Weekend Special: The 4 Inns

The 4 Inns is a race/walk (~40 miles) between Holmbridge and Buxton predominantly for Scout groups but also open to the public.

The Lego Mountain Rescue Team joined around one-hundred other teams and followed team 48 'DMRT Venus' around the course for the day and managed to capture some of the events along the way...

With a starting time of 0646 there was a last minute review of the route and then time to get some down time and rest.

Last minute planning the night before 'the off'

Time to get some shut-eye

An early start stocking up on energy for the long day ahead and then checking through the kit.

A good breakfast and a cuppa to start the day.

Lining up for the kit check

An hour in and making good headway to the first check point and then onwards to Black Hill and Crowden.

Crossing the stile in style at Skye

Having a rest at Soldier's Lump on Black Hill

Posing by the results board in Crowden

 Up onto the very wet Bleaklow...

It got very wet on Bleaklow

Making friends with Group 56 "Georgina's crew" on Bleaklow

Checking out the wreckage on Bleaklow

Checking in in at Snake, Edale and Chapel

A quick re-fuelling at Snake

Playing with Derby MRT at Edale checkpoint

'Cheking the Map' at Chapel-en-le-Frith

Almost home Chapel - Whitehall - the Cat and Fiddle

A quick stop at Whitehall

There's always time for a game of pool - at the Cat & Fiddle

17 hours and 31 minutes later and the team arrived in Buxton, thanks to all the other teams, supporters, organisers, marshals, mountain rescue teams, first aid teams, the checkpoint staff and all those wishing us well.

A well earned cup of tea

Time to replenished the lost sugar!

Thanks for reading!

For more information about the 4 inns check out the official website http://www.fourinnswalk.org


A special thank you to Sophie Tunnicliff, Vicky Green, Helen Jefferies and Kaysia Gale for letting the Lego Team join them for the day.

CALL OUT

The Lego Mountain Rescue Team story is starting to 'piece' itself together - They've just received their first call out! Fortunately its only a few 'blocks' away so they'll be there in no time at all. 

There are seven teams that make up the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation (eight including the Lego Team). Just like the Lego Team, all the Human Teams are made up of volunteers and are on call twenty-four hours a day three-hundred and sixty-five days a year.
Like all mountain rescue teams, they respond to requests from the Police. If you need to call Mountain Rescue in an emergency in the UK (the real ones, not the lego ones) Dial 999, ask for 'Police' and then 'Mountain Rescue'.

The team get their first call out

Do you want to see the Lego Mountain Rescue Team in action? 

This Saturday 5th April 2014, the lego team will be out and about at the Four Inns race walk following one of the race teams from DerbyMRT and later they'll be on duty with DerbyMRT making sure everyone gets home safely.

If you spot them post a picture on Facebook (Tagging Derby Mountain Rescue Team) or Tweet us a picture '@DerbyMRT #Spotted #LegoMRT'

We'll chose the best photo and send that person a RAB Beanie!


As always, you can show your support by following us on Twitter @DerbyMRT; or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DerbyMountainRescueTeam

Support Mountain Rescue

"Support Mountain Rescue"

There are Forty-Eight Teams across Nine regions within Mountain Rescue England and Wales, they're all made up entirely of volunteers. 

You can support Derby Mountain Rescue Team by: 

• donating £5 by texting "DMRT22 £5" to 70070
• visiting our homepage http://www.derbymrt.org.uk
• liking us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DerbyMountainRescueTeam
• following us on Twitter https://twitter.com/DerbyMRT
• sharing this blog with your friends

You can support Mountain Rescue England and Wales by: 

• visiting their homepage http://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk
• liking them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MountainRescueuk
• following them on Twitter https://twitter.com/mountrescueuk
• sharing this blog with your friends

Casualty Care - DEF

This week the team continued their Casualty Care training, following on from last week's DR's ABC... they looked at DEF, unfortunately not all of the team were paying attention.

Karen wasn't convinced Danny had got the right idea

D - check for Disability resulting from the injuries

E - check and protect against Exposure

F - examine for Fractures

Disclaimer: this is just for fun and is not an educational tool.

Casualty Care - DR's ABC

This week the team had their first Casualty Care training, they started off with the basics of DR's ABC. 

Gary being head man, Pete as First Aider and Tony as the Casualty

"We learnt lots of information about CPR. The main thing I need to remember is DR's ABC.

D - check for Danger

R - check for Response

s - Shout for help (dial 999 or 112 in the United Kingdom)

A - is the Airway open and maintainable

B - are they Breathing?

C - how is their Circulation?

I feel much more confident now I have a structured approach to helping somebody in trouble." - Tony (DLMRT)

Disclaimer: this is for fun and is not an educational tool.

Introducing the Derby Lego Mountain Rescue Team

As part of the celebrations for Derby Mountain Rescue Team's 50th Year I've created a small blog about the spin-off Derby Lego Mountain Rescue Team.

Here is a photo of the team in their first Stretcher training exercise.

Lego Mountain Rescue Team: Stretcher Carry