Category Archives: Aircraft incidents

Beinn Eighe Poem – Tomorrow is my great pal Joss Goslings Funeral in Fort William my thoughts are with the family.

Posted on December 10, 2018 by

Beinn Eighe poem Unseen from the road, the majestic cliffs are hidden. The long walk, views expanding as we climb. 2016-January-Liathach-pinacles.jpg Liathach brooding in the mist, is watching? As usual we meet a family of deer Family of Deer Beinn … Continue reading →

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Skye – F111 Crash 7 Dec 1982 – Sgurr na Stri .

Posted on December 7, 2018 by

I make no excuse for putting this article up again this incident was to me life changing and after I returned from America from the commemoration for the 30 th Anniversary of Lockerbie I spoke to a few folk about … Continue reading →

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Channel 5 Documentary on  Lockerbie “The unheard voices”

Posted on December 6, 2018 by

Firstly thanks for the many kind words I received from so many on the documentary “The unheard voices “ that was on Channel 5 last night.  I heard from a lot of folk and I was glad that many learned … Continue reading →

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Early start for the North West and a different day rock climbing at Reiff on the coast.

Posted on December 5, 2018 by

My mate Al who works off shore had fancied a day on the hill he had not climbed Stac Pollaidh not far from Ullapool. It is a lovely wee hill with stunning rock formations and never ending views of these … Continue reading →

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2018 May visit to Beinn Eighe the Lancaster crash site.

Posted on November 24, 2018 by

  This is a piece I wrote about our trip in May to Torridon. I nearly never went as I was double booked as I was helping a group for charity the day before on Ben Nevis. It was a … Continue reading →

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Lest We Forget – A few words on some of Scotland’s remoter Mountain RAF / USA aircraft crashes.

Posted on November 11, 2018 by

At 1100 today we remember those who paided the ultimate sacrifice on Remembrance Day. I do not go to these big public parades like many veterans do but always every year try to visit at least one of the remote … Continue reading →

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Lest We Forget 7 December 1982 – USA F111 Crash Isle of Skye. Thank

Posted on November 9, 2018 by

Ten 10 days ago I was at Arlington Cemetery in the USA and that is where we started our journey to Cycle to Syracuse in memory of the Lockerbie victims involved in the tragic events in 1988. The Cemetery is … Continue reading →

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