Missing hillwalker found 'safe and well' following search

Stuart Differ has been found safe and well.

Missing hillwalker Stuart Differ found ‘safe and well’ Police Scotland
Holly Lennon
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A keen hillwalker has been found “safe and well” after being reported missing on Friday.

Stuart Differ was last seen leaving an address in the village of Auchinloch, North Lanarkshire around 7.15pm on Friday, April 26.

The 51-year-old was driving a grey Land Rover at the time of his disappearance with police urging anyone in the Loch Lomond and Highlands areas to look out for him.

Police have now confirmed he has been traced “safe and well”.

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