A distraught daughter has called in search and rescue experts in a desperate bid to solve the mystery of her father’s disappearance. Retired nurse Neil Skinner, 71, went missing while holidaying with two friends near remote Loch Dochard, Bridge of Orchy, in Argyll and Bute in May last year.
Despite an extensive police investigation using sniffer dogs, drones, helicopters and diving teams, the dad of four has never been found. Neil, from Doncaster in Yorkshire, had left his wallet, phone, clothes, rucksack and specialist walking poles and had already begun preparing his breakfast.
Daughter Kate Armitage, 44, has now asked members of the specialist volunteer Beneath the Surface team to try and find him. They have agreed to co-ordinate a new ground search in the last weekend of May to mark the anniversary of Neil’s disappearance, involving mountain rescue experts and experienced hillwalkers.
