed paraglider, HM Coastguard and Patterdale MRT agreed to stand down and concluded that the callout was likely to have been made with good intent. Eight Team members were involved for over two hours, assisted by five members of Penrith MRT and one member of Kendal MRT.

Team attended this incident which lasted three hours.

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06/08/2014 15.31 Ullswater

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21/08/2014 20.38 Glenridding

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The Team was called to assist a seventeen-year-old woman from Northern Ireland who had slipped while crossing a wooden footbridge near to Glenridding.

At the time of the callout, Team members were attending a meeting at the Rescue Centre and went to her aid. She was treated on scene and transported back

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23/08/2014 17.21 Glencoyne

24/08/2014 13.20 Ullswater

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The Team was called to assist the Fire & Rescue Service which was dealing with a horse that had become stuck near to Glencoyne.

The horse was rescued while Team members were responding.

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The Coastguard requested the assistance of the Team after they received reports of a capsized canoe. The Team launched its boat and made its way to the location.

While the Team was en route, the two people were rescued by the Lake District National Park Ranger boat and taken back to their campsite. When Team members arrived, they assessed the pair and found them to be uninjured but cold.

24/08/2014 19.00 Silver Point

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The Team was called by Cumbria Police to rescue a 46-year-old woman who had slipped and suffered a fracture dislocation of her ankle while walking with friends above Yew Crag on Gowbarrow Fell, near to Ullswater. Once the Team had located the casualty and treated her for her injuries, it was decided to request the assistance of the air ambulance due to the difficult and rocky location and seriousness of the fracture. Once available, the Pride of Cumbria Air Ambulance flew to the scene but was unable to land due to wind conditions and difficult terrain. The Team stretchered the woman from the fell and she was transferred to a waiting ambulance and taken to Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle for further treatment.

to the Rescue Centre for onward transfer to hospital.

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17/08/2014 13.12 Gowbarrow Fell

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Bowderthwaite Bridge near to Haweswater Reservoir. She was treated on scene before being stretchered off the fell to Mardale Head where she was transferred to a county ambulance and taken to hospital for further treatment.

The callout lasted three hours.

Following the earlier incident (57), the Team came across three men in a very small inflatable dinghy on Ullswater. The dinghy was struggling to move the craft after already transporting the men for over nine miles. The men asked for the assistance of the Team, who took their boat on board and transported them back to Pooley Bridge. Four Team members were involved in this incident for approximately 90 minutes.

30/08/2014 18.42 Martindale

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The Team was called by the Police to search for a missing walker. A boy and his grandfather from Lincolnshire had been walking near Angle Tarn, Ullswater when they became separated from each other. The Team put a number of search parties out and the missing pair was located relatively soon, descending from the hill after meeting up on their descent.

The Team was paged for a second incident as the North West Ambulance Service called for Team members to go to the aid of a 46-year-old woman who was reported as having a fit on the fell close to Martindale Church.

Ten members of the Team went to the woman’s aid, along with the Great North Air Ambulance. She

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03/09/2014 23.01 Kentmere

The Team was called by Cumbria Police to search for a lone walker who had failed to return to her car at Cow Bridge car park after walking in the Hartsop Dodd area. While gathering information from the informant about the intended route, it was decided to extend the search area and request the assistance from Penrith and Kendal MR teams, along with the Lake District Search and Rescue Dogs. The search continued throughout the night without success. At approximately 06:15, when several of the search dog parties in the Kentmere Valley area were beginning to return after completing their search areas, the woman was located walking down Kentmere after spending the night on the fell. She was assessed on scene and found to be in good spirit and was transported to Kendal MRT Base to be reunited with her partner.

24/09/2014 12.28 Aira Force

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30/08/2014 15.22 Boredale Hause

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The Team received a report that a 64-year-old man had collapsed on Lower Man, Helvellyn and that CPR was in progress. Both Patterdale and Keswick MR teams were called for this rescue along with the Great North Air Ambulance.

Further assistance arrived in the form of an RAF Sea King which was practising in the area. Despite the best efforts of passers-by, Team members and paramedics, the casualty’s life could not be saved.

The Sea King evacuated the man’s body and members of the Team escorted the rest of his group down to Patterdale.

was treated on the fell and taken by ambulance to hospital. The two incidents took three and a half hours to complete and were attended by ten Team members.

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28/08/2014 14.27 Helvellyn

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30x INCIDENT REPORT

The Team was alerted by the Police to go to the aid of a 64-year-old woman who had fallen while out walking with her husband along the riverside path at Aira Force, close to Dockray. She had sustained a fractured ankle and was in considerable discomfort when the Team arrived on scene. The Team administered pain relief, immobilised and splinted the ankle

The Team was called to go to investigate reports of flashing lights on the fell side close to Seldom Seen. The alarm had been raised by a passer-by who was rightly concerned. Upon investigation it turned out to be a false alarm with good intentions.

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12/10/2014 13.14 Stoney Cove Pike

The Team went to the assistance of a 79-year-old man from Kendal who had fallen and injured his knee on Stoney Cove Pike. Eight Team members climbed to Stoney Cove Pike to join colleagues from Langdale Ambleside MRT. The man was treated and evacuated on a stretcher to Hartsop and the rescue lasted five hours.

19/10/2014 14.02 Lower Man

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08/10/2014 20.07 Seldom Seen

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A request was received from Duddon and Furness MR team to provide medical support for an ongoing search. It was feared that the casualty might be severely hypothermic when found and it was requested that the Team’s Autopulse (advanced life support equipment) be taken to the area on stand-by. While the Team was assembling, the casualty was found uninjured.

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07/10/2014 17.28 Furness

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The Team was alerted by Cumbria Police and HM Coastguard to a capsized canoe on Ullswater. As the Team was responding to the incident near Pooley Bridge, confirmation came through that the canoeist had managed to swim ashore safely.

11/10/2014 15.30 Pasture Bottom

The Team was called to help a 59-year-old woman from Carnforth who had slipped and injured her ankle while walking in Pasture Bottom at Hartsop. The Team, with the assistance of six search dog handlers who were training in the Ullswater valley, treated the woman for her injuries, splinted her leg and stretchered her from the fell to a waiting Team Land Rover. She was then transported to Hartsop and on to the Rescue Centre where an ambulance was waiting to take her to Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle.

Seven Team members and six LDMRSDA dog handlers were involved for just over two hours.

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27/09/2014 12.04 Ullswater

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then carried her by stretcher to a Team Land Rover ambulance to be transferred to a county ambulance.

The rescue was attended by ten Team members and lasted two hours.

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The Team was asked to go to the aid of two male walkers stuck in high winds just to the north of Helvellyn. The men were lost and unable to give an accurate description of their location. Luckily, the Team was able to send them a text message with a hyperlink, which returned their GPS location

32x INCIDENT REPORT

27/10/2014 01.12 Glencoyne

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The Team battled winds in excess of 80mph to rescue two walkers who had become lost after climbing Helvellyn. The Team was called by Cumbria Police to go to the aid of the two men. Before leaving the Rescue Centre, the Team was able to locate them by sending a text message which then confirmed their location. Five Team members then ascended to High Crag via Dollywaggon Pike and helped the men from the mountain. They were very cold and wet but otherwise unhurt. Nine Team members were involved for over five hours.

The team was called by Cumbria Police to go to the assistance of

28/10/2014 18.42 High Dodd

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26/10/2014 17.10 High Crag

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The Team was called by the Coastguard to go to the aid of two children stuck on a small island on Ullswater known as Lingy Holm.

The Team was scrambling its Rigid Inflatable Boat when the call came through that the children had been safely picked up by a local vessel.

a group of six young people who had got into difficulties while camping near to Glencoyne. The group had been caught out by the very strong winds and heavy rain and had descended on steep ground to find shelter. During the evening each of their tents had blown down and the group ended up sheltering in one of the damaged tents. One of the group was reported to be suffering from hypothermia and all of them were cold and wet. Due to the severe weather, the number of young people in the group, and possible multiple casualties, the Team called for assistance from Penrith and Kirby Stephen MR teams to help evacuate the group safely off the fell. The young people were then transported back to the Rescue Centre where they were given hot drinks, food and dry clothes. The group was well equipped. The rescue lasted five hours and involved ten members of Patterdale MRT along with six from Penrith and 14 from Kirkby Stephen MR teams.

