Glad I didn’t bother popping down in the last couple of days – would have had to dodge NW Tonight…
If it was CRO moaning, I’d take a lot more notice.
I don’t agree that MR teams will moan about anything – generally they only have a go at people who are very poorly equipped or taking the proverbial. There was a recent case in the Lakes where they rescued the same clueless idiots two nights running, and an MR member suffered a nasty injury in the process. On the whole most teams are made up of outdoor enthusiasts – walkers, climbers, fell runners and bikers.
Looking at Bowland’s incident list, you can see they just aren’t a busy team – a big chunk of their work appears to be assisting police, looking for vulnerable people. Perhaps the previous relative unpopularity of their area in terms of outdoor activities is the issue, rather than MTB in particular.