 The centre is the team's first permanent base |
A Highland mountain rescue team which covers one of the largest areas in the country is moving into a permanent base for the first time in its 30 year history. The Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team is about to open its headquarters and training base in Wester Ross, with the �85,000 cost being met by charity.
The Order of St John, who also provide support for the ambulance service in England, is providing the funds for the move.
Before the centre was opened the team had to operate from the back of its rescue vehicles.
Dundonnell Mountain Rescue team leader Bill Amos said: "It means we've got a place to come back to when we come off the hill.
 Bill Amos: "A place to practice." |
"It means we've got a place to have meetings in, we've got a place to practise first aid and technical stuff. "We can just go up out the back of the base and do it all on the hill and come back and get dried out again and we've never had that before."
The Order of St John's Gordon Casely said a �1m rolling programme would cover the costs of Land Rovers and the provision of the base.
"This is the forth base we've built and there are others in the pipleine," he said.
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