Kendal Mountain Festival weekend proved to be as popular as ever. Members of the team and searchdog Skye were happy to be out and about meeting people. We also had the priviledge once again to lead the 10k runners for the start of the fell race after they had been set off by Jonathan Brownlee. It was great to see team member Scott (*44) competing in the race and congratulations to the winners.
It was great to be part of torchlight, every year listening to the crowd cheer us and wave is always special. We are proud to be part of Kendal and its heritage. Having Alfred Wainwright as a previous team member makes it that bit more special Continue Reading
Kendal MRT would like to thank the Kendal branch of Fat Face. They have been raising funds for the team and events included an expedition carried out by Steve, Kirsten and Jess. Team chairman Dave was more than happy to visit the branch and receive the cheque. Continue Reading
The team were once again proud to support and provide marshalls for the Staveley round of the Lakeland Trails (sting in the tail) Race this weekend. The weather added to the challenge, but ensured a good turnout of supporters and a carnival atmosphere at the finish Continue Reading
Last Friday’s gig raised £1041 for the team. The event was sponsored jointly by Harrison Drury and Armistead Barnett. We would like to thank the team at www.harrison-drury.com for choosing us as their charity of the year and, of course, the brilliant Northern Sky for a great evening. Continue Reading
The team has received some excellent news to close the year with. Sara from the Westmorland Gazette visited our base to inform us that the “Readers to the Rescue” campaign, to raise funds for our new control vehicle, had reached its target. As a team we would like to say a big thank you to… Continue Reading
An amazing weekend for the team. Rescue Round 2 was completed in under 44hrs by Dave and Kath. They visited all the bases within the Lakes in a continuous loop. In between they Kayaked Ullswater, Bassenthwaite and Coniston. Ran over Helvellyn & Scafell Pike. Biked up Honister, across Birker fell just to mention a few.… Continue Reading
Rescue Round is Back, only bigger and badder. Team Leader Dave and Deputy Team Leader Kath with the support of all at Kendal Mountain Search and Rescue Team are attempting the ultra Bimble, Bike & Boat trip. In 2012 they managed to navigate the teams boundary in 24hrs, this year its slightly more challenging… Starting… Continue Reading
We would like to thank Don Shore, a founder member of the Kendal based “bootboys” walking group. Don, decided that to celebrate his 70th birthday he would organise a fundrasing walk with his group and with monies raised donated to the team. He visited our base and handed over a cheque to Team leader Dave… Continue Reading
The team are launching our “Wheels Appeal 2017”. We are in the process of fundraising for a new control vehicle to replace our current Mobile 2. The new vehicle will be designed to meet the changes in technology and how we, as a team, can adapt our role within Mountain Rescue to assist the Emergency… Continue Reading
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