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23/10/2014 15.50 Lingy Holme Island

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and showed Team members where the men were sheltering. The men, who were safe at the time, were asked to remain where they were until the Team arrived. Five Team members were making their way to the stranded party in atrocious weather conditions when the call came through that the wind had abated and the two men had made their way off the fell towards Thirlmere.

The Team was called by Cumbria Police to assist a group of eleven young people who were wild camping between Place Fell and High Dodd above Ullswater.

It was reported that one of the group was suffering from hypothermia and dropping in and out of consciousness. After the Team established contact with the informant, a further member of the party was reported as being in the early stages of hypothermia.

Given the size of the group and the poor weather conditions earlier in the day, the Team requested the support of Penrith

The ambulance service requested the Team’s assistance after a man fell into a stream and was reported to be unconscious near to Rooking in Patterdale.

Although the Team was only a few minutes away at an event in Glenridding, they were stood down when an ambulance arrived on scene a few minutes after the initial call.

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The Team was called to assist two adventure race participants who had fallen and sustained injuries at around the same time on Sunday morning. The first, a man from Cumbria, had fallen and sustained a head injury. When the Team arrived, two other runners, a passing medic from the North West Air Ambulance and a member of another MR team, had stopped to assist him. The man was assessed and found to have a deep laceration to his head. While the rescue was taking place a Sea King helicopter passed overhead and the Team requested assistance with the rapid evacuation of the man. He was transferred from a difficult section of the footpath to the opposite side of the lake where the Sea King was able to land safely. The helicopter then flew the man to Carlisle Hospital where he received stitches for the wound and was later released.

02/11/2014 10.40 Silver Bay

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01/11/2014 10.15 Rooking

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The Team was called to assist with the rescue of a casualty from the fellside above Howtown.

NWAS treated the casualty on scene before five members of the Team assisted with the transfer of the casualty down to the waiting ambulance where he was transferred to hospital for further treatment. The rescue involved eight members of the Team and lasted two hours.

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29/10/2014 10.56 Howtown

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and Kirkby Stephen MR teams and an RAF Sea King helicopter which was despatched from an RAF base on Anglesey. When the Team arrived on scene, a doctor assessed the young people and it was decided that three of the group along with their teacher were to be airlifted to hospital in Barrow-in-Furness suffering from the effects of the cold and wet weather. Sixteen members of the Team, 12 from Penrith MRT and 15 from Kirkby Stephen MRT were involved in a rescue that lasted for over four hours.

The second casualty from the race was a woman who had slipped and sustained an ankle injury about one kilometre from incident 76.

She was cold and needed to be transferred quickly so the Team requested the assistance of the helicopter again. The Sea King returned and the woman was transferred to hospital. Given that the Team was dealing with two incidents and there were well over 1000 participants in the race, Penrith MRT was asked to assist with this second incident. They were stood down en route after

23/11/2014 15.08 Bleaberry Knott

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As the Team was just finishing a sixhour training session in Grisedale, they were called to assist a man who had injured his ankle near to Bleaberry Knott. Within an hour of the callout, Team members were on scene and the man was assessed and treated by the Team doctor. He was then stretchered by torchlight to Deepdale and transferred to a Land Rover before onward transfer by NWAS ambulance to Kendal. The rescue lasted two hours and involved 12 Team members.

07/12/2014 14.33 Brothers Water

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The Team was tasked by Cumbria Police to a report of missing persons in the Lantys Tarn area above Patterdale. The Team tried contacting the missing persons but, due to poor mobile phone coverage, this was not possible.

The Team issued a “SARLOC text” which allowed the location of the persons to be given on the search and rescue mapping system. The location was given as 300 metres from the outfall of Red Tarn and Team members were tasked to the given location.

