A tale of woe from Aled, a fellow mailing list subscriber: the West Brecon Cave Rescue Team has had their rescue Land Rover stolen. How low can society go?

If they haven’t repainted it already, it has CAVE RESCUE in big letters down the side, and it’s registration is X338 DCY. If anyone spots it, please contact the police immediately.

If you come accross the bastards who stole it, please show your (or my) displeasure by beating seven different shades of shit out them. They’ve rendered that team non-operational now potentially putting lives at risk in south Wales until we can find a replacement for them.

There’s more information and photos on the rescue team’s website, and Aled has yet more detail on his blog.

If you’re in the area and you know anything about it, let the relevant people know.

Update 16:00: the story has now been covered by BBC News.