Category Archives: mountain safety

The old Man of Stoer and an early ascent. What a classic day out The late Tom Patey and mates thank you!

Posted on January 22, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

I have plenty of time just now to look back on some classic days . The Old man of Storr was one of these just along the Coast from Lochinver. Its a sea cliff that brings back so many memories. … Continue reading →

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Hill foods ideas from the comments?

Posted on January 17, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

Thank you all I had so many replies from the blog on Hill Food some of the favourites mentioned. In the old days we used to take a few Guinness the night before / not recommended today ? On the … Continue reading →

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The El Alamein bothy in the Cairngorms a great wee Cairngorm wander.

Posted on January 11, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

I put a photo on my Twitter account about a place a small shelter I visited often in the Cairngorms. It’s a great navigation exercise and many team members I was training in navigation had fun finding it in poor … Continue reading →

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Missing the hills ! It could be a lot worse never forget that.

Posted on January 9, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

Many of us are missing the mountains and wild places and I wonder if should continue posting old photos on the blog? I will as it brings back so many great memories of past days. As I am getting older … Continue reading →

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“Every picture tells a story” The tale of the benighted Sea King in the Northern Corries of Cairngorm in Feb 2006.

Posted on January 9, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

I was working in the ARCC at RAF Kinloss when we had scrambled a Sea King helicopter to the Cairngorms for an injured winter climber. It would we thought be a standard incident but the weather was not great. The … Continue reading →

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Beinn Eighe Liathach and Beinn Alligin attempt Oct 1976 then a call to Cruachan.

Posted on December 28, 2020 by heavywhalley.MBE

I am in Torridon just now the hills are plastered with snow after a bleak morning of rain and sleet. The weather cleared in the afternoon and we had a great wander as we descended the Torridon hills cleared they … Continue reading →

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Happy Christmas / Dog Tales – Exiled in England and then the return to Scotland.

Posted on December 25, 2020 by heavywhalley.MBE

Chapter 3 In 1982 Heavy was posted to RAF Innsworth near Gloucester there was no Mountain Rescue team nearby. It was awful and when we arrived Heavy was told that no dogs were allowed on the station by the Station … Continue reading →

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Chapter 2 Dog Tales, visits to Scotland.

Posted on December 23, 2020 by heavywhalley.MBE

Scotland was where my owner loved and we did our first winter climbing course together at Grantown On Spey. The Military said that I was not allowed to be in the Centre, but every night I was in with the … Continue reading →

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A bit of cheer. Dog’s tales from the back of a Landover. Chapter 1.

Posted on December 22, 2020 by heavywhalley.MBE

We all need cheered up I hope this will help? They say “a man’s best friend is his Dog. This is the tale of a special dog Teallach”. Introduction: I wrote this in several parts in my blog a few … Continue reading →

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1978 Boxing Day /Christmas Day Avalanche on Braeriach.

Posted on December 11, 2020 by heavywhalley.MBE

I located a photo the other day of a wild call out on the Cairngorms in the Christmas period in the Braeriach area in 1978. I was out with the RAF Kinloss Team at Tyndrum we were staying in the … Continue reading →

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