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Donated Land Rover creates a ripple effect

Back in April, Land Rover presented a Land Rover as a wedding present to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, which they kindly passed on to Mountain Rescue. The initial draw, to determine which team would take delivery of the new vehicle, was drawn some weeks ago by the Royal couple's best man, Prince Harry, with Patterdale MRT the declared recipient.

The vehicle is currently being kitted out by North Wales Police Commissioning Centre on Deeside and will soon be on its way to the Lake District. And, in the spirit of the wedding gift, Patterdale has now conducted a draw of its own and one of the team's existing vehicles will be winging its way south to Glossop MRT later this year.

''Lord Chorley, a member of the Alpine Club and a Trustee of the Chris Brasher Trust, was visiting the Patterdale base in July,' explains John Williams, Chairman of Trustees, 'so we asked him to make the draw and Glossop's name came out of the climbing helmet.'

'The vehicle will be greatly appreciated,' says Keith Montgomery, secretary of Glossop MRT,. 'Our present vehicle – which itself came to us from Edale MRT – only has a remaining shelf life of about six months. We were embarking on a major fundraising exercise to raise more than £45k to replace it – a daunting task for a small, not very wealthy team! This takes all the pressure off!'

The various handovers are planned to take place in September or October and there will be more news and pictures to follow.

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