Leisure Archives | The Oban Times

The Tayvallich Inn marks the obvious gateway to a tour of the studios. Situated at the entrance to the village, it will also showcase art from at least two of the local artists, as well as work from a number of guest artists.

Gallery

New exhibition explores Argyll coast

July 26, 2018

‘I hope Hush encourages the audience to connect with the physical place.’

Gallery

Mull and Iona Glasgow Association ceilidh was huge success

February 23, 2017

It was the new era as Ross Wilson and his team presented the new committee’s first event.

Gallery

Argyll brings in the new year in style

January 17, 2017

New Year fireworks display in Oban and Tobermory, Mull.

Gallery

Jingle all the way at Oban High School’s Christmas dance

January 17, 2017

Youngsters kick-off the festive holidays at their Christmas Jingles.

Holiday West Highland

September 28, 2018

Autumn 2018

Holiday West Highland

March 29, 2018

The latest magazine is packed full on news and great ideas of places to visit this spring.

Holiday West Highland

The Autumn edition of Holiday West Highland is out now!

August 22, 2017

Holiday West Highland

The Summer 2017 Holiday West Highland is out now!

June 12, 2017

Holiday West Highland

The Spring issue of Holiday West Highland is out now

April 10, 2017

Holiday West Highland

January 18, 2017

Holiday West Highland Winter 2016 Version now available

Lochaber Life

Leisure

Lochaber Life – November 2018

October 29, 2018

November 2018

Leisure

Lochaber Life – September 2018

October 25, 2018

This month’s Lochaber Life is packed full of great reads, including Glengarry Flower Festival, Lochaber from Above and The Bard of Bogmonie.

Leisure

Lochaber Life – October 2018

October 25, 2018

This month’s Lochaber Life is packed full of great reads, including New Age of Steam, Ideas Week programme and Slug Survey.

Leisure

Lochaber Life – August 2018

August 1, 2018

August 2018

Lochaber Life

Lochaber Life – May edition

June 28, 2018

Your community magazine

Lochaber

Lochaber Life – July 2018

June 28, 2018

Your community magazine

Lochaber

Lochaber Life – June 2018

June 28, 2018

Your community magazine

Lochaber Life

March 29, 2018

The latest magazine is packed full of news and things to see and do, so what are you waiting for…

Leisure

Lochaber Life

January 10, 2018

The latest edition of your community magazine

Leisure

The October issue of Lochaber Life

September 12, 2017

Read the October issue of Lochaber Life online here, packed full of community news, events and features.

Mull and Iona Life

Leisure

Life in a Day: new dance work at Mull Theatre

May 18, 2018

Leisure

Mull’s Columba Centre takes on new lease of life

May 2, 2018

Mull artists officially opened new gallery and shop in Fionnphort on Saturday (May 5).

Mull and Iona Life

March 29, 2018

Read the magazine here.

Mull and Iona Life

Your recycling questions answered: part 2

March 10, 2018

Not sure what you can & can’t recycle on Mull & Iona? Don’t know how & where you can recycle? Well, here are some answers…

Mull and Iona Life

Mull reuse and recycling project help to save the planet

March 10, 2018

Project highlights include installing food composters which will, over time, reduce the amount of food waste going to landfill.

Districts

New public access defibrillator for Gribun

December 4, 2017

A new defibrillator has been installed inside the former BT phone box thanks to Jacqui Farquhar.

Business

Clean sweep for West Coast restaurants

October 26, 2017

The Whitehouse Restaurant in Lochaline and The Ninth Wave restaurant on Mull took the top two spots for Restaurant of the Year.

Leisure

The Summer 2017 issue of Mull & Iona Life is out now!

July 3, 2017

Leisure

The Spring issue of Mull and Iona Life

April 10, 2017

Mull and Iona Life

January 23, 2017

Nostalgia

Islay pays tribute to Americans

November 18, 2018

Monument is lit up for servicemen killed in troopship tragedies.

Nostalgia

Morvern Lines with Iain Thornber week 46

November 17, 2018

Mystery surrounds death on an Oban-bound train.

Nostalgia

Western Isles schools given new Iolaire book

November 16, 2018

The book, written by Malcolm Macdonald and the late Donald John MacLeod, was published on November 1.

Columnists

Morvern Lines with Iain Thornber week 45

November 10, 2018

Horses of all breeds and sizes have altered the course of history, probably none more so than the sturdy Highland pony.

Leisure

Poignant letter portrays torment of Great War’s forgotten pacifists

November 3, 2018

As the centenary of the Armistice approaches, a letter from an Argyll labour camp tells the forgotten story of Scotland’s pacifist movement.

Leisure

Sàl launches Iolaire centenary

November 2, 2018

The clocks went back in a very different way on Saturday evening for Sàl, composed by Iain Morrison with imagery by artists Dalziel and Scullion

Nostalgia

Highland Clearances Trail to be given major update

October 31, 2018

Ulva suffered falls from 600 inhabitants to 50 in 60 years to 1889. Today five people are permanent residents.

Columnists

Morvern Lines with Iain Thornber week 43

October 27, 2018

Cowboys in the Great Glen.

Nostalgia

Morvern Lines with Iain Thornber

October 20, 2018

Swords were one of the favourite decorations of West Highland masons and appear on crosses, effigies and grave slabs.

Nostalgia

Morvern Lines with Iain Thornber week 41

October 13, 2018

Meaning of place names is always a hot topic of discussion.

Outdoors

Photo competition wants young people to focus on national park

November 16, 2018

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority wants to find out how young people experience the area.

Outdoors

Environmentalists inspire at Community Partnership gathering

November 15, 2018

Communities across Loch Lomond and the Trossachs came together at the Community Partnership’s annual event.

Outdoors

Hebridean Dark Skies Festival launches photo competition

November 14, 2018

The winning photo will be used in promotional material for the new Hebridean Dark Skies Festival.

Outdoors

CalMac encourages new awareness of wildlife

November 14, 2018

Volunteers on CalMac ferries spotted more than 500 marine mammals across the west coast.

Outdoors

The Secret Life of the Mountain Hare

November 13, 2018

Wildlife photographer travels to Oban to reveal the life of a mysterious Highland mammal

Outdoors

This week’s walks – week 46

November 12, 2018

Get out and about with an organised hike.

Outdoors

First storm petrel chick for Shiant Isles

November 8, 2018

Project records calls from within a burrow.

Outdoors

This week’s walks – week 45

November 5, 2018

Get out and about with an organised hike.

Outdoors

Islay Pollinator Initiative shows island free of parasite

November 4, 2018

Islay could be one of the only places in the world to have no presence of Varroa in its bee colonies.

Outdoors

Leisure

West Coast Review – October

September 28, 2018

October 2018

Leisure

West Coast Review – August

August 1, 2018

August 2018

West Coast Review

June 28, 2018

May 2018

West Coast Review

June 28, 2018

July 2018

Oban

West Coast Review

June 28, 2018

June 2018

West Coast Review

March 29, 2018

The April edition is packed full on news and great ideas, so get reading…

Leisure

West Coast Review

January 10, 2018

The February edition of your community magazine.

Leisure

The October issue of West Coast Review is out now!

September 20, 2017

Leisure

The September issue of West Coast Review is out now!

August 22, 2017