Ah! The highlands! My first sector to EGPO was gusting 70kt. We came to a halt on the pan, the skipper closed the throttles (Budgie being a Brit aircraft) and we started going backwards. For ever after I have always boasted that we had to open the throttles to set the park brake!
We also "self handled" in BA Highland division, and I can often remember throwing 10kg bundles of newspapers out of the cargo hold towards the baggage truck and having them blown back into the a/c by gusts in Shetland..........followed by a convivial evening in the Shetland Social Club............