Reading through some articles about Doug and his pals, I remembered Diugal Haston. Looking at pictures of him got me wondering if he was ever an instructor at Outward Bound Loch Eil?
I did a 2 week stint there and one of my instructors looked spookily like Dougal.
The thing is, I can't remember the dates. It was within a year of leaving school and was in December or January- very cold solo overnighter (minus lots apparently) and, during our ice climbing lessons on ben nevis, the breeze picked me up and parked me in another instructors lap.
Now trying to remember if I left school in 1976, 77 or 78....