Episode 3 Countryside 999

From the Highlands of Scotland to the coast of Cornwall,

the great British countryside is spectacular.

But we work and play in it at our peril.

And when things go wrong,

the emergency services race to the rescue.

This chap is having a heart attack and we need to get him in quickly.

We've got a cow on the road.

Countryside policing at its finest here.

Going hundreds of miles against the clock.

Battling the elements,

and braving the waves.

From the Welsh valleys to winding country roads,

we'll be right at the heart of the action.

With police, fighting crime.

I'm not arguing it, I'm reporting you for it.

Paramedics saving lives.

And lifeguards patrolling the seas.

We're there as the emergency services pull together, to pick up,

patch up and protect the public.

This is Countryside 999.

Coming up...

The Royal Navy Search and Rescue team race to a paragliding

enthusiast who's smashed into a hillside in Scotland.

Right, Martin, it's going to be a bit noisy and windy, all right,

but we'll get you out of here as soon as we can.

And when two holidays in Cornwall go badly wrong,

it's down to the RNLI Lifeguards...

Three, two, one, and, lower...

..And the staff at Penzance Urgent Care Centre...

Does that hurt anywhere?

Darling - your head?

..To save the day.

Britain's countryside is a magnet for people wanting to enjoy the outdoor life.

But adventure can sometimes lead to accidents.

And it's our rural emergency services who pick up the pieces.

Like the Royal Navy Search

and Rescue team based at HMS Gannet, near Prestwick.

They cover a huge area that includes

the West of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Lake District.

Today's five-man crew have been on a training exercise near Edinburgh.

They've just been called to a serious paragliding

accident in the Highlands.

Observer Andy Drodge took the call.

It's a life-or-death situation,

so they're fast tracked to the pump at Edinburgh Airport.

Rescue 177, just land on the runway, it'll be a ground taxi to

-locator, Charlie.

-Take a fuel check now, please.

Three hours' endurance.

Lufthansa-seven-Papa-Hotel.

-Hold, there's a rescue helicopter to go ahead.

-Lufthansa-seven-Papa Hotel. Holding...

As the crew head north over the Firth of Forth they get an update.

The casualty is critically injured but, without winching gear,

the Air Ambulance team already on site can't get him off the hillside.

But. with their on-board winch, Gannet's Search and Rescue guys

probably can.

That's rigged properly now.

The casualty is on the Cairnwell,

a mountain in the Glenshee area of the Cairngorm National Park.

Andy and the boys know that paragliding accidents

can be very nasty. They're prepared for the worst.

A ski resort in winter,

in summer, Glenshee's hills are popular with paragliders.

The thermals and currents they use also need to be

factored in by helicopter co-pilot Jonny Laidlaw.

Rescue 177. We'll be on scene in two minutes.

The Gannet boys have spotted Helimed seven-six,

the Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance.

Immediately it's clear why there's a problem moving the casualty.

Paraglider Martin has smashed into a steep rocky hillside.

It's a difficult place to get to,

and an even more difficult place to get someone out of.

-But now they've reached him.

-And contact.

The race is on to get critically injured Martin off the mountain.

All right, we're nearly there, fella.

At the other end of the UK, Cornwall's spectacular landscapes

and stunning coastline are popular with summer tourists.

But holidays aren't always fun and games.

And when things go wrong in this remote corner of the UK,

the first port of call for many is the Urgent Care Centre

at the West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance.

OK, come through.

Holiday-makers Neil and Kerry have brought in their little boy,

Jack, who's fallen 15 feet down a stairwell.

-How old is Jack?

-He's nearly three.

He's nearly three. And what's happened today?

He's fallen in-between some stairs, you know, the wind-y stairs,

and he's gone right between them.

-About two floors.

-And where was this?

-In a holiday cottage.

Oh, in a holiday cottage. And landed...?

On his head, apparently.

He's literally landed on the stair.

OK. Did he cry straightaway?

Yes, he did, but he was very dazed and very confused.

So he hasn't been knocked out,

you're quite happy that he hasn't been unconscious at all?

-No, but his eyes have been rolling.

-And what time did this happen?

-Half-an-hour ago.

-Jack, hello. Are you feeling poorly?

Did you bang your head? Can you tell me where it's hurting?

Tell the lady where it's hurting, darling.

Or tell your daddy where it hurts, then. Where does it hurt?

