Staff List

(Sadist) PTI "Bronze God". Went to Elgin with the boss when demobbed. Then onto Moray.

PTI "Bronze God". (Good Runner!) (Circumcised in Norway) Put on boxing gloves to go to bed so he wouldn't hurt himself after the op. Asked me to tie his hands to the bed but then I said what if you want a leak during the night? DOH!!

(Office Wallah) (Wooden Top Guards) Brainy Sod. Became a BigWig in Hong Kong Police. Suggested I went with him but……there you go…. Life's decisions! I've had his kit bag for years until it rotted away. He probably ended up with mine. They got mixed up when we left Isefjaer. Took my underwater test with him, we both nearly drowned trying to stay under for 30 seconds!

(Absolutely Mad!!) Drove a car off a cliff into the fjord to see what it was like!!!!!???. Jonny Le Page went with him. Both survived!

The canoeist; Demonstrated capsizing and righting method to students so many times would come out of the fjord shaking with cold. I remember him saying I can't ask them to do something I'm not prepared to do myself

23779??? Paymaster. My mate. How are you Dinger? Hated all exercise! What he was doing at an Outward Bound School I do not know! Joined the Junior Leaders Battalion RASC same time as me but different platoon so didn't know him then. Funny we ended up the same place. Came from Sunderland.

Difficult one this. Me and Taffy were really good mates until he broke his ankle climbing. He spent a long time in hospital in Kristiansand and I only went to see him a couple of times. I really let him down. I just could not stand hospitals, still can't. He had to be returned to unit because of his injury and I tried to say goodbye to him but he just brushed me off which was his right. I still feel ashamed of myself and if you are reading this Taff I'm sorry I let you down.

Who could ever forget "Barney"!! Every third word you utter is a swear word Barney. "Is it F**K!" he replies. Lovely bloke. Hope you have done well in life Barney.

REME Mechanical Engineer Extraordinaire. Gobby Lips.Always had vaseline on his lips because he suffered from dryness and cracking. He'll love me for saying that!! We both married local Kristiansand girls. Went for a five-day holiday in Lysekil, Sweden with our fiancées. I had to take a demotion to go. Major Ormerod gave me the choice of punishment of losing my holiday or taking a demotion. I remember we bought a crate of Swedish beer and sat in the local park drinking it. We couldn't understand why we were not getting pissed until we found out there wasn't any alcohol in it!! We went to a local disco/dance hall and they made us sit at a table and served us TEA!! Ah… Happy days.

Fiesty Scot! Trekker. Lived in a tent outside of bunkhouse at the base of the 39 steps to students plateau. Special Services. Had many arguments with Jock but he was an A1 Bloke.

Trekker. When asked why he laughed at his own jokes replied “Because they are so funny!” We were both dating the same girl at the same time. (Asa Hoivold, the Kristiansand Harbour Masters daughter, he won in the end, but I think he dropped her when he was posted out of Isefjaer) I got on well with him despite everything!

Climbing Instuctor. I remember going canoeing with him out into the open sea at the Isefjaer inlet with a few others. It was blowing a force 8 gale and the waves were massive! We went straight into it and it was fantastic! The prow of the canoe was right up out of the water then slapping down on the back of the wave. Hardest part was turning round to come back! We all managed it safely thanks to the excellent training we had. It was a fantastic adrenalin experience. On paddling back to the camp he made us all promise not to tell the “Boss” what we had done! He would have been sacked on the spot! Great bloke!

Sol was from Fiji. Driver, quite a character, saw him on T V some years ago in his uniform (Sgt) on Cilla's Surprise show. We used to share a taxi back to camp after seeing our girl friends. Our favourite taxi driver had a Russian car, not a Lada, a Borg or something, and drove like a lunatic! We would take off over the many humps in the road back to Isefjaer!

(I have just heard that Sol died from cancer recently in Mandal, Norway)

Roger was a very welcome replacement, his predecessor wore shorts and was always scratching his arse and then went straight into preparing food! We all had to take a turn at being the washer up and his helper. I was so bad at it he asked the Boss to take me off the list and I was given extra night duty instead.

Lt. Andrew Mathieson (Grenadier)
Trekker. Now living on his estate in Invernesshire, I hear.

Capt. Shaun Warren
Trekker. (He is in the photo with Jock Jones)

Ron Pocock (R. Sigs?)
Climbing Instructor.
Girl friend called "Grue"

David Eastwood
P E and Climbing Instructor

Geordie Densham RASC
Started as a driver and went on to become a Sgt. P. E. Instructor.

"Doc" Bowden B.E.M. RAMC
Canoe Instructor and camp "Doc".
( will never forget his party piece about the Bowie knife being one
inch from your left test-i-cle!)

Did summer course 1966 and also winter course in 1967. Returned as Instructor in ???.

Mac has also offered the names, Gus Waddel, Leo Hartless, Barry Wilson and Mac Macdonald.

Any names you want added and photo’s please send to above address. Please state which year(s).

29-Jan-2011