Rescue Services

[Hugo]

On the 10th January 2024  I had a walk with two friends and we walked from the Ogwen Cottage to the Ogwen Bank caravan site.    It was along a quiet country lane where some of the filming for the TV drama Mr Bates and the Post Office was filmed.
I remember the day and date so well because the weather was so atrocious with an icy gale force wind following us all the way, but I remember it more so when I saw the Search and Rescue heliptor searching for a climber who went missing on Pen Yr Ole Wen the day before.

I knew that with the treacherous conditions on the mountain above me that no one would be able to survive there and I followed the search online.     It was months before a search party discovered the body of the missing man but in doing so they also solved a 12 year old mystery

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/mystery-doctor-missing-eryri-12-31878151

[Hugo]

Campervan swamped by sea as alluring but notorious Gwynedd beach claims another victim
The sea siren like Traeth y Greigddu (Black Rock Sands) has lured another vehicle into danger






https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/campervan-swamped-sea-alluring-notorious-31858652

[Hugo]

Anger over walkers who 'abandon their mates' to fend for themselves on Eryri mountains
The trend is worrying rescue volunteers and experienced walkers
With friends like that who needs enemies?


https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/anger-over-walkers-who-abandon-32012808

[Ian]

It's a recurring theme, however;  lack of planning, lack of experienced leaders and a 'devil may care' attitude among the members.

[Hugo]

RNLI rescue man clinging to Llandudno pier with 'significant' cuts
Lifeboats were launched to rescue the man in strong winds and difficult conditions



https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/rnli-rescue-man-clinging-llandudno-32026048

[Hugo]

Woman taken to hospital after multi-agency rescue at North Wales harbour
Emergency services were called to Rhyl in the early hours



https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/woman-taken-hospital-after-multi-32037441

[Hugo]

Man dies in hospital after being pulled from Menai Strait
The man was recovered from the water after a major search operation was launched





https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/man-dies-hospital-after-being-32070117

[Hugo]

Beaumaris Lifeboat launches to person in the water


Beaumaris Lifeboat launched on Saturday, July 12 after receiving a page from HM Coastguard.

A spokesperson for the lifeboat service said: "Once on scene it was established that the vessel had hit and become stuck on some rocks near the navigable channel.



https://www.newsdesk.lexisnexis.com/click/?t=4&a=57237026716&f=News&s=1&ci=334&i=283&si=36144&fmi=169731447&e=North+Wales+Chronicle&d=685&mbc=Q1QzL2E9NTcyMzcwMjY3MTYmcD0xNGUmdj0xJng9bzFvX2xITGttY245blpCMzJlTjZPQSZ1MT1ORCZ1Mj11cC11cm46dXNlcjpQQTE4NzU1MjI3MA&fi=119597&ac=&ck=5ae559878594d370

[Hugo]

Person airlifted to hospital after suffering head injury in Eryri fall
Two helicopters were sent to assist with the emergency
A walker was flown to hospital yesterday (Wednesday) after suffering a head injury in a fall in Eryri (Snowdonia). The casualty was flown by air ambulance to the Royal Stoke University Hospital, which has a specialist trauma unit.

The Welsh Ambulance Service, mountain rescuers and a Coastguard rescue helicopter were also at the scene of the incident, which happened shortly before 1.50pm, in the Dinorwig area.




https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/person-airlifted-hospital-after-suffering-32079708

[Hugo]

Car owners in trouble at notorious North Wales beach can rely on one-eyed sheep farmer
Dafydd Davies says the number of drowned and stranded vehicles is off the scale this year

Dafydd, now 68, never ceases to be amazed by the number of people who get caught out. Invariably they are from across the border and even a few from overseas.

Local people are never snared: they are fully aware of the capriciousness of a beach whose gently shelving foreshore is ideal for swimming and watersports but a nightmare for injudiciously parked vehicles. The beach’s biggest attribute, it low gradient, is also its biggest hazard, as it encourages tides to race in at breakneck speeds.
I was advised by a local person from the Black Rock Sands area that some of these motorists expect to be rescued free of charge just as they would be if the Mountain Rescue Team or RNLI were called out.     Paying a reasonable fee could have prevented their vehicles from being written off





https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/car-owners-trouble-notorious-north-32091594