Community Land Scotland repeats call for support for local land ownership in...
Confusion continues over precisely what the Scottish Government has and has not done in reopening, to an unknown extent, the issue of the award of shooting and fishing fishing rights for the Isle of...
View ArticleThree Argyll groups share £21,858 from Awards for All
Three groups in Argyll and Bute have been awarded funding from the BIG Lottery’s Awards for All scheme, amounting to £21,858 between them. The Awards for All fund sets a limit of £10,000 to each...
View ArticleAuchindrain joins the Eden Project’s Big Lunch to mark its 50th anniversary...
Auchindrain, Scotland’s last preserved historic Highland farm township, sees the 50th anniversary of its current status as a preserved heritage site on 1st June 2013.To mark the occasion, Auchindrain...
View ArticleAdrian Lauder – Celebration Service on 15th April
There is to be a Celebration Service for Adrian Lauder on Monday 15th April at the Argyllshire Gathering Halls at around 5.00 pm.Elaine Lauder would like everyone whose life was touched by Adrian to...
View ArticleCairndow’s Merk Hydro project 7 years in the starting: first there were two
Today, 3rd May 2103, is a landmark in the achievements and the future sustainability of the community of Cairndow at the head of the Loch Fyne.Young Finn North [with apologies that a camera sodden with...
View ArticleJulian Penney: Sea kayaking in the Small Isles
I always find Arisaig an inspiring and dramatic place to start an expedition from. On a clear day the views to Eigg and the Cuillins of Skye just give you that deep sense of longing for the adventure...
View ArticlePublic invitation to a medieval wedding reception
[Updated with time, below.] The Argyll Mausoleum team at Kilmun in Cowal been asked to help celebrate the wedding this Friday, 31st May 2013, of two people they describe as ‘a lovely local couple’,...
View ArticleAnother untold story: Independence and The UK National Lottery
At the moment, the profits from the UK National Lottery siphoned off to the range of bodies who fund good causes, are distributed across all parts of the United Kingdom.As a current members of the...
View ArticleAuchindrain in crisis: facing paying off its two permanent staff
The important and much loved Auchindrain, a few miles south of Inveraray and the last of Scotland’s preserved highland farm townships – is facing an imminent financial crisis not of its own...
View ArticlePostscript to hearing on Ardfern planning application
The Discretionary Hearing by Argyll and Bute Council’s Planning Committee on the planning application from the General Trustees of the Church of Scotland for The Glebe in Ardfern, was held in Craignish...
View ArticleBeechgrove Garden to film at Ardentinny
The Beechgrove Garden television series is filming the Ardentinny community’s Glenfinart Walled Garden at the end of July.Cowal artist, Andy McClintock from Kilmun says that he was making a bench and...
View ArticlePier crisis calls time for Inveraray to take responsibility for itself
[20.30 update below] For Argyll did a photographic expose of the thoroughly dangerous state of Inveraray Pier just under a year ago, on 24th August 2012 – Serious neglect of Inveraray Pier.This was not...
View ArticleNew marina for Morvern community at Lochaline
A new £215,000 marina has opened today, 17th July, at Lochaline in Morvern, on the north shore of the Sound of Mull.The development includes a new Harbour office, showers, toilets, laundry and Wi-Fi on...
View ArticleArrochar aims to be Cleanest Village in Argyll with young volunteers gearing...
Arrochar is aiming to become the cleanest village in Argyll & Bute, with the help of the Arrochar Youth Group who are undertaking a litter-pick on Sunday 28th July 2013, starting at 10.30am from...
View ArticleAbout Argyll launches 2014 Walking Holidays – with earlybird discounts
About Argyll Walking Holidays has launched its 2014 programme of guided walking holidays in the highlands and islands of Scotland.All its walking holidays are being offered at 6% discount to everyone...
View ArticleWestern Ferries names its two new ferries today in ceremony at Cammell Laird
[16th August - Photo update below - official shot from Western Ferries] Western Ferries, operator of the successful vehicle and passenger ferry service between McInroy’s Point in Gourock and Hunter’s...
View ArticleClachan Smallholders Gathering shows how to take it on the chin and succeed
The Smallholders Gathering in Clachan is run on the sort of goodwill and spirit that can survive anything.In spite of the on-off rain, there were stalls everywhere with fresh local produce, crafts and...
View ArticleNATIONHOOD: The For Argyll Referendum Project
Think about Scotland in 2050. What sort of a country do you want it to be by then? Prepare to share that vision.We’re not interested in the ‘now’ or in the vested interests and mantras of either Better...
View ArticleJob creation as NW Mull Community Woodland Company invests in woodchip supplier
In an exemplary strategic business initiative, North West Mull Community Woodland Company Ltd, has purchased island based woodchip supplier, Crannich Woodfuel, to continue the expansion of their...
View ArticleThe Wizard of Oz, the Ardfin Estate, golf, wealth, privacy and community
The Australian Greg Coffey, the financial sector comet who so galvanised the City of London that he was dubbed ‘The Wizard of Oz’, has submitted a new set of plans for a golf course he wants to build...
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