Professor Cedric Milner.

The Club is sad to report the passing of Vice-Chairman Professor Cedric Milner on 3^rd of December, at the age of 75. Professor Milner joined the Club on his retirement in 1996. He became a member of the Site sub-Committee and a member of Council in 2001 and was co-opted to the Executive Committee in 2004. He was appointed Chairman of the Sites sub-Committee and in October 2007 became Club Vice-Chairman.

He was an ecologist and retired Professor of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Wales Bangor. he was also a Director of Glas Cymru / Welsh Water, a former Chairman of the Snowdonia Society and Council Member of the Campaign for the protection of Rural Wales. He was formerly a Home Office Scientific Advisor and had also worked for the national Environment Research Council. Professor Milner had a particular interest in maintaining and enhancing the biodiversity of the Club sites which he regarded as an under appreciated, potentially important, national resource. He could be relied upon to identify local species of fauna, flora, trees, shrubs and even grasses to ensure species native to the local area were included in Club site redevelopment plans.

Professor Milner worked and camped in many parts of the world. He was a fluent Welsh speaker, as is his wife Annis who he met while mountaineering in Snowdonia. He was also very a keen caravanner, touring regularly in Britain and France where he owned a second caravan.