21 free winter safety lectures, by 12 speakers at 6 events across Scotland have been organised by the Mountaineering Council of Scotland.
Each starts at 8pm, lasts about 45 minutes and the expert advice is well worth listening to if you're near any of these places.
Glencoe, Aviemore, Perth, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness.
The full calendar with dates, location and name of speaker is as follows:
The Clachaig Inn, Glencoe. (Tuesday evenings)
1st & 8th February. Roger Wild
15th & 22nd February. Adele Pennington
1st & 8th March. Tom Gilchrist
The Mountain Café, Aviemore. (Wednesday evenings)
12th & 26th January. Nick Carter
2nd & 23rd February. Simon Steer
9th February.
16th February & 2nd March. George McEwan
9th March. David “Heavy” Whalley BEM MBE
Tiso Stores. (Thursday evenings)
27th January. Stuart Johnston.
3rd February. Tamsin Gay.
10th February. Rosie Goolden.
17th February. Di Gilbert.
24th February. Stuart Johnston.
3rd March. Stuart Johnston.
10th March. Stuart Johnston.