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John Dowling
Trainer
Prior to joining BMF, John spent 26 years serving in the Royal Air Force. He joined up in 1990 as A Physical Training Instructor. Qualified in 1991 as a RAF PTI and specialised as an Adventure Training Instructor in 1993. He spent most of his service career teaching Airman and Officers in the Basic & Trade Training environment, both within his Physical training and Adventure Training specialisations. He has also worked at Main Operating Bases in Northern Ireland, Croatia and the Falklands. John continued to serve in the Royal Air Force until retiring in 2016. He is a qualified Summer and winter walking, canoeing, kayaking, high ropes course, mountain biking and skiing instructor. John has been working for BMF since September 2017, firstly as a part time instructor, then as a Park Manager and finally for the last year as a full time lead instructor. He is a keen sportsman and back in the day played rugby, football and cricket at county level. Since retiring from the military John still likes to get out mountain biking & skiing and keeping fit with regular exercise. John enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience he has gained over the years with the BMF members.
