Category Archives: Lectures

Don Siddons B.E.M RAF Mountain Rescue Kinloss MRT and the Firefly aircraft crash on Lochnagar in 1949.

Posted on March 30, 2017 by

This old press cutting sent to me by a pal Dave W Earl is a grand tribute to the RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue Team Leader Don Siddons I would imagine it was printed in the Press and Journal a year … Continue reading →

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Fun day in the Roseille forest with Burghead primary school and Outfitmoray! Moray Mountaineering Club AGM a slide show -Hills on Horseback / General Wades Roads: 

Posted on March 24, 2017 by

Yesterday it was a busy morning helping Outfitmoray a local charity that I am the patron of with their Active Schools day at my local Burghead primary school. http://outfitmoray.com/wp-content/themes/Avada/assets/js/html5shiv.js Outfit Moray Outdoor Adventure Activities Charity Lossiemouth Changing Lives Through Learning … Continue reading →

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In Edinburgh to give a talk to the Scottish Continuity Resilient Scotland Conference.

Posted on February 22, 2017 by

I was on the radio a few months ago talking to Louise White “Out for the Weekend” and someone heard it involved with a conference being run in Edinburgh in the RBS HQ tomorrow the 23 rd of Feb. I … Continue reading →

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A grand day in Coire an Lochan in the Cairngorms with the Moray Mountaineering Club.

Posted on February 20, 2017 by

It was the Annual Winter Skills day for the Moray Club and as always we go by Bus to the Cairngorms, stopping en – route in Elgin. Forres and Inverness for member’s pick ups. It has been a poor winter … Continue reading →

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Munro Moonwalkers Mountain Safety Advice – well worth a read.

Posted on February 10, 2017 by

Munro Moon walker Moutain Safety This is a piece from Allan Rowan ” Munro Moonwalker” on his thoughts on Mountain Safety. As a man who is always out in the mountains it has some great advice and is very important … Continue reading →

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Winter Skills Talk in the Aviemore Mountain cafe on Wed 8 th Feb and 15 th Feb. Details below !

Posted on January 26, 2017 by

The Skills chats will take place on Wednesday 8th February, 7pm for meal, 8pm for lecture  Aviemore Mountain Cafe,  A Meal is available, £13, booking essential. Heathers lecture (8th) is headlining that ‘Every Day’s a School day’ even for the most … Continue reading →

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RAF Kinloss/Leuchars MRT – gone but not forgotten?

Posted on January 24, 2017 by

I am working on a lecture about Resilience in Edinburgh in February. “LEADERSHIP IN A CRISIS – HOW DO YOU PREPARE YOUR TEAMS FOR THE WORST” and it is amazing how many characters mould you in life and beyond and … Continue reading →

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