The National Search And Rescue Dog Association is a voluntary organisation responsible for the training of rescue team members and civilians to become handlers of air-scenting search dogs, enabling them to search for missing persons in the mountainous, lowland, rural and urban areas of, in this case, Wales.

I’m giving them a mention here because they are an outstanding organization who continue, despite crippling financial difficulties, to play a vital role in many Search and Rescue (SAR) operations that must be carried out in almost every kind of environment.

Trust me, if you’re lying face down in the snow with a broken leg, half way up a mountain while rapidly succumbing to exposure and hypothermia, then there would be one very cold, wet nose you’d be more than grateful to feel on the back of your neck….and the dog’s too probably! Visit their really interesting website at….