Sunday, 20 July 2014

PDMRO 50th Celebration Party

Team Photo
This weekend the Peak District Team members past and present got together to celebrate 50 Years of the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation at Lea Green near Matlock. It was great to see so many of the teams represented and to have a chance to make new friends. The high ropes, obstacle course, BBQ, live music and team stretcher challenge made it a brilliant day, not even the wet weather could dampen spirits. 

Naturally the Lego team had to get involved too...
Team Stretcher challenge
You can support the Lego Mountain Rescue team by:
You can support Derby Mountain Rescue Team by: 
You can find out more about the PDMRO teams and support them via the links below:
You can support Mountain Rescue England and Wales by: 
"Mountain rescue - so much more than mountains"
Posted by at No comments:

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Summer Beer Festival

Last week Derby Mountain Rescue Team were fundraising at the 37th CAMRA Derby City Charter Summer Beer Festival and were honoured to be the team for the festival "50 Years of Derby Mountain Rescue Team". As well as a great opportunity to test a large selection of Beer, Ciders and Perries there were also two themed golden ales especially for the event: Derby Brewing Company Heli-Hopter 4.5% and  Clarks Stretcher Case 4%. The team were collecting at the event and received over two thousand pounds which is a fantastic sum.

 The lego team didn't want to miss out on the action so they held their own festival...
the team fundraising and enjoying the festival

You can find out more about Derby CAMRA by:
You can support Derby Mountain Rescue Team by: 
You can support the Lego Mountain Rescue team by:
You can support Mountain Rescue England and Wales by: 

"Mountain rescue - so much more than mountains"
Posted by at No comments:

Sunday, 6 July 2014

Down on Holme Moss

Stage One and Two of le Tour are underway and several Mountain Rescue Teams are on duty including some from PDMRO and have already been having a very busy time. Today is Stage 2 which includes the ride up (and down) Holme Moss. Here is a quick snap from the Tour coming down Holme Moss.


Never let go

Posted by at No comments:

Saturday, 28 June 2014

Get on your bikes and ride...

A strong start for the day
Today the lego team are showing their support for the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation as they celebrate fifty years of PDMRO and forty riders take on a one hundred and forty-two kilometre ride across the Peak District visiting each of the seven teams on the way. 

You can read more about the course on the MREW Website.

The team getting ready to go

 You can find out more about the PDMRO teams and support them via the links below:
You can support Derby Mountain Rescue Team by: 
You can support the Lego Mountain Rescue team by:
You can support Mountain Rescue England and Wales by: 

 "Mountain rescue - so much more than mountains"
Posted by at No comments:

Saturday, 21 June 2014

The Fourth Annual Hairy Helmet Relay

Two of the team sporting their hairy helmets
Its been a while since we've heard from the Team, but rest assured they have been busy training and honing their skills. The summer's festivities have kicked off this weekend with the team running the Hairy Helmet Real Ale Relay in Darley Park, Derby. The team had a great time and enjoyed cheering on the two teams from Derby Mountain Rescue as well as all the other runners. The team may not have won, but they all enjoyed themselves and were definitely sporting the best Hairy Helmets!
You can find out more about the race here: http://www.hairyhelmetrelay.co.uk

Coming this week: The team are out on exercise..

 You can support the Lego Mountain Rescue team by:


You can support Derby Mountain Rescue Team by: 

Posted by at No comments:

Sunday, 4 May 2014

Mountain Rescue Awareness

Standing guard on the Land Rover
As part of the Mountain Rescue Awareness weekend, the Lego Mountain Rescue Team joined Derby Mountain Rescue at Dovedale to help raise awareness and much needed funds. Many people stopped to talk to the team on their way to the famous stepping stones, talking about their history and even snapping a few photographs. Although the team did get to go across the stepping stones they also got to witness Derby MRT help a dog in distress and a family who found themselves the wrong side of a steep crag.

Some of the Team's new friends

Support MREW
Two of the boys crossing the Stepping-Stones
Posted by at No comments:

Thursday, 17 April 2014

Search Dog Finn

Today (17th April 2014) is the Sixty-Third birthday of the Peak district - "Happy Birthday!"
With 1,437 km² of Peak District National Park there's a lot of it to search if someone goes missing or gets lost. Such large expanses often mean a lot of person-power out on the hill searching.
Search Dog Finn finds an exercise casualty
For humans to effectively search an area, they need to be lined up so that everybody can see the person (and the ground) on either side.
There is however a faster, more effective way - Search Dogs. The Search And Rescue Dog Association (SARDA) are often called out to support search teams. As a rough statistic, one search dog (and handler) can cover about the same area as ten mountain rescue team members.

The search dogs "air-scent", meaning they track the scent/smell of humans drifting on the air. For this reason, they work down wind and other teams keep well out of their way so as not to distract them.The search dog team often consists of the dog, the handler and a navigator (allowing the handler to work the dog). It takes a lot of time and effort, and the right dog, to train a Search Dog and they are a valued and well respected resource.

If you're interested and want to find out more contact SARDA:
SARDA are always looking for willing volunteers to be "dogs bodies":
You can support Derby Mountain Rescue Team by: 
You can support Mountain Rescue England and Wales by: 
Posted by at No comments:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)