SURVIVING RESCUED DURISDEER HILL WALKER RECOVERING WELL IN HOSPITAL

Family statement – Bobby Thomson

The family of the recovering hill walker ‘Bobby Thomson’ from Dumfries who was rescued in the hills near Durisdeer on Wednesday 17 February 2016 have issued the following statement and photograph of him.
“Bobby Thomson is recovering well in hospital and hopes to be home soon.
Our family would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the families of George and Geoff following this tragedy.
We are very grateful to all the services that were involved in the search and rescue and would like to thank them and the staff at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary for all their efforts.”