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Monthly Archives: April 2019
Shackelton AEW MK2 WR965. 30th April 1990 Grid reference NF 996914 The RAF Mountain Rescue was formed during the Second World War to rescue aircrew from crashed aircraft in the mountains of the UK. To this day the 3 … Continue reading
This taking it easy is never easy when the weather is so good I so want to be out on the hills but after my eye surgery I need to give the eyes time to recover. I am spoiled by … Continue reading
Many who love the mountains and wild places go for the views a times we cannot believe that what we have seen and enjoyed and that we should never take any of it for granted. As we get older a … Continue reading
I got home yesterday thanks to Dianne a pal who picked me up from Aviemore . It cut my journey and I was pretty tired but so glad to be home. I got the all clear from the clinic yesterday … Continue reading
It was another early start yesterday and my second eye op in Glasgow at the Eye Clinic. After a thorough check in my eye that was in good order that was done yesterday All was fine. The next operation went … Continue reading
It all went well yesterday for my first eye op in Glasgow. It was an early start be there for 0715 ten minutes from my Hotel. I hardly slept but I was out by 1030 and eye patch on wandered … Continue reading
Yesterday I traveled to Glasgow hopefully for my Laser Eye surgery. I got a lift from a pal to Inverness for the bus to Glasgow. The road from Forres stank of smoke from the wild fireS that is still ongoing … Continue reading