News From 2010
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
OR Click on the year to read the news from the past
2007 2008 2009
19th Jan AVALANCHES IN THE LAKES
After the big snows, came the thaw and avalanches suddenly became a real threat - so we decided to do some avalanche training with our graded dogs - a day later came a salutary reminder that our avalanche training isn’t just for fun. Follow this link HERE to the blog of a friend of a Kendal team member who was skiing above Thirlmere. As if that wasnt enough, a week later we were called to an avalanche on Glaramara - luckily the 3 people involved were not badly injured!
1st Jan - FLOOD ASSISTANCE FROM OVERSEAS
While president Olafur Ragnar Grimsson may have decided to put to a referendum the decision to return £3.4bn to the British Treasury, one group of Icelanders has shown more generosity with a donation to the Cumbrian flood relief fund. Search and rescue dog handlers in Iceland have a long affiliation with the Search and Rescue Dogs Association in the Lakes and decided to hand over £600 when they saw the county’s plight on television. Click HERE for more
31 Dec 2009 - DOG FIND
Two women reported themselves as lost in bad snow conditions - their last known confirmed position was at the summit of White Bog some two hours previously, but light was now fading and the snow conditions worsening. Penrith team and local searchdog and handler were dispatched to search routes - other SARDA dogs were en-route. The mispers were FOUND by search dog Dottie (Kaz Frith) under Cawdale Edge where snow was approaching thigh deep - they had decided to go back up hill as they believed that they were heading in the wrong direction
Copyright © Kaz Frith 2007 SARDA Lakes.
