Dundonnell MRT Winter Training Week

A week of winter mountain rescue training, based in the Aviemore/Newtonmore area.


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Winter Mountain Leader Training

A windy week in the Cairngorms - and how I met my wife....!


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A winter day on the Glenfeshie hills

Mid January and the forecast setting fair for the weekend. Sitting at lunch in the office on Friday, looking out of the window, discussing plans and wondering if the weather would…


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Winter Light at Strathconon

There’s not a lot of daylight in mid December in the north of Scotland…. So sometimes it makes sense to plan for a smaller day in the hills and Strathconon was inviting. It’s…


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Magical Winter hills – Cairngorm and Ben Macdui

A winter stomp over Cairngorm and out to Ben Macdui with magical long distance views in every direction.


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Floors Castle

Floors Castle, near Kelso in the Scottish Borders, is the largest inhabited castle in Scotland. It's the family home of the 11th Duke of Roxburghe.


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Culbin Sands

Culbin Sands, an expanse of coastline and forest on the Moray Coastline. Scenic sands and forest, rich in birdlife and with an amazing wartime history, this area is definitely…


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Images of Castle Stalker

A short series of photographs taken looking on to Castle Stalker and the Appin skerries.


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Cruising the Minch with the Coastguard

The 3rd annual Emergency Services Open Day at Stornoway and a visit to the Shiant Isles in the Minch courtesy of HM Coastguard on board the Anglian Prince


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A day on the hills in Glenshee

A long day out on Carn an Righ and Glas Tulaichean but with fabulous views northwards to the Cairngorms. 27km over 9.5 hours from the Spittal of Glenshee.


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A round of the Corrour Hills

A weekend with pals on the Corrour hills. Dropped off by the train at Corrour station we had a superb winter weekend on the tops with an overnight stop at a Corrour Lodge cottage.


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Images of Slioch

Late Autumn light on Slioch with blues, golds and greens, captured from Grudie by the shores of Loch Maree.


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Enjoying the light at Findhorn

A day to enjoy the light at Findhorn…


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Autumn Colours at Randolph’s Leap

Randolph’s Leap, by the River Findhorn is named after Thomas Randolph, later Earl of Moray, who was pursuing a rival clansman. Legend has it that the clansman escaped by leaping…


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Clava Cairns, Inverness

Clava Cairns or the Prehistoric Burial Cairns of Bulnuaran are a group of three Bronze Age cairns located near Inverness.


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Above the clouds on Ruadh Stac Mor

The weekend of the annual Great Wilderness Challenge was approaching and Dundonnell MRT was preparing to assist with the provision of safety cover and radio relays.


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Ballachulish

A late summer evening with full sun on the hills above Ballachulish, with time to stop and to enjoy...


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The Grey Cairns of Camster

Camster Cairns in the Caithness Flow Country - a pair of Neolithic tombs and two of the oldest stone monuments in Scotland.


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Behind the Scenes on Ruadh Stac Mor

Safety cover for the Great Wilderness Challenge. A personal perspective by Bill Amos, Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team Member


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DMRT Exercise with the RAF

A day of exercising with the RAF Search and Rescue helicopter


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