JACK MOANS

-And how does he seem to you?

-Not right.

-Not right, OK.

I think we ought to go down to one of the cubicles

and we need to get him undressed.

Emergency Nurse Practitioner Julie Oliver is worried that after

such a big fall,

little Jack might have serious injuries to his head and neck.

Do you just want to lay him on the bed? OK? Hello.

You just want to go to sleep, do you? He's obviously fallen.

Wasn't knocked out but Mum feels he's quite drowsy.

And it's always important that the parents know the child better

than we do and if you've got any concerns you need to

listen to the parents because they're with the child all the time.

And he does look quite pale. He clearly wants to go to sleep.

It's fine for a child to go to sleep after a head injury

but you must be able to rouse them, to wake them,

to make sure they're moving, that they're not unconscious.

Jack's in an unusually drowsy state,

so Julie needs to quickly assess his injuries.

Hello. Right. Now, I wanted to check down his back.

Are these old bruises? And these are all old bruises?

-And what are they from?

-He fell down some steps.

Oh, so you're a pro at doing this then, aren't you, eh?

-You haven't found any open wounds on his head at all?

-No.

So I'm just checking his head to see if I can find any lumps or bumps.

How's that, Jack?

Jack, can you open your mouth for me?

Oops, shall we take that out for a minute? Good boy.

Can you open your mouth for me? Does that hurt? Does that hurt anywhere?

-Where does that hurt?

-My head.

-What, darling? Your head?

Is your head really sore? It's quite difficult with children to assess.

And the mechanism of injury, the fact that he fell down through

the stairs, you know, I can't rule out the fact that

he's got a neck injury.

I don't think he has but it's not a risk I'm prepared to take.

I'm going to get one of the doctors just to come and have a look

and check his neck.

The specialised urgent care GP on duty is Dr Neil Davidson.

He'll decide if Jack can be treated here or if he'll need to

go to the bigger hospital 25 miles away in Truro.

This child's fallen approximately,

-about ten to 15 feet through a stairwell...

-Gosh.

..Landed on his head.

But I would just like you to go and check his neck and see if we need to X-ray.

Either way, I think he'll have to be admitted to Truro on the grounds of the mechanism.

So can you just have a look at his neck for me

-and I can get the X-ray ordered?

-Sure.

The initial X-rays can be done here,

but Truro has paediatric doctors on site

and a high dependency unit, which they'll need if Jack gets worse.

It's an anxious time for Dad, Neil.

And Mum, Kerry.

-Hello, Jack.

-Jack?

-Jack?

He's not easy to wake up at the best of times.

He really is very drowsy, isn't he? Jack?

He's really not responding, is he?

Right, we're going to need to move quite quickly. Julie...

-He's not responding to a sternal rub.

-Right.

Dr Davidson isn't happy.

Jack's not responding and he needs specialist care, fast.

OK, so we're going to blue light this child straight up the road to Truro.

Is that sore?

Ambulance, please.

In Scotland the crew of the Search and Rescue

helicopter from HMS Gannet also have a serious emergency on their hands.

See the top of the hill here with the mast on it?

You can follow the ridge line down. You can see the helicopter actually.

In the Cairngorms, a paraglider has crashed into the mountainside.

Give me winch control and we'll winch Rob down and he can assess.

You have winch control.

Its pilot has life threatening injuries

and they need to winch him off the hill and get him to hospital, fast.

And contact.

On the ground, Rob gets the low down from Air Ambulance paramedic,

Alex Holden.

Hi, Martin, my name's Rob. I'm from the Search and Rescue helicopter.

Just a few hours ago, 58-year-old Martin had been

anticipating a perfect day's paragliding with his pals.

But it didn't go as planned.

Martin's take off went badly wrong. The canopy didn't open properly.

Martin was knocked off balance and lost consciousness

when he hit his head on a rock.

The out of control paraglider then caught an updraft

and got itself airborne.

But what goes up, must come down.

Martin's in a really bad way.

He's having difficulty breathing and has a serious head injury.

Other paragliders are helping specialist trauma doctor,

Bill Morrison who's been brought to the site by the helimed.

He wants to stabilise Martin by putting him into an induced coma.

For that, he'd prefer quiet surroundings.

They plan to winch Martin off the mountain and fly him to the car park

900 feet below, where the helicopter will shut down its engines.

Rob keeps Martin across what's happening.

