{"id":13990,"date":"2015-11-06T17:02:52","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T17:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=13990"},"modified":"2015-11-06T17:40:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T17:40:53","slug":"mcofs-winter-safety-evenings-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/mcofs-winter-safety-evenings-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"MCofS Winter Safety evenings announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_9604\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Heather-Morning-MCofS-Mountain-Safety-Adviser.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9604\" src=\"\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Heather-Morning-MCofS-Mountain-Safety-Adviser-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"Heather Morning\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Heather-Morning-MCofS-Mountain-Safety-Adviser-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Heather-Morning-MCofS-Mountain-Safety-Adviser-102x150.jpg 102w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Heather-Morning-MCofS-Mountain-Safety-Adviser.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Morning<\/p><\/div>The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) is again offering a series of mountain safety talks this winter and has just announced the dates.<\/p>\n<p>In this free lecture, Heather Morning, the Mountain Safety Advisor at the MCofS will share her beautiful photography, videos, personal anecdotes and adventures, while discussing essential skills for winter navigation, avalanche awareness, route choice, equipment, mountain weather and much more. <\/p>\n<p>With a lifetime&#8217;s experience in the mountains, Heather has been a professional mountaineer for 25 years and for the last 12 years has been an active member of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team.<\/p>\n<p>Places are free but limited, so to avoid disappointment, please book your seat by popping in the relevant store or calling them on the numbers given below. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 23 November, 7pm &#8211; Aberdeen<\/strong><br \/>\nCotswold Outdoor Store, 9 The Atrium, Guild Square, Aberdeen AB11 5PS  Book now on 01224 593639<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 1 December, 7.30pm &#8211; Dundee<\/strong><br \/>\nTiso, 22 Whitehall St, Dundee DD1 4AF<br \/>\nBook now on 01382 221153<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 2 December, 7.30pm &#8211; Perth<\/strong><br \/>\nTiso, Highland Gateway, Inveralmond roundabout, Perth PH1 3EE<br \/>\nBook now on 01738 634464<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday 3 December, 7.30pm &#8211; Inverness<\/strong><br \/>\nTiso, Longman Industrial Estate, Inverness IV1 1SN<br \/>\nBook now on 01463 729171<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 8 December, 7.30pm &#8211; Edinburgh<\/strong><br \/>\nTiso, Edinburgh Outdoor Experience, 41 Commerical Street, Leith EH6 6JD<br \/>\nBook now on 0131 554 0804<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 9 December, 7.30pm &#8211; Glasgow<\/strong><br \/>\nTiso, Glasgow Outdoor Experience, 50 Coupar Street, Glasgow G4 0DL<br \/>\nBook now on 0141 559 5450<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thurs 10 December, 7pm &#8211; Stirling <\/strong><br \/>\nCotswold Outdoor store, Dobbies Garden Centre, Drip Road, Craigforth, Stirling FK9 4UF<br \/>\nBook now on 01786 241200<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 5 January, 7pm &#8211; Glasgow<\/strong><br \/>\nCotswold Outdoor Store, 30 West End Retail Park, 60 Crow Road, Partick Glasgow G11 7RY<br \/>\nBook now on 0141 357 5353<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 6 January, 7pm &#8211; Edinburgh<\/strong><br \/>\nCotswold Outdoor Store, 72 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 2NN<br \/>\nBook now on 0131 464 9991<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 10 February, 8pm &#8211; Aviemore<\/strong> (speaker: mountain rescue legend, Heavy Whalley)<br \/>\nMountain Cafe, 111 Grampian Road, Aviemore<br \/>\nBooking essential on 01479 812473 &#8211; pre-lecture meals available (\u00a312), meals will be served at 7pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 17 February, 8pm &#8211; Aviemore<\/strong><br \/>\nMountain Cafe, 111 Grampian Road, Aviemore<br \/>\nBooking essential on 01479 812473 &#8211; pre-lecture meals available (\u00a312), meals will be served at 7pm. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) is again offering a series of mountain safety talks this winter and has just announced the dates. In this free lecture, Heather Morning, the Mountain Safety Advisor at the MCofS will share her beautiful photography, videos, personal anecdotes and adventures, while discussing essential skills for winter navigation, avalanche awareness, route choice, equipment, mountain weather and much more. With a lifetime&#8217;s experience in the mountains, Heather has been a professional mountaineer for 25 years and for the last 12 years has been an active member of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team. Places are free but<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/mcofs-winter-safety-evenings-announced\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-walking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13990"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13993,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13990\/revisions\/13993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}