Year: 2022

Yearning Saddle Refuge Hut, Pennine Way (69)

27 December 2022

13:51

A couple of fell runners got into difficulties on the Border Ridge in harsh winter conditions yesterday. They had started in Kirk Yetholm and were ...

Acomb (67)

10 December 2022

15:36

A group of Sea Cadets from across the North East had been kayaking the River North Tyne when a teenage cadet tipped out of their kayak and their le...

Langleeford Hope (66)

04 December 2022

03:28

In the early hours of Sunday morning, a request from our sister team was received. North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team were providing medical and ev...

River Wear, South Hylton (65)

30 November 2022

14:30

Mountain Rescue’s support for a potential bankside search along the River Wear was requested by Northumbria Police. Our Duty Controller – a...

Stannington Bridge (64)

22 November 2022

05:18

Following a RTC on the A1 just before Stannington Bridge late on Monday night, Northumbria Police requested Mountain Rescue’s support in trying t...

Fourstones (63)

20 November 2022

01:07

Northumbria Police had located a high risk missing person’s car north of Fourstones in the early hours of Sunday morning. Following an initial brief...

Coldgate Ford, near Wooler (62)

17 November 2022

18:32

Early on Thursday evening, Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service requested Mountain Rescue’s support for a motorist who’s vehicle was stranded in...

Wooler (60)

06 November 2022

11:40

Two competitors in the Trail Outlaws half marathon self presented themselves to a Mountain Rescue medic at the event centre. One having sustained a sh...

Battlehill, North Tyneside (61)

06 November 2022

21:21

On the evening of Sunday 6 November Northumbria Police requested Mountain Rescue’s support for a male in his 80s who had been reported missing from ...

Auchope Shelter (58)

05 November 2022

10:25

The refuge hut at Auchope Rigg on the Pennine Way provided vital shelter for two injured competitors in the Trail Outlaws ultra marathon on Saturday. ...