OK, back away, five o'clock. 20 yards.

The stretcher is on the ground.

Get you down to the car park, get you sorted out

and we'll be in Ninewells in 25 minutes to half an hour, all right?

Are you all right to hold him there? You got him?

That's good, Martin, you're nearly there fella.

With everyone's help, Martin's almost ready to go.

Ready, steady, last move.

And down if you can.

But he's not the only one they need to get off the hill.

RSI stands for Rapid Sequence Induction,

putting a patient into a medically induced coma.

It'll help Martin to breathe

and reduce the possibility of brain damage.

Clear behind to the right and above.

Clear left and above back down to the car park, please.

It's not without risk, but in this case, it could save Martin's life,

keeping him stable while the team get him to hospital.

And go down slowly. One foot taking on now, now.

As Doctor Morrison heads off to get prepped, back on the hillside

Rob's worried that Martin's condition could crash at any time.

But it's crucial he keeps him reassured.

Martin? It's Rob again.

We're just going to get the medical team ready for you. Then we'll go.

OK?

But there's still a long way to go in the race to get Martin

the urgent care he needs.

We're nearly there. Another few minutes.

Try and keep as still as you can.

Back in Penzance, another troubling drama is unfolding.

All eyes are on two-year-old Jack.

He's had a serious fall down a stairwell.

Parents, Kerry and Neil, brought him straight to the Urgent Care Centre.

Staff are concerned that Jack may have head and spine injuries.

He's worryingly drowsy.

He really isn't responding is he? Jack? Right.

-We need to move quickly. Julie?

-Ambulance, please.

They urgently need to get Jack to the specialist care centre

at Treliske Hospital 25 miles away.

This child has fallen 15 foot down a stairwell and landed on his head.

Possible C spine injury.

Thank you very much. Thank you, bye-bye.

Right, so that's the ambulance on its way.

Jack, I'm just going to pop this round your arm, sweetheart.

It's a little bit big this one, isn't it?

It's going to give you a big tight hug, this.

OK, you keep nice and still for me.

Dr Neil Davidson calls ahead

to speak to the emergency team at Treliske.

Very drowsy, no obvious fractures. He's... Absolutely.

We've got the ambulance coming in now.

Hiya.

We've got a two-year-old who's fallen approximately 15 feet

between a stairwell in their holiday cottage so he's clearly not 100%.

The ambulance crew have seen how busy the roads are,

and things step up a gear.

I'm just going to call and get the...

Air Ambulance, OK.

The Paramedics that have arrived feel that this child

ought to be up in Treliske sooner rather than later,

so he's just gone to organise the air ambulance.

-It's on the way now.

-Air Ambulance is on the way.

It's an agonising moment.

There's only room for mum or dad to go with Jack.

Which one of you wants to go in the helicopter?

It'll be my husband because he doesn't drive so I'll drive over.

OK, so helicopter ride out of it, dad. The end of your holiday.

This is... The problem...

This might sound, we might be over-dramatising all this,

so please don't worry.

I'm sure he's going to be absolutely fine.

It's just that it's a Saturday.

With all the best will in the world, these guys

are going to take half an hour, 40 minutes to get you to Truro.

The helicopter will get you there within ten minutes.

It's important Jack's head

and spine are kept as still as possible for the journey.

Got his neck? OK we're going to slide him now.

Good boy.

The paramedics are going to use one of their vacuum splints.

This is normally used for a large person on a lower limb

but because this child is quite tiny, we can put him in this

and secure his neck and his back.

OK, now we're going to lift you and pop you on another trolley.

And then you're going to go on an ambulance ride

and a ride in the helicopter.

You got teddy and blanky?

It's just a couple of minutes in the road ambulance to the

air ambulance landing site.

Good boy, Jack. OK?

But the weather's taken a turn for the worse.

Heavy rain and fog mean the helicopter can't land.

They've no choice now but to blue light to Treliske by road ambulance,

another worrying twist for dad Neil.

SIREN WAILS

Yeah, I was waiting for the helicopter to come and land

but due to the weather, the paramedics have decided

that it's quicker... easier to go by the ambulance.

I'd just like to get him there really now.

It's an anxious drive through the holiday traffic...

..while mum Kerry and Jack's granny and grandad make their own way

to Treliske by car.

It's taken 40 minutes to get Jack to the hospital.

So this is Jack.

