December 2016
- February 23rd – Dean was one of the speakers at “An Evening of Adventures” in Aberfeldy.
- September 26th – Amelia Hilton talks to Dean about sea swimming, cycling, and prone boarding on RNIB Connect Radio. Read more HERE
- September 16th – Dean & Rhona were back for yet another Lamlash Splash. It was rather lumpy this time! Read more HERE
- September 9th – Dean & Rhona had a lot of fun at the Beadnell Belta. Read more HERE
- September 2nd – Along with a great support team of Niall, Rhona, David, & Gerry, Dean had another go at the North Channel crossing. Read more HERE
- September – As part of RNIB Connect Radio’s 20thanniversary, Amelia Hilton had her first ever prone board experience with Dean on The Blind Leading series. Read more HERE
- July 29th – Along with Amy, Lindsay and James, Dean took part in the Moray Firth Challenge. Read more HERE
- June 25th – Climbing hills and dodging storms on the Great North Trail. Read more HERE
- June 11th – Loch Venachar SUP & Prone race. Read more HERE
- May 18th – Dean & Rhona took another nibble out of the Great North Trail, but this was not a good map-reading day. Read more HERE
- April 15th – Dean took on his first prone race of the year, (and he wasn’t the only prone paddler there!) Read more HERE
- December 21st – Dean & Rhona took part in the Adaptive Riders Collective fundraising 24 hour bike relay at Aberfoyle. Read more HERE.
- September 17th – Dean was back for his 6th Lamlash Splash, with Rhona guiding him for the 2nd time. CLICK HERE
- September 10th – With the support of a great team, Dean attempted to cross the North Channel on his proneboard. CLICK HERE
- July 30th – With the help of his friend, Piotr, Dean took part in the Moray Firth Sea Kayak Challenge. CLICK HERE
- June 18th – Dean teamed up with fellow prone paddlers James Fletcher & Caorann Fosbrooke for a 16km sea paddle in some very challenging conditions. CLICK HERE
- March 27th – Dean entered his first race on a proneboard. How did he get on – CLICK HERE.
- July 25th – With the help of an amazing team, Dean took on the mighty Loch Awe on his prone. CLICK HERE
- May 22/23 – Dean took on another one of his long awaited adventures. (He’d been waiting for over 30 years!) CLICK HERE
- March 31st – Dean talks about some of his adventures on episode 42 of the Always Another Adventure podcast, hosted by Simon Willis. CLICK HERE
- March 22nd – Dean did an online Q&A session with the wonderful pupils from Dubeg Primary School about how his blindness affects both his daily life and his adventures.
- March 16th – Dean was on the Kaye Adams Programme on BBC Radio Scotland. CLICK HERE
- March 11th – A bumper 2hr Adventure Show including a couple of pieces in which Dean takes Patrick Winterton porneboarding before Patrick takes Dean wing foil boarding. Now available to watch again on the BBC iPlayer.
- March 6th – Graeme Ogston of BBC News wrote about Dean’s close call towards the end of last year. CLICK HERE
- December 11th – Dean did a short online talk for the Water Skills Academy.
- November 11th – Dean did a short online talk for the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
- August – Dean was delighted to be invited to be part of the DofE Scotland Gold Award video CLICK HERE
- July 24th – Dean took on one of his 2020 adventures. Read all about it HERE.
- June 22nd – Grant Parker, at “A Broken World” podcast, chats to Dean about his life, adventures, and love of adrenaline. CLICK HERE
- June – Dean was chuffed to be included in the Royal Scottish Geographical Society’s “Inspiring People At Home” project. CLICK HERE
- May 23rd – Dean was interviewed by Jon Gericke for Sport Trax on SAfm. CLICK HERE.
- Due to COVID-19 all of Dean’s talks planned for the Spring and Summer of 2020 have been postponed. New talks will be posted when confirmed.
- January 25th – Dean & Rhona were back at the Ice Factor for some more indoor ice climbing. Read more HERE.
- October 19th – Dean did his “SUP to St Kilda” talk at the Tullynessle Hall in Aberdeenshire.
- September 21st – Dean & Rhona swam together in the Lamlash Splash. This was the first time Rhona had guided Dean in a swimming event. Read more HERE.
- September – Dean and Patrick Winterton had their Big Challenge planned, but things didn’t quite go to plan. Read more HERE
- July – Dean is chuffed to nuts to be included in the Palm 40th Celebrations SUP video. Watch it HERE
- June 21st – Read how a trip to find the midnight sun in Scotland, turned into the 3 Lochs Challenge.
- June 15th – Dean took journalist Gayle Ritchie out for a prone boarding session. Read more HERE.
- June 7th-9th – Dean and Rhona joined the Nairn Academy Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award group on their final training SUP expedition weekend. CLICK HERE.
- May 27th – Dean & Rhona rode Europe’s longest, and the world’s fastest zipwire. Click HERE.
- March 2nd – Dean did his first mountain bike trail blue route. Blind and daft? CLICK HERE.
- March 1st – Dean was one of the speakers at the Braemar Mountain Festival.
- February 26th – Dean & Rhona spent the day with the wonderful folk at Craggan Outdoors, doing some rock climbing and archery.
