New Islay vessels will not be built in Scotland
CMAL announced on Tuesday that tenders had been invited by two shipyards in Turkey, one in Romania and one in Poland.
Oban
News
‘Sustainable’ salmon company seeks out locations
Representatives from Loch Long Salmon attended Duror Community Council to give a presentation – the area they have mooted is Balagowan Island right in the middle of Cuil Bay, as well as a site nearer to Appin.
News
You are first class, Stephen!
Postman Stephen Cargill , who has been working the Appin round for eight years now, came up with the idea of wearing his kilt when Royal Mail chose The Beatson as a good cause to raise funds for. He has smashed the £1,000 mark.
News
On the curious trail of man in the bathtub
If you walk along the beach at the front of Loch Melfort Hotel, cross the rocks to the right and head to the natural pier that is where you will get your best view unless you have a drone, are passing on a paddleboard, kayak or similar and can get closer-up to the skerries where bathtub man sits enjoying a soak.
News
Drone photo shows North Pier spill
Earlier this week the image had generated more than 200 reactions from people including almost 50 comments with many calling for better action from agencies to keep the bay clean.
News
Mull horror movie up for film festival prize
Eerie Shepherd starring starring actor Tom Hughes and Kate Dickie of Game of Thrones fame will have have its world premiere at the British Film Industry London Film Festival on October 14.
News
RowAround Scotland skiffies complete Argyll Section
Skiffies rowed from Port Appin to Kilchoan on Ardnamurchan over the weekend covering over 40 miles to complete the last of the Argyll leg of the RowAround Scotland bid which is due to finish in September linking up 70 coastal rowing clubs.
Lochaber
Nevis Hillwalking Club – weekend walks preview
The Monadliath is a large desolate area of high-altitude moorland that contains four Munros.
Lochaber
ESO takes over mountain bike series from Lochaber’s No Fuss Events
Full details will be released in November, but racers are assured of a big day out to kick start the season.
Opinion
Lorn Healthy Options weekly health tip – September 16
Certain forms of commitment device are actions that will pay off again and again.
Sport
Archie is top Scot at Scottish Downhill Championship
The 14-year-old was one of several West Highland Wheelers to take podium places at last weekends mountain bike double header on Fort William’s world class course.
Lochaber
Lochaber landscapes uniquely captured in exhibition
Just as in real life the further back you stand from the subject the more breathtaking the view can become and Jonathan’s work is just the same.
Leisure
Free film to show power of water at McCaig’s Tower
A free outdoor screening of a documentary celebrating the awesome and destructive power of water will be shown at McCaig’s Tower in Oban as part of a nationwide festival of Scottish film
Leisure
Snorkeling artists sketch Argyll’s ‘world class’ seafloor
By all accounts, it was as hard as it sounds.
Leisure
Creating Scotland’s next boom: arts and crafts
Crafting a brighter future in the face of the pandemic – Craft Scotland’s COMPASS Programme seeks to support ‘a nation of makers’
Leisure
The Big Bike Film Night tours into Lochaber
The Big Bike Film Night shares ‘the best cycling short films from around the world’
News
SAMS scientists and subs return safe from melting glacier in Svalbard
‘It is like the west of Scotland, but with huge ice streams between the peaks,’ said Professor Mark Inall of SAMS. ‘[The glacier] has retreated half the distance from Connel to Taynuilt, which is the distance I bike.’
Podcasts
A Something For the Weekend Podcast 10th September 2021
A quartet of hardy seafarers paid a visit to the region recently to test the choppy West Coast waters ahead of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Rowing Challenge.
Opinion
Beachd Ailein, Allan Campbell – Thursday September 16
UHI Principal and Vice-chancellor Professor Tod Walker has apologised for apparently labelling some of the tuition provided through UHI as ‘vanity courses’. Many question the apparently disparaging criticism of some courses by the new Principal, and are asking whether Prof Walker’s views were known when he was appointed. Was he perhaps hired to oversee a fundamental overhaul of UHI courses?
Columnists
New Trossachs monument to mark Scott’s 250th anniversary
Literary giants’ contribution to the birthplace of Scottish tourism to be celebrated with a landmark scenic tower and lookouts at Loch Katrine
Columnists
Croftless Crofter: Nic Goddard
Between whatever has enjoyed a chicken dinner and the slugs feasting on my cabbages it could easily feel as though food is being swiped from under our noses by the nature outside.
Opinion
Beachd Ailein, Allan Campbell – Thursday September 9
Pictures of Taliban troops sporting abandoned American uniforms and American weapons must be among the most embarrassing images the US has ever had to endure. The thousands of people who are still in hiding, and in fear for their own and their families’ is reminiscent of the plight of the thousands of Highlanders evicted without compassion in the 19th century, many of whose ancestors across the world will be tuning in to the live streaming of the Royal National Mod next month.
