Thursday Evening
5 December 2024: 7.30pm – Tickets £10
We have two presentations from local outdoor enthusiasts with challenging conditions. On first is “Deano Dunbar” who will endear you with his adventures and various madcap schemes!
On Saturday morning, we have a great film about three ordinary disabled cyclists screening and we have three of the participants along this evening to talk about the background and making of the film – Neil Russell, Rosie Baxendine (participants and producers of the film) and Stefan Morroccco (Film maker)
Dean Dunbar: Blind and dangerous, or Blind and Daft?
Dean is a blind adventurer who started losing his sight at the age of 9 and was registered blind when he was 27. Now aged 55, he has spent the last 26 years on a constant hunt for his next adrenaline fix.
He talks about several of his 26 world firsts, such as becoming the first person to abseil the UK’s highest waterfall, hydrospeeding the River Tay, which apart from nearly drowning during training and then breaking two ribs on the adventure, went pretty well. He talks about his misadventures on the way to become the first person to swim the full length of the UK’s highest loch/lake, and how, on his third attempt, severe cramp nearly brought this adventure to a premature end.
The final part of the talk is about his latest activity – prone paddleboarding – and how in 2020 whilst on the water on his own, an unexpected storm arrived, changing the conditions to “life threatening” making him realise that he may not make it home this time. Did he survive? Listen to his talk and find out!
Also, in June Dean became Scottish National Champion for prone paddleboarding. (The first ever blind person to do this.) , and he has finally been allowed to compete in the World Championships in Copenhagen in September. (This will also be a first, as there has never been a disabled athlete compete against able-bodied athletes in these championships). He will chat a bit about this as well.
Read more about Dean in his website Extreme Dreams
Three Wheel Drive: All the Background about the film.
Neil Russell, Rosie Baxendine (participants and producers of the film) and Stefan Morroccco (Film maker) will talk about the background to the film, and how it was made.
Three Wheel Drive, (which we will screen on Saturday Morning) is an inspiring film about three physically disabled cyclists: Neil, John, and Caroline. They embark on an extraordinary journey to reach and stay in a remote bothy in the Highlands of Scotland, overcoming hardcore challenges on the route.
Read more on the Adaptive Riders Collective CIC Facebook page
Also see Stefan’s website Morrocco Media