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Skills for the Hills 2026 - Save the Date

20/6/2025

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2025 First Steps with Navigation

24/3/2025

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Courses are now available for booking on the following dates:
​Sunday 4th May                  Ochil Hills
Saturday 24th May             Pentland Hills
Saturday 28th June            Ochil Hills
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2024 OSCR submission

16/12/2024

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Here is our 2024 annual reports and accounts as submitted to OSCR the Scottish Charity Regulator.
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Dundee Mountain Film Festival 2024

9/12/2024

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​It was great to meet so many people at the Dundee Mountain Film Festival over the weekend. We had a really enjoyable time talking to everyone.

Thank you especially to those of you who made a small donation; we raised £58.05 which will fund a space on one of 1-day winter skills courses this season.
Our Bag-A-Hill with Mountain Aid game made a return - this time in the Glencoe and Lochaber area. Given the weather outside, it was definitely the best way to be bagging hills this weekend.

Our Munro Passports continued to be popular with people of that persuasion and that's stocks almost depleted now. Which is good because we need to get them updated with our new (SCIO) charity number. Watch this space for their replacement.

Mountain Aid buffs must have been the bargain of the show. Yours for a donation of just £5 whilst our "competitors" were selling theirs for twice and even three times this amount! Upset our lovely friends from the MBA over this one.

And of course, despite us living in the digital age, everyone still needs a pen (even if just to fill out the nominate your favourite film form) and we had a good supply of Mountain Aid pens to hand out for people to take away with them.
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Looking forward to next year's event.
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Unveiling the David / Davy McLellan Memorial

16/6/2024

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Davy McLellan Memorial, Tinto Hill, June 2024
Davy McLellan Memorial, Tinto Hill, June 2024
Davy McLellan Memorial, Tinto Hill, June 2024
Davy McLellan Memorial, Tinto Hill, June 2024
Davy McLellan Memorial, Tinto Hill, June 2024
Davy McLellan Memorial, Tinto Hill, June 2024
Despite overcast skies, there was a heartwarming turnout of family and friends for the unveiling of David McLellan’s memorial at the foot of Tinto Hill.

Following a short poetry reading and a piece of music, David's sister did the honors and removed the wraps from the memorial. After which, David's legacy was celebrated with anecdotes that brought smiles and laughter, painting a picture of his vibrant life on and off the hill.

Mountain Aid were delighted to be involved in the installation of this memorial to David, a former trustee of Mountain Aid and committee member of its predecessor Boots Across Scotland.
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As you make your way up Tinto, we invite you to honor David’s memory by removing any litter you encounter — a simple yet powerful act that continues his commitment to preserving our cherished landscapes.
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Davy McLellan Memorial

12/6/2024

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Mountain Aid trustees are delighted to be involved with erecting a memorial to the late Davy McLellan, a previous trustee of both Mountain Aid and its predecessor Boots Across Scotland.

A group of 6 Mountain Aid trustees and supporters got together to install a small memorial (funded by Davy's friends) at the foot of Davy's favourite hill, Tinto. Located just outside the car park, we will be unveiling the memorial this weekend. Davy's family and friends will be joining us for this occasion and we would like to invite anyone else who knew Dave to come along.

Davy had a long association with Tinto Hill (a 712m Graham in South Lanarkshire). Walking up the hill every Tuesday morning he combined his walks with regular litter picks on the hill.

The unveiling of the memorial and plaque will take place on Sunday 16th June at approximately 10.30am. The memorial is located just outside the Fallburn car park alongside the path up the hill next to an existing memorial bench approximate grid reference NS 963 373.   
Work party for the Davy McLellan memorial, Tinto Hill. June 2024
Work party for the Davy McLellan memorial, Tinto Hill. June 2024
Work party for the Davy McLellan memorial, Tinto Hill. June 2024
Davy McLellan memorial being installed, Tinto Hill, June 2024.
Davy McLellan memorial being installed, Tinto Hill, June 2024.
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