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      Don Pritchard

      Don Pritchard

      Easy-going | Adventurous | Great sense of humour

      Mini Bio

      Originally from Scone in Perthshire, I got hooked on the outdoor world from a very early age, spending the weekends roaming the woods and hills around our village, making dens and guddling trout in the burns. My sense of adventure took me off to the Royal Navy and a considerable time was spent as an aircraft engineer on the Search and Rescue Squadron based at Prestwick. While there I continued to climb, walk and mountaineer in Scotland, often organising and guiding hillwalking and backpacking trips. I completed the Munros (Scottish mountains over 3000ft), a couple of years ago, and I am now ticking my way through them again along with the Corbetts. I love Scotland’s mountains and particularly enjoy multi-day backpacking treks across the mountains and glens. Any day on the hill is a good day and there is always something to see and enjoy. After retiring from the Navy, I retrained as a horticulturist at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and I grow and produce tea commercially in Scotland.

      Favourite Place to Play

      The Cairngorms, Glen Affric, Torridon and Assynt all jump to the front to answer this question, all different and full of great memories but if pushed it would be the Cuillin in Skye. A complete mountain range compacted into a remarkably small area on one of the most beautiful islands in the world. I never fail to be amazed by the challenges these mountains throw down.

      Not a lot of People Know This

      I am a supporting actor in series two and three of the popular TV series Outlander. My outstanding performance as Dead Highlander 33 has BAFTA nomination written all over it.

      “My sense of adventure took me off to the Royal Navy and a considerable time was spent as an aircraft engineer on the Search and Rescue Squadron based at Prestwick. While there I continued to climb, walk and mountaineer in Scotland, often organising and guiding hillwalking and backpacking trips. I completed the Munros (Scottish mountains over 3000ft), a couple of years ago, and I am now ticking my way through them again along with the Corbetts.”
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      Qualifications Read More

      General: Summer Mountain Leader
      Mountaineering: Summer Mountain Leader
      Cycling: Summer ML
      Other: Leave No Trace

      Biggest Adventure Read More

      I completed the Munros in 2013 and walked the John Muir Trail in the USA in 1993.

      Specialist Subject Read More

      Not really a specialist but a great interest in general outdoors, bushcraft, flora, fauna, geology and history and I enjoy talking about them and exploring new places and the past.

      Book a trip with Don

      Trip / Departure Availability Status Price Book
      Wilderness Walking – Outer Hebrides: Uists, Barra & Mingulay
      3rd Jul - 9th Jul 2027       		2 place(s) left Guaranteed 2,795 Book Now
      Wilderness Walking – High Points of the Cairngorms National Park
      24th Jul - 30th Jul 2027       		8 place(s) left Available 2,575 Book Now
      Wilderness Walking – Arran: Scotland in Miniature
      31st Jul - 6th Aug 2027       		8 place(s) left Available 2,685 Book Now
      Wilderness Walking – Glencoe and the Highlands
      11th Sep - 17th Sep 2027       		3 place(s) left Guaranteed 2,855 Book Now

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      We work together with our team of guides to decide which departures they lead each year. As part of that, guides provide available dates that they are free to be booked. This means that any of the dates you see in the first field of the form below, could be perfect for your private departure or customised tour.

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