Linear Launch - Help Wanted

Plans for the grant Linear Launch on 5th September are coming along well. Lunchtime in the City Chambers, Edinburgh, with up to 15 groups of supporters out there on the hills, ready to do their bit to help launch Ribbon of Wildness.
Now I`m getting down to the nitty gritty! Urgently looking for someone to help with the technical side of things. So I`m on the hunt for for an eager volunteer who has plenty of savvy about phone systems, who can also source (scrounge) the necessary equipment. The system will need to be able to recieve and hold more than one mobile call at a time, and then be linked up to some form of P.A system in the hall.
I`ll also need someone with good telephonist/call centre skills to opperate the system.
Not asking for much, eh!
Anyone out there who can help?
I`d love to hear from you.

The Great Linear Launch on 5th Sept

I`m still looking for some small groups to take part in a few of the remaining locations:
Ben Tee in the Great Glen
Ben Attow (or Fhadda)
Ben Hee in the far North West
Duncansby Head
Around 1.00p.m on Sunday 5th September.

Any takers?

The other 11 locations are now pretty much spoken for.

contact: wright.pete@hotmail.co.uk

No crowds on Ettrick Pen

Yes, I spent about 6 hours up on the southern part of `the Ettrick Horshoe` on Monday. Good views - The Cheviot, Lakeland Fells, Solway, Criffel, Galloway Hills, and so on right round to The Eildons and Tweed valley. Good dry walking with hardly a bog in sight. Now remember, this was on Bank Holiday Monday, and the weather was fine - so imagine my surprise that I saw not a single soul until I got back down to the read. Where have all the walkers gone?

Off to the hill with two names.

Forecast for Sunday and Monday in the Border Hills is good. Its the holiday weekend. I`m desperate to pick up where I left off last year, at Ettrickhead. So come Sunday I`ll be off to Over Phawhope Bothy for the night, then up on to `The Pen of Eskdalemuir`, now more commonly known as Ettrick Pen. Brilliant.

Ribbon of Wildness - the Long (linear) Launch

1. Edinburgh International Book Festival - Wednesday 25th August at 11.00. The first appearance of Ribbon of Wildness.
2. Sunday 5th September around noon - the formal big long launch.
Central event in Edinburgh (venue to be decided) - all welcome.
Groups of supporters and well wishers at 15 locations spread the entire length of the Watershed - mobile phones at the ready. As follows, from south to north:
Peel Fell (602m) on the Border
Ettrick Pen (692m) Southern Uplands - Jono Ellis and the Borders Exploration Group.
Craigengar (519m)south Pentlands - Penny Radway and family(s) plus Green Team party.
Carleatheran (480m) Campsies - Elric Honore and party
Ben Lomond (974m) western side of Loch Lomond
Stob Ghabhar (1,090m) Black Mount - Kate Dix and Venture Scotland party.
Ben Alder (1,131m) Central Highlands
Ben Tee (901m) Great Glen
Ben Attow (1,032m) Kintail
Sgurr Choinich (999m) West Monar - James Wright and MBA party.
Sgur Mor (1,110m) The Fannichs
Seana Bhraigh (927m) or Conival (949m) - Kenneth Wright and party.
Ben Hee (873m) west of Crask
Carn an Feidh (730m) s.w end of Ben Klibreck - Jim Shedden and party.
Duncansby Head (63m) overlooking `the strait of the land of the Picts.

So, 7 locations covered as of 9th April - 8 still to be bagged!
Contact: wright.pete@hotmail.co.uk

Your chance to take part in one of the more innovative book launches in recent years, and to help convey `Message from the Wild` (thats the current working title).