The things people do…..
Who in their right minds would give up chocolate, crisps, sweets AND cake for a whole month? How about giving up beer for a month? There would have to be…
Cairngorm Joint Winter Training
Members of Keswick MR team joined up with Patterdale and Cockermouth along with a few members from other Lakes teams in Cairngorm for a few days of winter training. Like…
Pre-probationers day out
It’s that time of year again when prospective new team members have a day out in the fells with existing members as an initial introduction and to ensure they can…
Loss of ‘Mobile’ Landrover
On the way to callout 63 at Stoneycroft Beck ‘Mobile,’ one of the team’s Landrovers, rolled off the track and ended up down on the Newlands road. The occupants of…
Keswick Scouts multi casualty exercise
Catbells, Thursday 11th July Occasionally rescue teams are involved with major incidents involving multiple casualties and being prepared for such events is key to the best outcome. To that end…
Barf rescue blackspot gets new sign
A new sign at the foot of Barf in Thornthwaite may help prevent callouts to one of the area’s blackspots: https://keswickmrt.org.uk/safety-hotspots/ Previously many people, whilst following Alfred Wainwright’s route up…