Celtic Cousin

Another new face joining us at Passing Clouds is Rannoch Gallagher, Our Celtic historian and extreme survival specialist. Arriving hot on the heels of fellow Scot, Fabrizzi McLaren, Rannoch is a well known face to millions of TV viewers, with his wild-life program, Highland Quest, and his sensitive study on children's behavioural tendencies in the award winning, Pass Me the Claymore, Mrs!

Extensively travelled, Rannoch has been able to learn seventeen languages, including Welsh! But he was quick to point out his delight at arriving in North Wales, saying, “ Ah widnae crinkle ma wee lum, ya slavering moosey, ye ken. The noo.”

Essentially a shy man, his wicked sense of humour is never far from the surface, and he was able to delight visitors to the Celtic Centre today with some extraordinary reminiscences of his travels. “Ya widnae muckle it,” he began, telling of an experience in Kalimantan, East Borneo, and the time he was instructing local villagers in fire fighting during the slash and burn forestry campaign in Indonesia. Deeply superstitious, the villagers celebrated each birth in the community by draping placenta on a tree in a nearby forest, the ‘placenta tree’, as it was known. Unfortunately, during one training exercise, he managed to set fire to the ancient tree, “ya widnae muckle mah bahooky,” Rannoch chuckled, “Ya could’na ken mah bahooky fer dust!”

Speed bonnie boat, Rannoch.