Our Guest Speakers in 2026 were:-

 

The Immortal Memory – Willie Cameron

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Willie Cameron was the founding director of the Cobbs Group of companies based at Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.  Today he is the Business Development Director.

 

He is the sole proprietor of Loch Ness Marketing a service company to film, tv and media established in 1994. He is also a well-known MC/presenter/voiceover artist and a renowned storyteller.

 

Willie has featured in many documentaries on the Loch Ness story and has talked at conferences and events all over the world, including China, Spain and Germany and hosted the OECD Dinner in Edinburgh, and for ten years hosted the Highland Business Dinner. He was the first Highlands and Islands Tourism Ambassador in 2005 and the Food and Drink Ambassador in 2016.

 

In 2019, Willie was awarded the Silver Thistle Award for services to tourism by Visit Scotland. He is one of the founding directors of Highland Tourism CiC and has been involved in many local charities over his many years in business.

 

Willie is passionate about the Highlands of Scotland and can see the strategic marriage between tourism in the Highlands and the green revolution.

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Toast to the Lasses – Dr Andy Pyott

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Andy went to St Andrew’s University to study Zoology. For his Honour’s project he used a microscope to dissect Fruit fly larva, and this skill was to be returned to later in his career.
 

Returning to Glasgow he studied Medicine and then completed training as an Eye Surgeon in the city.
On final qualification he spent 14 months in Jerusalem at the St John Eye Hospital frequently travelling to refugee camps throughout the West Bank and Gaza. After that he had four years in rural Cambodia establishing a training hospital for local doctors and nurses.
 

His ambition was always to return to a job in the Highlands of Scotland and he was delighted that in 2000 the family were able to move to Inverness. His job entailed frequent travel to the Western Isles, Orkney and Caithness. Whilst he loved this aspect of his work, it was not compatible with amateur dramatics and this long-held ambition had to be put on hold.

 

Andy retired from full time work in 2024, although continues to work part time albeit with less travel. At last, he was able to join the Florians, and he has really enjoyed the chance to make new friends, and to tread the boards.
 

His other hobbies include, beekeeping, gardening, Scottish country dancing, hill walking, cycling and kayaking.

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Reply frae the Lasses – Morag Barron

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Morag actually hails from The Lowlands! She’s a “Selkirk Lass" (or "a Soutar," if you are born there), so she really should know the Selkirk Grace! Her parents came to Inverness in 1968 and all her formative years were here.  Morag attended Milburn Academy but didn't go on to further education until her mid 30's, when she gained a BA with Honours in Nursing. She then became an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in 2010 and has been part of the hospital@night team ever since. She loves her work which can be very challenging but no shift is the same. 
 

She has 3 sons and a granddaughter and a wee (spoilt) dog called Lucy. 
 

In her spare time Morag does amateur dramatics and she has been a member of The Florians Drama Club for a number of years.  She was delighted to be asked to be part of Inverness Burns Club’s Annual Supper 2026. Morag is a member of the Inverness Burns Club and has attended quite a few suppers which she always thoroughly enjoys.

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Annual General Meeting

 

Our AGM will be held at Inverness Golf Club on 19th May 2026 at 8pm. The purpose of the meeting is to review our previous Annual Supper and elect new members to the Management Committee.

 

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