Altimeter Heighting Scotland 1960 - 14 Squadron
A little known Altimeter heighting exercise in 1960 by 14 survey personnel from SMS Hermitage to the West coast of Scotland near Gairloch and Ullapool.
A little known Altimeter heighting exercise in 1960 by 14 survey personnel from SMS Hermitage to the West coast of Scotland near Gairloch and Ullapool.
We went by overnight train to Achnasheen then hitched a ride from a local carrier for our equipment and bivouac tents to the coast.
It seemed to rain for the whole fortnight I remember. One day we were on the shore opposite Gruinard Island which had been an Anthrax research
place during the war and was still out of bounds, with a few sheep visible, grazing there. I have just read on Wikipedia that it was only declared
safe and sold back to the original owners in 1990.