Jack's a normally fit and healthy, robust two-year-old,

who today fell 15 foot down the centre of a stairwell.

He seemed to fall down probably head first.

He's in the hands of the specialists now,

but his ordeal's not over yet.

Coming up - the Search and Rescue helicopter

becomes a mobile treatment room

as the medics battle to keep Martin stable.

Right, sir, you'll just be going off to sleep.

There's an anxious wait for the results of Jack's CT scan.

But first...

-You got the head?

-Yep.

..in Newquay, skateboarder Tom could be in trouble with his mum!

Hi, Mum, don't worry. Mum, don't worry.

I was not going that fast, I promise.

Cornwall - not just famed for its pasties and cream teas.

This sliver of land sticking out into the Atlantic

has hundreds of miles of superb coastline...

..and some of the best waves in the world.

Perched on the north coast is Newquay, the UK's surf capital...

..and Fistral Beach is regarded by many

as Europe's most famous surfing destination.

In the summer, the place is heaving.

Here to take care of the masses are the lads

and lasses of the RNLI Lifeguards.

And there's plenty to keep them busy...

Definitely a lump there.

..heads and shoulders...

It looks dislocated from here.

..knees and toes.

Just clean that out for you.

But 18-year-old Tom hasn't even dipped his toe in the water.

-Hand on head. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-OK.

This holidaymaker has taken a tumble, but not a wave in sight.

And lower.

He's fallen off his skateboard at speed

on the road down to the beach.

Supervisor Lewis Timson wants immobilise his neck and spine

until the paramedics arrive.

-Got the head?

-Yep.

-OK, happy days.

Just going to place my hand on your stomach.

I don't want you to do anything at all, OK?

Tom seems most concerned about his mum.

When the ambulance arrives, can you reassure my mum

-cos she'll be in more of a state than I will?

-Yeah, don't worry.

Have you been off skateboarding

-while she's been on the beach, have you?

-Yeah.

Copped a big one, so you thought it would be safer coming here

than going to see your mum.

Yeah, I think she might have caught a glimpse of me

-but thought I was all right.

-All right, OK.

I just went over a speed hump and wasn't looking where I was going,

so ended up on my... on my elbow.

It was my own fault really. It was no-one else's fault.

No-one else was in the way.

Just going...not paying attention, that's all, pretty much.

Lewis is leaving Tom's neck to the paramedics,

but there's other damage to inspect.

Looks like your boxers

and your shorts have saved you from there down.

Pain anywhere in particular down this side?

-No, not that side.

-No, just grazing.

The nastiest wound seems to be on Tom's elbow.

Yeah, OK, yeah, you've taken a good little chunk out of there, mate.

If you tell me if I'm being too brutal, just let me know.

OK, what I'm going to do,

is cos when the paramedics get here,

they'll probably want to have a little look at that,

so I'm not going to fully wrap you up.

I'm just going to put a little pad on it,

just so when they get here they can have a good look at it

without unwrapping you like a mummy.

Talking of mummies.

-Hi, Mum, don't worry.

-Ah, Mum's here.

-Mum, don't worry.

-Sorry, put your skull back.

I was not going that fast, I promise.

And I went over that speed bump and it's fine!

Tom's mum Sharon has arrived

and she isn't exactly surprised he's come a cropper.

Apart from skateboarding, he rides his bike.

Climbing, he likes climbing.

Anything, really, that involves a little bit of "oh-h" feeling.

That's what he does.

Looks like Tom's after some careers advice.

What do you have to do to train to be a lifeguard?

I've always wondered because you do so much.

You've done this on purpose, haven't you, just to get in here for a chat?

There's easier ways of doing it, there's easier ways of doing it.

Enough of the chat, the paramedics have arrived.

We've got, er, Tom here.

Reckons he's come off his skateboard,

maybe sort of 10 miles an hour or so.

He's come down on his right side. His head's not hit the floor.

He's not lost consciousness.

The paramedics get straight to the point.

I'm going to have a quick feel of your neck.

That doesn't seem to be creating much pain in the centre which is good.

So what we can do is ask you, in a moment,

to turn your head from side to side.

-Yep, sure.

-Shall we give it a go?

-I don't know your name, sorry.

-Jackson.

OK, Jackson, hands away.

-That's well more than 45 degrees.

-That's a good one.

Brilliant. Do you want to sit up?

-Yep.

