Britain’s best loved home event, The Ideal Home Show is returning to the SECC in Glasgow from June 2 to June 5 and The Oban Times has ten pairs of tickets up for grabs.

Be inspired by the spectacular Princes show home, stunning interior room sets, live cooking demonstrations from celebrity chefs, brilliant . . . → Read More: WIN tickets to The Ideal Home Show]]> http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2012/05/17/win-tickets-to-the-ideal-home-show/feed/ 0 http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2012/05/16/funding-lights-the-way-for-dunollie-project/ http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2012/05/16/funding-lights-the-way-for-dunollie-project/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:44:27 +0000 ot http://www.obantimes.co.uk/?p=4193

Curator Elaine McChesney and Volunteer Ian Cumming at Dunollie’s 1745 House

Oban’s Dunollie Preservation Trust is facing up to a £25,000 short-fall in funding as it strives to install a lighting system and specialist canopy at Dunollie’s 1745 House.

While the majority of £76,000 needed has been agreed and applications have been made to . . . → Read More: Funding lights the way for Dunollie project]]> http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2012/05/16/funding-lights-the-way-for-dunollie-project/feed/ 0 http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2012/05/16/divers-body-recovered-from-wreck/ http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2012/05/16/divers-body-recovered-from-wreck/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:26 +0000 ot http://www.obantimes.co.uk/?p=4190

Photo courtesy Kevin McGlynn

The body of a diver who went missing on the wreck of the Breda in Ardmicknish Bay in the Firth of Lorne has been recovered by police and Royal Navy divers.

The deceased was 54-year-old Councillor John Skerry from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, who was a regular diver with the St Ives . . . → Read More: Diver’s body recovered from wreck]]> http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2012/05/16/divers-body-recovered-from-wreck/feed/ 0 http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2012/05/16/model-t-ben-nevis-plaque-finds-a-home/ http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2012/05/16/model-t-ben-nevis-plaque-finds-a-home/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 12:50:08 +0000 ot http://www.obantimes.co.uk/?p=4187

An engraved plaque commemorating the centenary of the first ascent of Ben Nevis by motorcar 100 years ago has found a home at last – on the wall of a pub below the historic mountain.

To read the full story behind the plaque and its origin see The Oban Times, May 17 2012 or on . . . → Read More: Model T Ben Nevis plaque finds a home]]> http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2012/05/16/model-t-ben-nevis-plaque-finds-a-home/feed/ 0 http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2012/05/15/glenborrodale-road-closed-after-tanker-and-lorry-collide/ http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2012/05/15/glenborrodale-road-closed-after-tanker-and-lorry-collide/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:14:22 +0000 ot http://www.obantimes.co.uk/?p=4183

The B8007 between Salen and Kilchoan has been closed this afternoon, May 15 2012, after a Calor Gas tanker and a lorry collided on the single track road a mile west of Glenborrodale.

No-one was injured in the accident, which happened at around 2.45 pm.  Although recovery vehicles had arrived on the scene by . . . → Read More: Glenborrodale road closed after tanker and lorry collide]]> http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2012/05/15/glenborrodale-road-closed-after-tanker-and-lorry-collide/feed/ 0