A second SARLOC message was issued to confirm that the persons were descending in the right direction towards Greenside Mine as instructed. Unfortunately, the revised location placed the missing persons on Swirral Edge so they were instructed to stay put. Team members quickly located them and, after a quick assessment on scene, walked them off towards Greenside Mine above Glenridding.

The callout lasted five hours and involved 13 members of the Team.

22/11/2014 07.28 Mosedale

The Team was called by Penrith MRT to assist in the search for three men who had been out on the fells all night and had become lost and disorientated. One was reported as very cold. As nine Team members were preparing to leave to assist, the call came through that the three had been located and were able to walk off the fell with some of the Penrith team members.

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the helicopter arrived. During the afternoon, two further race participants turned up at the Team’s fundraising trailer suffering from the effects of the cold. One man was provided with warm clothing and a woman was placed in a sleeping bag, given heat pads and spent the next couple of hours in a Land Rover warming up.

Twelve Patterdale Team members were involved in these two rescues for approximately three hours.

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The Team was alerted following reports of shouts for help above Brothers Water. When the Team arrived, it turned out to be a farmer working his sheepdog and trying to move a sheep off a crag.

This was a false alarm report with good intent.

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30/12/2014 14.18 Stoney Cove Pike

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The Team was called at the request of the Police to the assistance of two vehicles stuck in snow on Kirkstone Pass. The incident lasted for two hours.

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The Team was called to investigate calls for help which were heard in the Stoney Cove Pike area above Hartsop. Following further information, it turned out to be hounds on the fell and the calls may have been misheard with good intention.

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Team members were returning from the earlier call out, when a member came across a serious two-vehicle road traffic accident which was blocking the road and had multiple casualties. The Team assisted the ambulance service, air ambulance and Police at the scene.

On New Year’s Eve, the Team was called to assist a man who had become stuck on the face of Helvellyn in atrocious weather. The Team made contact with the man via mobile phone and ascertained that he had made his way onto the headwall of the mountain to avoid the snow above, having no ice axe or crampons with him. The

man had traversed until he was unable to return the way he had come or go ahead, becoming stuck on a small ledge. An RAF Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer, which had been in Carlisle at the time, came to assist the Team and managed to airlift five members to Red Tarn. With deteriorating weather conditions and winds gusting at about 50mph, the helicopter then had to return to its base, leaving other Team members to climb up the mountain. The first three rescuers made their way up Swirral Edge and could hear shouts and whistles in the mist but were unable to locate the man.

They then ascended to the summit of Helvellyn. Unable to locate the man from above, or descend safely to search given the high winds and driving rain, they continued to Striding Edge and descended about 100 metres. Team members then managed to find the man’s footprints in the snow and followed these across the face for about 250 metres until it became unsafe to continue due to the difficult craggy ground and weather conditions. At this point, a further four Team members heard the man shouting again and two rescuers were able to traverse across from Swirral Edge at a different altitude and locate him. He was assisted down a snow gully to Red Tarn and walked off the mountain. The man was stuck on a precarious ledge in dreadful conditions for about four hours in total. The rescue lasted over six hours and involved 11 Team members.

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Donations IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A DONATION TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THE PATTERDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM AND BECOME A MEMBER OF THE SUPPORTERS CLUB THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS OF ASSISTING, SOME MORE FINANCIALLY ADVANTAGEOUS THAN OTHERS. 1. DONATIONS Any donations will be warmly received, preferably by cheque, to the Association’s Treasurer. If you are a taxpayer please use the Gift Aid declaration on page 33.

2. GIFT AID STANDING ORDER AND BECOME A MEMBER OF THE SUPPORTERS CLUB (minimum contribution of £12 per annum) If you wish to donate regularly, say annually, and you pay income tax at the standard rate, a Gift Aid Standing Order enables the value of your donation to be increased as the Association is able to reclaim the tax paid. All donations are worth 28% more. A Gift Aid Standing Order form is printed on page 33 for your use. Payments are by Bankers Order. PLEASE complete in full and return the whole page to the Association’s Treasurer who will also be pleased to answer any queries.

