is a voluntary organisation responsible for covering the Central section of the Brecon Beacons including South Wales’ highest mountain, Pen y Fan at 886m, Cribyn and Corn Du as well as the Ystradfellte waterfalls, Newport, Cardiff and the valleys.
While we all settle in to November, let’s have a few minutes reflecting on the callouts we received through October. 11 requests for help in October to which our Incident Controllers deployed team members to 9 of those, the usual mix of lost and overdue walkers, injured mountain bikers and injured walkers. All of which takes our running total to 165 this year, 146 deployments. Alongside the “background” work of meetings, emails, training, courses, kit and vehicle maintenance, we’ve had another busy month. ...