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After a break of two years due to the pandemic, the sun also turned out to give its support to the event at Ardchattan Priory Gardens on July 31 raising funds for the 37th (Ardchattan) Argyll Scout Group and North Connel Guides, Brownies and Rainbows as well as Scotland’s Garden Scheme.
Donations are still coming in to boost the £5,000 raised so far by Seil Scarecrow Festival in aid of the island hall development fund
Pop-up performances, a concert and ceilidh during Mull Fiddle Week raised more than £700 for next year’s third Mull Music Makers’ event.
Many chowing down on their venison burgers at Saturday’s Lorn Show were unaware of the tension rising in the champion of champion’s ring
Oban Lesbian Weekend, billed as ‘Scotland’s first ever three night LGBTQ weekend’, begins this month, running from August 26-29
Retirement is about stopping working, not stopping living. Squeeze out all the joy possible, you’ve earned it.
A fundraiser set up in memory of popular Mallaig piper Nathan Ritchie had reached over £6,000 just a week after being set up.
Exam results are in. How did Argyll schools do? Council tax may go up by 3% to plug an £8M budget gap. Mull lost its big ferry – what did islanders think? And we round up the Killin Games and Lorn and Bunessan Shows. What happened after a champion dog went AWOL?
Oban Business Ambassadors are being sought to sign up and showcase their business and help promote the Argyll and Bute card scheme to an even wider audience.
Organised by Scottish Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) the ‘Gain the Advantage Programme’ will be open to all those involved in Fort William, Kilmallie and Lochaber Shinty Clubs and their wider communities.
The first home league game of the season is against Golspie Sutherland on Saturday, August 20 (2pm).
After two somewhat socially isolated years, competitors enjoyed a return to the many other benefits of the week.
Locals and visitors alike enjoyed two weeks of sailing competition on Loch Carron.
Hobbs was a shipping magnate, naval veteran, a leading light of the 20th century Scotch whisky industry – and a bootlegger, making his fortune running booze into California during Prohibition.
Beinn Mheadhoin is the thirteenth-highest mountain of Great Britain.
On offer were lessons in fiddle, chanter/pipes, guitar, accordion, button box, step dance, clarsach, keyboard, drums, drama and art, all which were tailored to the specific age group taking part.
RSPB Scotland takes on stewardship of Glencripesdale nature reserve as part of landscape wide plan to protect, restore and connect Scotland’s remaining rainforest
Hillwalkers are urged to check online for deer stalking information before setting out during the busiest part of the season
After a pandemic-enforced absence of two years, the Killin Highland Games held on Wednesday August 3 made a warm and sunny welcome return to the games circuit
Most of the classes were held in the fantastic new building ‘Cnoc Soilleir’ with all the Ceòlas ‘regulars’ delighted to see this long-held aspiration being realised.
A painter has depicted her journey following the flow of water from the top of Loch Shiel at Glenfinnan to the head of the River Shiel on the Ardnamurchan peninsula
For, though magpies are prevalent across the UK and Ireland, they are absent from the Highlands.
