Dundonnell Mountain Rescue carried out a successful rescue on Tuesday in difficult conditions. A walker had been out for around 22 hours in very bad weather and became very wet and cold.
He was able to describe his location using his mobile phone and the team was able to identify that he was high up in Glen Douchary, between Invershin and Ullapool. The mountain rescue team was able to find the walker after a few hours, to treat him for mild hypothermia and assist him back to East Rhidorroch.
Like other mountain rescue teams, the Dundonnell Team is on call 24-hours a day, 365 days a year and relies on donations to carry out lifesaving work. Donations are always gratefully received via its website.
In order to provide additional capacity for the HebCelt Festival next week, CalMac is operating additional sailings with the MV Glen Sannox from Tuesday until Saturday with a citylink bus operating to and from Inverness to cover the extra sailings.
An amended timetable will also be in force on Sunday 19th July to accommodate those returning from the Festival. Full details are on the CalMac website.
The nominees for this year’s Highlands and Islands Thistle Awards have been announced, the twentieth anniversary of the awards being made. The awards are designed to recognise, highlight, and reward excellence across the hospitality and tourism sector in the Highlands and Islands.
This year there are 15 awards covering the many facets of the tourism industry with the winners being announced on Friday 9th October and progressing as finalists to the Scottish Thistle Awards National Final in November. The full list of nominees is available on the Highland and Islands Thistle Awards website.
Both Ross County and Inverness Caley Thistle play their first competitive matches today at the start of the new domestic football season. County plays away against Annan Athletic while Caley Thistle has a home game against East Fife with both matches in the Premier Sports Scottish League Cup kicking off at three o’clock this afternoon.
