Dougie with warm-up supremo Kirsten

The presenting team for another year at the Rob Roy Mighty hike: Dougie and Mark

Dougie was challenged to get everyone to take a selfy and send to their fundraisers. As usual, he likes to get in on the fun!!

Dougie was delighted to be asked back for a second time this year for SCAA (Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance); this time for Run the Runway.

Pictured with one of their helicopters where the run was, at Perth Airport, together with his sound engineer Gordon.

Below is an email received from Caryn Whitelaw, the Events Officer at SCAA:

I just wanted to send you a huge thank you to you both for being a part of SCAA’s Run the Runway on Saturday.

You did a fantastic job of keeping the energy and atmosphere going throughout the evening and really helped make the event feel like a proper occasion. Your enthusiasm, humour and interaction with the runners made such a difference, and we really appreciated you keeping everyone informed and entertained.

We have had some great feedback from runners too! 

Thank you again for supporting SCAA and for helping make Run the Runway such a memorable evening. We really appreciate your continued support and I will look into dates for next year, and let you know as soon as possible.

Caryn 

Email from Breast Cancer Now:

Thank you again for hosting our Scotland Pink Ribbon Walk – you did such a fantastic job!

Produced by fundraisers at The Cateran Yomp 2026, raising money and awareness for  The Army Benevolent Fund.

Even during the downpours, the mood was so high. I genuinely think Dougie had a huge role to play in that. His manner was whimsical which brought levity to temper any overwhelming emotions walkers may have been feeling by the finish line. And he was so person focused, making sure he had names and team names right, along with other information he could find, making sure everyone felt uplifted and valued. You could easily see the difference between people’s spirits as they approached the final stretch and as they crossed the finish line – he enthused everyone. Myself included! Absolutely top notch.

Year four at Thornhill for yet another fabulous Tay Fitness event. Over the last three years £25,000 has been raised for this brilliant charity. The media team at Unavoided.com came up with this idea.

For the full showreel (where Dougie is undercover!!) click below. A whole lotta fun!!

A fine time to have brought all runners in,at Glasgow’s edition of MoRunning.

“Dougie and his team are always amazing! They create a brilliant atmosphere for our cyclists but also friends and family waiting at the finish line. So many of our cyclists always comment on how much they loved the finish line. We couldn’t deliver our events without him – he’s always one of the first people we call when we are trying to get an event date in the diary.”

Sarah Lyall, Bespoke Events manager, Parkinson’s UK

Photos courtesy of the wonderful  davidmollisonphotography.com

The team were delighted to receive this earlier today from the man behind MoRunning and The Winter Warmer Runs, Dave Krangel.

‘Massive thanks to Dougie our MC who really does make our events a success with his energy. Whether it’s cold, wet, windy or occasionally sunny, he has the ability to keep our runners smiling, to make them feel special and to inspire and motivate them from start to finish. He’s got the charm, the chat and the suit!’

Over 3000 people signed up to take part at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh on the Saturday and Glasgow Green on Sunday.

Talking of suits, here’s the one adorned by Dougie at MoRunning last year. It’s a belter!

Photograph taken by Paul Mitchell, Route North

So great to receive this from James Walton, Threshold Sports, the fabulous company who manage all the logistics at the Mighty Hikes for Macmillan Cancer Support:

Good afternoon Dougie,

Wow, definitely fair to say your reputation precedes you. You had endless energy, were a true professional and gave the same love to each and every participant. 

I thought Kirsten was great as well, I certainly felt raring to go after my warm up!! Please pass my thanks on to her also.

The feedback from Macmillan was as expected today, they had nothing but praise for your work.

Dougie started presenting for Threshold Sports at the Rob Roy Mighty Hikes 2018 and has been their Scottish announcer ever since.

More information about this fabulous event can be found here: