Trusty rescue vehicle which helped after Lockerbie is retired

John Drysdale, president of the Braemar Mountain Rescue Team, first got behind the wheel of Old Flex in 1987.

“It can make the difference between life and death for a casualty, but also the well-being of the rescuers themselves,” he told BBC Scotland News.

“If we’re in deep snow – we have passed snow ploughs before – and certainly when we get up into the high mountains, she’s very, very effective.

“We have a second one which we got in 2006, which is slightly bigger. But this is the old favourite – she’s been through an awful lot of stuff with the team, both on the hill and off the hill.

“We’ve used her both on the hill in rescues and searches and I’ve helped rescue motorists stuck in snow. There’s very little that stops her. She can handle just about everything that’s thrown at her.”