G4 110 recce in Cumbria Floods

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Rob Blackstock	Rob Blackstock posted 16 Years Ago Post Details
Group: G4 Member Posts: 52, Visits: 218	Hi, I really enjoyed reading the thread! The whole of Cumbria was really badly affected by the floods, although I must say that the Local Authority and Emergency Services coped brilliantly. Each County Council has a 'gold' level disaster response team, which moves into the Recovery Phase immediately after. I was crashed out (we have folk held at readiness for deployments around the world) to build the bridge in Workington earlier this month - well I was the Project Manager for the whole scheme, with about 90 Royal Engineers under my command as the design team and contractor. You might have seen me on the BBC news. I almost took my G4, but decided against it! It was a great job, extremely challenging in only 12 days, cost around £1.5M, was on a saturated flood plain and in a devastated area. Probably the best job that I have done in 24 years as an an engineer in the Army (including Iraq and Afghanistan). The people in Workington and Cumbria were really on side and treated us very well. A couple of pictures below. If you want to help with this kind of thing - I think raising cash would be best, or delivering emergency relief (blankets,clothes, food etc) might be best. Either way, it should be co-ordinated into the Local Authority plans. It was amazing to see such devastation in our own country - I have seen it first hand in Bosnia and Sudan, but I did not expect to see it in Cumbria. Rob
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macg4	m macg4 posted 16 Years Ago Post Details
m Group: G4 Member Posts: 404, Visits: 10K	[b] Lake Windermere rose 8-9ft where we were - that is a huge volume of water for a 12 mile lake ! Thats unreal ! good to see support from the army. hopefully they will be sorted and up and runing in no time. andy BT52CLO V8 D2 Australia Gone FL1 td4 g4 BW04 FGV(Brazil)
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DenysShortt	D DenysShortt posted 16 Years Ago Post Details
D Group: Forum Member Posts: 44, Visits: 140	We went back up to collect the G4 and saw how the area has been affected. Many hotels are closed and will not re-open for months. This area was devastated by foot and mouth and now its floods. I feel for them .... Lake Windermere rose 8-9ft where we were - that is a huge volume of water for a 12 mile lake ! G4 Defender D110 Mongolia Recce - BP07 PCF - was 1932 YbA
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Baloo	Baloo posted 16 Years Ago Post Details
Group: G4 Member Posts: 211, Visits: 1.1K	I know that some of the clubs offer help to the Emergency services come inclement weather. Not sure if there is a "list" held anywhere. Might be worth the Camel and G4 clubs offering thier help in these situations. I am in touch with my local GP and he has had me give him a lift to places a few times. Regards, Chris 2003 G4 110, Heritage 90, Hybrid 90, Series 2a, Harley Davidson Ironhead.
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Emon	Emon posted 16 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Committee Members Posts: 695, Visits: 2.5K	Denys, Many a times have we walked the path from Langdales to Skelwith bridge with the kids, what a scene! Great pics. Hope life gets back to normal for the locals soon. Regards, Emon Chairman 2008 - 2016 Current G4 - D3 LHD V8 BN55WRG Previous G4 - D3 from Belgian national selections, BG08VFK Previous G4 - 110, BT52OVG
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xtc	xtc posted 16 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 49, Visits: 374	Probably easier to join an existing group. Most counties seen to have them. Most are already acknowledged by the local services which seems to be the hard bit to achieve.. http://www.4x4response.info/public/publicWrapper.php (I need to run in compatibility view with IE8 for the above site) A Silver G4... Best of both worlds?! Roll on Mongolia! Oh boll0cks, no Mongolia, might have to get a proper job...
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macg4	m macg4 posted 16 Years Ago Post Details
m Group: G4 Member Posts: 404, Visits: 10K	some links http://www.srmrt.org.uk/about.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough_and_Ryedale_mountain_rescue_team andy BT52CLO V8 D2 Australia Gone FL1 td4 g4 BW04 FGV(Brazil)
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adesg4	a adesg4 posted 16 Years Ago Post Details
a Group: G4 Member Posts: 1.2K, Visits: 6.8K	Must be the partner crew to the Dutch Mountain rescue team. Adrian Technical Officer G4 Owners Club D110 - Mongolia 2008 - 1925YbA - Recce D2 - Australia 2003 - 1BIJ-664 - Australia/ Russia Media car. Fleet 104
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mole	mole posted 16 Years Ago Post Details
Group: G4 Member Posts: 259, Visits: 4.8K	I didn't know there were any mountains where you live - you must have a second home!! Mole
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macg4	m macg4 posted 16 Years Ago Post Details
m Group: G4 Member Posts: 404, Visits: 10K	hi our mountain rescue team have just bought a new 110 amb looks a great bit of kit. Rescue Team takes delivery of new Landrover Ambulance. After a number of years fundraising, the Team has successfully raised sufficient funds to enable it to replace its aging Landrover ambulance. The purpose built ambulance, based on a Landrover 110, allows the Team to respond to incidents in remote locations or during adverse weather conditions. The ambulance carries the specialist medical equipment used by the Team; including defibrillator, medical gases, and spinal splints along with the Teams rope rescue equipment. As always, the vehicle has been designed in such a way as to carry a casualty on the Teams Bell stretcher thus helping the speed of extraction from difficult and remote locations. andy BT52CLO V8 D2 Australia Gone FL1 td4 g4 BW04 FGV(Brazil)
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