Fundraising – 2 Charities-1st August 2025 – This weekend one of our trainee team members, Sip, starts a world first to raise money for the team and Combat Stress. He will solo paddle the entire Great Glenn from Fort William across the entirety of Scotland to Inverness, a distance covering 96 km. From there, he will turn and bike […]
Montane Spine Challenger South MRT-Congratulations In the early hours of Monday morning, 16th June 2025, Rob our Team Leader, completed the Montane Spine Challenger South MRT. He started on Saturday morning in Edale and finished 108 miles later in Hardraw after 45 hours 38 minutes and 38 seconds. He is raising money for the team through a Just Giving page with […]
Catterall Gala-Catterall Gala The rescue Team were invited to the Catterall Gala on Saturday 31st May 2025, the Team attended with Team members and a vehicle. It was great to be part of our local community, hopefully we can attend again next year to chat and discuss everything from mountain rescue to helping others.
Team Training-Major Incident Training – Wednesday evenings are normally our Team Training nights, Wednesday 30th April 2025 was no different except we were joined by Officers of Lancashire Constabulary Specials who assisted us with our major Incident exercise in the Trough of Bowland, just off Nicky Nook. The Officers were tasked with simulating varying levels of injuries […]
Congratulations-Our former Team Leader, Kevin Camplin made a special journey to Windsor Castle on the 16th April 2025 to be presented with his MBE by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal. Congratulations on this well deserved recognition for services to Mountain Rescue in Lancashire, and a big thank you to Kev’s wife and team member […]
Wild Fire Exercise-Monday 10th March 2025 Some of our rescue Team took part in a Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service wildfire exercise in the Forest of Bowland National Landscape alongside Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service, United Utilities, and Lancashire Constabulary. The team were able to provide […]
Stretcher Training!-Team Training Wednesday 5th March 2025 sees the rescue Team out and about the White Coppice area carrying out some basic stretcher work, this is all part of our core mountain rescue training. This evening’s session also included our brand new probationers who are hoping to join the Team as Operational members.
Education – Team Talk-The rescue Team were out and about on the 4th February 2025 visiting Adlington Scouts. Team members along with a Team vehicle gave a talk on how we run and operate, then gave the opportunity to show and tell with some team equipment. It is very important to us to educate our community at all […]
Congratulations – Search Dog News-Chris & Juno – Congratulations Well done and congratulations to Team members Chris and Search dog Juno who have passed their search dog assessment during January 2025. Another successful story for Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team, both Chris and Juno are now fully operational and will be able to operate anywhere in the UK. A […]
Congratulations-Congratulations to one of the former Team Leaders of Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team who has been awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Years Honours list for services to Mountain Rescue in Lancashire. Kevin Camplin joined BPMRT in 2002 and was the Team Leader between 2014 and 2023. He […]
