Up lifes rope
without a care

A personal archive of hard-earned experience, far-flung places, lifelong loyalties, and the people who made the journey matter.

Explore the journey View the timeline

Industrial rope access · Rig mover · QHSSE

Scroll to discover

The short version

One life.
Three worlds.

From Scotland to the world’s offshore frontiers, and eventually to a family home in Thailand - this is a life measured in people, places, and stories rather than job titles.

A boy on a green rotary telephone, 1971.

The beginning

Scotland

Where the story began: family, character, football, and a lifelong devotion to Celtic.

Discover this chapter

Two rope access technicians working down a platform leg above open water.

The working years

Oil & Gas

A career built across Offshore Platforms, Land Rigs and Refinery Projects, with teams throughout Europe, the Middle East & Africa, and currently in Asia.

Discover this chapter

Home now

Thailand

A different pace, a new horizon, and the greatest chapter of all: life with family.

Discover this chapter

Oil & Gas

Built where land
disappears.

A career built across Offshore Platforms, Land Rigs and Refinery Projects, with teams throughout Europe, the Middle East & Africa, and currently in Asia.

MENAMiddle East & North Africa

360°Industry-wide experience

∞Stories worth preserving

A rope access technician cutting steel high above open water, sparks falling into the sea.

On the ropes

A working life

Milestones,
not a résumé.

1960s

Scottish roots

1970s

Educational years

1980s

Offshore chapter

1990s

A change of direction

2000s

MENA and beyond

Today

Thailand

The Celtic crest embroidered on Jimi Gill's shirt.

A lifelong loyalty

Green runs
deeper.

“A Club like no other”

Home now

The best chapter

A quieter horizon.
A fuller life.

A change of location did not close the story. It gave it a new setting: Thailand, family life, warm seas, familiar rituals, and time to appreciate the distance travelled.