Meet our Supporters: Alex Thomson – and his book ‘Stories from the Scottish Hills’
Meet our Supporters: Alex Thomson – and his book ‘Stories from the Scottish Hills’
Alex says:
“I have had many happy days in the Scottish Hills walking with friends, sometimes in groups and more often than not alone. Something that is often frowned upon by Mountain Rescue and understandable. It ensures however that you build careful navigation skills and raises awareness of the ever changing conditions that people encounter in the Scottish hills. I have come across rescues and training exercises taking place and have read of countless accidents, unfortunately some with serious consequences. I have ended up on the wrong hill but that doesn’t count. I would be telling a lie if I said I hadn’t made errors but fortunately without serious results. I have friends who have been rescued and it is probably a result of these rescues that I considered some sort of fundraising for Scottish Mountain Rescue.”
“Like many others I started recording stories many years ago, and at some point decided that these scribblings could be the basis of a book and if successful then all funds raised after the costs of production would be donated to Scottish Mountain Rescue.”
“As this book has been many years in the making don’t hold your breath waiting for another.”
STORIES from the SCOTTISH HILLS
ISBN 9781800493346
Author Alex Thomson
Published by Charlesworth
Priced £9.99 Paperback with colour photographs £2.20 P&P if required
Book Synopsis
In a lifetime of roaming the Scottish mountains, Alex Thomson has always taken the time to stop and chat, meeting many different kinds of people, forming lasting friendships and sharing countless stories with his fellow hillwalkers. Collected here together are some of those tales; stories that formed the fabric of the walking clubs that appeared throughout the 1950s and ’60s. Sometimes serious, occasionally scary, often amusing, they offer a wonderful glimpse into the hillwalking fraternity, the myriad gems of the Scottish landscape and the addictive pleasure of exploration.
All profits from the sale of this book will be donated to Mountain Rescue, whose services, thankfully, Alex has never had to call upon.
Outlets for book sales
Alex’s book is available from the following locations:
The Bookhouse
41 Grey Street
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
Base Camp (Adrian)
West Port
Arbroath
Angus
Loch Torridon Community Centre
Torridon, Achnasheen
Ross-Shire
Alex Thomson
16 Myreside Drive
Inverkeilor
Angus DD11 5PZ
Email : braeriach13@outlook.com
Ali’s Newagent (Asif)
121 Castle Street
Forfar
DD8 3HN
The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum
Albert Square
Meadowside
Dundee
DD1 1DA
2nd Chance
Main Road
Inverkeilor
Birnam Arts,
Station Road,
Birnam,
Adventure into Books
26 Wellmeadow
Blairgowrie
Jeremy Law of Scotland
City Hall
Dunkeld