-Fantastic.

Eugh!

Looks like Tom's escaped serious neck injury this time...

..but the cuts and grazes need a bit of attention.

Touch wood, he's been very lucky.

He probably doesn't tell me if he has many near misses.

But he's normally quite sensible. He tries...

I have never come close to...

No, he does, he's very sensible. He looks after himself mostly,

but, erm...

This is the first thing that's required this level of first aid.

My holiday was going to consist of being in the sea every day

until I left and it's now going to consist of me

not being in the sea every day until I leave for another year.

So it's not ruined, I'll find other things to do,

but, yeah, it's a bit disappointing.

Erm, I'll be fine. It's nice to be down here.

I like the sea air, but, yeah, next year.

Back in Scotland, the Gannet crew have been called to winch

a crashed paraglider pilot off a steep mountainside

in the Cairngorms.

That's good, Martin. All right. We're nearly there, fella.

58-year-old Martin is a keen paraglider.

He'd planned a day's flying with five mates from Aberdeen.

But a bad take off has left him with life-threatening injuries

and he needs hospital treatment fast.

-Do you remember what happened?

-No.

The guys from HMS Gannet are ready to winch him off the hill.

Right, Martin. It's going to get a bit noisy and windy, all right?

But we'll get you out of here as soon as we can.

-Roger.

-And lower the winch. Lower the winch.

And lower, stop, lower.

Lower, lower.

Lower, lower, stop.

But there's still one more thing to do

before Martin can be taken to hospital.

We're nearly there. Another few minutes.

Try and keep as still as you can.

The plan is to put him into a medically induced coma to keep

his condition stable.

The trauma team are waiting in the car park below.

4-3 for the tail. 4-3 tail on now, now, now.

Rescue 177 shuts down to give the medics peace

and quiet to do their vital work in the back.

-How are you feeling now, sir?

-Just bits...

Eyes open, speech, verbalising principally.

Yeah.

-14?

-Yeah.

100, 100.

All right, sir, you'll just be going off to sleep.

By using general anaesthetic to put him

into a state of unconsciousness,

Dr Morrison can manage Martin's breathing

and help guard against the danger of brain damage.

OK, we're all secure there, are we?

Fine. Excellent.

We'll lift straight up and once we get a good 100 feet,

-we'll then transition forward. Any questions?

-Negative.

Kinloss Rescue, Rescue 177.

We're now airborne with nine persons on board.

En route to Dundee hospital and I believe an ambulance has already

been arranged to meet us on arrival,

but can you double-check, please? Over.

-Sodium chloride verify?

-Yeah.

Gannet rescue, rescue 177,

we're landing at Dundee Ninewells in two minutes.

We'll be shutting down single engine for casualty handover.

We'll call again when airborne, over.

20 minutes after leaving Glenshee,

they arrive at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.

The road ambulance is already at the helipad.

MULTIPLE VOICES AT ONCE

Martin's within minutes of getting the specialist help

he so desperately needs.

The rescue has been a real team effort.

All the Gannet guys can do now is

leave Martin in the capable hands of the Ninewells staff.

Is your head really sore?

An accident on holiday in Cornwall has left two-year-old Jack

with suspected head and spine injuries.

Parents Kerry and Neil took him straight to the Urgent Care Centre

in Penzance after a 15-foot fall down a stairwell.

You know, I can't rule out the fact that he's got a neck injury.

I don't think he has but it's not a risk I'm prepared to take.

He's been rushed by ambulance to the emergency department

at the larger hospital in Treliske.

So this is Jack.

Jack's a normally fit and healthy, robust two-year-old.

It's all hands on deck.

Jack and his teddy are prepped for a CT scan by Dr Guy Hooper.

As opposed to an X-ray or an MRI

he's gone through a 3D picture of his head and his brain,

and all the vertebrae in his neck to make sure there's no fractures

in his neck and his skull, but also to check to see

if there's any internal bruising or bleeds in the brain as well, which,

because of the nature of this chap's fall, is what we want to rule out.

It's an anxious time for everyone.

Jack will have to stay bundled up

until the data from the CT scan has been analysed.

-You've been such a good boy.

-You are a good boy, aren't you?

Mum and Granny are on hand to keep his spirits up.

It's not long before Dr Chris Warren has some news.

