Guy Keating: leaving the BMC afer six years as access and conservation officer

The British Mountaineering Council’s access and conservation officer is heading north to take up a post with a Scottish national park authority.

Guy Keating, who has held the post for six years, battling for access for walkers and climbers, is to be the head of ranger services for the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority.

Rob Dyer in action

Rob Dyer, who formerly worked for the Environment Agency in Cardiff, has been appointed Mr Keating’s replacement.

A keen climber, the new access officer, who hails from Bournemouth, will take up his post on 12 July with a brief to work on regional and local issues.