A new search will be held at the weekend in the continuing hunt for missing pensioner John Smith.
A wide area across Machrie Moor will be painstakingly searched inch by inch in the hope of finally ending months of anguish for the family.
It is more than six months since the 77-year-old disappeared from his home in Machrie, but Police Scotland say they have not given up hope of finding him and are continuing to appeal for information.