So, um, we're just waiting on that report and as soon as we get that,

erm, provisionally, it would report as normal,

but, erm, they do have a close look at it,

sometimes things can be a bit subtle,

so if that changes, they'll let us know. All right?

-You guys got any questions at all?

-No, thank you.

All right. Great. See you later, Jack.

You having a wave?

It's sounding positive and A&E Consultant Dr Toby Slade

soon has the confirmation they're hoping for.

The CT scan of his head was fine

and there was no sign of any injury to his neck which was good.

So we've just reviewed him again and just made sure that there was

no other further injury or injuries requiring extra treatment.

He'll need to come in under the paediatric team for a short

period of observation and hopefully he'll be going home later on today.

Young Jack has had a very lucky escape.

He is lucky, it's a significant fall, 15 feet,

and that was the reason for needing to do the CT scan

even though, when he came in, he'd picked up a little bit

from how he was on the transfer.

But it's that mechanism that meant we needed to do a CT scan

because we know there's a proportion of children

who come in with similar injuries,

there would be a significant injury to the head that might

require further surgery or an operation at a neurosurgical centre.

Time for a snooze for Teddy and Jack.

And Dad reflects on a traumatic day.

The scariest thing that's ever happened to me in me life, basically.

I don't know, you can't really put it into words, really.

Just feel physically sick, really.

Good boy, Jack. OK?

In the ambulance I was scared, apprehensive, looking at the road,

basically trying to look at my son, looking at the road

because we'd heard on the way that there was, er, traffic jams

but they were very reassuring.

Just wanted to get here, really, and get him seen.

CHATTER

It could have been a lot, lot, lot, lot worse.

But he must have fallen about 15 feet and banged his head.

There's nothing wrong with him, basically.

He's very, very, very lucky.

On a perfect Sunday in July,

the crew of HMS Gannet's Search & Rescue helicopter

were called to the Cairnwell,

a 3,000-foot mountain in North East Scotland.

Hi, Martin, my name's Rob.

All right? I'm from the Search & Rescue helicopter.

Keen paraglider Martin lay critically injured

on the exposed hillside.

That's good, Martin, all right? We're nearly there, fella.

He was lucky to survive.

The day was actually excellent, the weather forecast was brilliant.

Light winds. And this, in my view, was the day

I was going to try and do my personal best here

for cross-country flying on the paraglider,

so I was really looking forward to it.

We were up there and setting up to take flight,

some people were flying,

and, really, that's the last I remember for three days.

I had a small problem on take-off, which,

from what I can gather, listening to everybody else,

sort of overbalanced me. The wing didn't come up properly,

and I think I got thrown off balance and into a rock.

That hit my face and made me unconscious.

Once you're knocked out it's a new game altogether.

I was then bounced through a rock field

before the glider actually took off by itself,

and so I was flying round the hill unconscious,

and flew round the hill and then crashed into the back of it.

The Gannet guys winched Martin off the mountain and delivered him

to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee,

where the full extent of his injuries became clear.

Three broken ribs, a collapsed lung,

broken bottom of the spine and the fractured eye socket,

which they've gone in and repaired with titanium.

Erm, And I'm almost back to full recovery.

I don't think I'll ever be quite back to full, full recovery,

but doing pretty well. Been back to work full-time, basically.

But while he's been able to return to his job in the oil industry,

this is the first time Martin's looked at his paragliding kit

since the accident five months ago.

A bit shaky right now.

It's a bit strange, but it still feels like my friend but it's, er...

..quite interesting

Martin's not sure if he'll ever paraglide again.

-Time will tell.

-HE LAUGHS

Diplomatic answer. I still miss flying.

Erm, normally it's very, very safe, but it is high risk.

It went very wrong for me.

We'll see, but there's been a lot of anxiety from family on this

so we'll just have to see where things go in future.

I'm going to have to wind this up now before it blows away on me.

Well, sitting in a deckchair at 6,000 feet looking down,

which is effectively how you feel when you're just in the harness

with the wing on is quite phenomenal.

So that's, erm, yeah, very much miss it.

It's been full on all go for Britain's rural emergency services.

There's no respite for skateboarder Tom's mum.

All healed up, he's back to the extreme sports.

Paraglider Martin's health continues to improve,

but he hasn't yet decided if he'll ever take to the skies again.

And after his nasty fall, Jack's back to his old self,

a little livewire keeping Mum and Dad on their toes.

And you thought it was quiet in the countryside!