Category Archives: Media

Fort William mountain Festival. Thurs day 15 Feb

Posted on January 10, 2024 by heavywhalley.MBE

MEET OUR LEGENDS 🏔️ 🥳Celebrating Excellence in Mountain Culture Come along on Thursday 15th of February to kick start the weekend and help us celebrate our 20th birthday with a night of inspiring stories, a complimentary nip of Gin from … Continue reading →

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Ben Rinnes – 80 th Anniversary of the Wellington crash.

Posted on November 14, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

I was invited yesterday to walk up Ben Rinnes to visit the Wellington Crash. It was a cold wet and cloudy day. I left an hour ahead of the group as I am still feeling very weak. I wore all … Continue reading →

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Every picture tells a story – some thoughts of afterthoughts of a journey to Lockerbie to Syracuse University. Meeting so many wonderful people. The price paid by many.

Posted on October 21, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

Pan Am flight 103, also called the Lockerbie disaster when , flight of a passenger airliner operated by Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) texploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, after a bomb was detonated. All 259 people … Continue reading →

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Great news at last. Well done Duncan Tripp as the Pride of Britain Award. So well deserved .

Posted on October 6, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

This is from Bristows. He’s only gone and WON IT!!!! 🥂 Huge congratulations to our Winch Paramedic Duncan Tripp who has just been surprised live on ITV from the Inverness Search and Rescue base as winner of the Pride of … Continue reading →

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Looking for a photo – can anyone help?

Posted on September 17, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

Got an artist pal who is thinking of an MR painting with a whirling dervish of a Sea-king, snow swirling, lights flashing etc, and I’m wondering if you have anything for him to work from? Most of my photos are … Continue reading →

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RAF Mountain Rescue – 80 years of saving life a personal view.

Posted on September 16, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

For many years RAF Mountain Rescue was the backbone of Mountain Rescue in UK. In early 1942 an RAF Station search party, whom at the time made their own ad-hoc arrangements to locate and provide medical treatment for downed aircrew, … Continue reading →

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“Wetter than an otters purse” in the West . Yet good to catch up with friends. What we did on our holidays a classic film.

Posted on August 26, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

I took Islay the Collie home yesterday after her holiday with me sadly it poured from Inverness. The roads were so wet add to that the huge camper vans everywhere it was an awful trip. I stopped via Dingwall to … Continue reading →

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Our Last day in Lewis. Thanks for the music the culture and the people.

Posted on July 16, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

We are booked on the last ferry leaving at 2000 it will be a long wait. We visited a couple of beaches in the wind and the stones. It was a bit blowy but a great short visit to familiar … Continue reading →

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Day 1 – Hebs festival Harris

Posted on July 14, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

Arrived on boat in Stornaway early afternoon after a night in UllApool. We arrived after a busy few days and had a wander in the rain at the beach then booked into our Hotel the Caberfeidh fot 3 nights. No … Continue reading →

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Listening to the radio on the hills.A confession ! Podcasts, Audio books and Music.

Posted on June 22, 2023 by heavywhalley.MBE

I have to admit that every Saturday I was out training new troops I would carry a small radio. I found it hard to miss football or big Rugby matches and final scores at the weekends. I also would get … Continue reading →

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