3. GIVE AS YOU EARN This is a tax-free way of giving to charities direct from your pay and many employers have agreed to co-operate. The donation is deducted from your pay before your tax deduction is calculated. The Association is registered with the Charities Aid Foundation.

4. SELF ASSESSMENT Tax repayments can be gifted wholly or partially and the Association will also receive the additional benefit of Gift Aid ( 28% ). This method came into effect from April 2004. Please quote our code EAK78XG. Full details are available from the Inland Revenue website www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk All the Trustees and Team members of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Association are unpaid volunteers. We make every effort to minimise the administrative costs of running the Team.

Charity Name: Patterdale Mountain Rescue Association Ltd Bank code : 20 - 66 - 97 Bank Account No : 50218081 Give as you earn : 006995 Charity Commission Reg No : 1063329 The Association’s Treasurer is The Honorary Treasurer, PMRT Association Ltd Ogilvie House, Patterdale, Cumbria CA11 0PJ

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To:- Patterdale Mountain Rescue Association Ltd. I promise to donate for ............................. years/indefinitely the sum of £ ............................. each month / year commencing ........................................... as shown on the Bankers Order below and this sum is to be treated as Gift Aid. I understand that I must pay Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax equal to the tax Patterdale Mountain Association Ltd. can reclaim on my donation (28p for every £1 given) Signed ............................................................................ Date .......................................................

Instructions to your Bank or Building Society to pay Banker’s Order TO: BANK / BUILDING SOCIETY Your Name (in capitals) ...........................................................................................................

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Supporters’ Club Membership Form To join the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Supporters Club complete this form and send to: The Honorary Treasurer, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Association Ltd, Ogilvie House, Patterdale, Cumbria CA11 0PJ Name ........................................................................................................Title ..............................

Address................................................................................................................................................ ...........................................Post Code.................................................. Date............................. .....

Please enrol me as a member of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Supporters Club under the following membership level (please tick appropriate boxes).

Individual 1 Year Membership (min £12) Individual 5 Year Membership (min £60)

Family 1 Year Membership (min £25) Family 5 Year Membership (min donation £125.)

Lifetime Membership (min £500) I enclose cheque / PO for £.........................................

Gift Aid Declaration. To be signed by taxpayers Please treat my donations to PMRA Ltd as Gift Aid Donations I understand that I must pay Income or Capital Gains Tax equal to the tax deducted from this and all future donations (28p for every pound you give) Signed ............................................................

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please join our SUPPORTERS’ club There are five categories of membership, all of which entitle you to ongoing contact via the Team’s newsletter, Patrick Relay and our Annual Report.

As a token of our appreciation for your support we will also ensure that all Supporters receive a car sticker and, in the case of those able to make a longer term commitment, a unique membership badge.

Individual 1 Year Membership A minimum contribution of £12

Family 1 Year Membership A minimum contribution of £25

Individual 5 Year Membership A minimum contribution of £60

Family 5 Year Membership A minimum contribution of £125

Apply to

Lifetime Membership A minimum contribution of £500

The Honorary Treasurer: PMRA Ltd. Ogilvie House, Patterdale, Cumbria CA11 0PJ

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BE PART OF THE TEAM All clothing features the Team supporter logo embroidered on the breast Adults’ Sweatshirt

£18.50

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New ways to give, support and donate As technology changes and develops, we have introduced alternative means of fundraising for Patterdale MRT and easy ways to give or to share news of your support.

In case you aren’t aware of some of them, please consider them, try them out and tell your friends and family: there is nothing better for publicity than word of mouth!

Patterdale MRT is registered (through its administrative organisation, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Association) with the following online services:

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For Mountain Rescue call 999

• Dial ‘999’ – ask for CUMBRIA POLICE – then MOUNTAIN RESCUE. • Provide details of who you are, your group size and their condition, your current location (Grid Reference if possible), and a contact number.

• Keep yourself and your group safe and warm, protected from the weather and wait for the Mountain Rescue team to contact you with further instructions.

• Do not move unless asked to by the Mountain Rescue - mobile signals vary and moving just a small distance may lose a mobile signal.