Family Appeal for Help in Finding Missing Hillwalker Robin Garton
The family of a hillwalker who has been missing for a week are urging anyone with information about his whereabouts to call police.
Further searches are being carried out for Robin Garton, 69, who has not been seen since the morning of Friday, September 25 when he checked out of the Kingshouse Hotel in Glencoe in the Highlands at about 8am.
Mr Garton, from Devizes in Wiltshire, had plans to travel north to meet friends in the Kinlochewe area on Sunday but failed to meet them as arranged.
Officers found Mr Garton's black Volkswagen Passat estate car in the Achnambeithach car park, off the A82 by Loch Achtriochtan.
It is believed he may have had made plans to walk in the Coire Nam Beith or Bidean Nam Bian areas.
In a statement issued through police, his family said: "We are extremely grateful to members of the emergency services and search & rescue personnel who have been helping in the search for Robin since Monday afternoon, and as these efforts continue into the weekend.
"We'd like to appeal to anyone who saw Robin or may have spoken to him to please get in touch with the police on 101.
"Any information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, may assist in bringing Robin home to us.''
Searches have been carried out since he was reported missing on Monday and are continuing today.
South Highland area commander Brian Mackay said: "Police Scotland are co-ordinating further searches this afternoon in the surrounding areas of Aonach Eagach Ridge with specialist search officers supported by the Glencoe mountain rescue team.
"Police Scotland resources who have also been deployed to the area include the Police Scotland mountain rescue team, dog unit and air support unit.
"Mr Garton is described as 6ft 2ins in height, of slim to medium build, he has fair hair which is slightly balding and occasionally wears glasses. It is not known what he was wearing but it is believed that he was hillwalking in the Glencoe area.
"With the last sighting of Mr Garton being Friday morning, we are increasingly concerned for his welfare and would urge anyone who has seen Mr Garton or someone fitting his description to contact police on 101.''