Red Wheel celebrates special rockfall signals
Unique on the UK’s railway network, the tripwire signalling has been in operation since 1882 to protect the railway against rockfalls down the steep slopes of Ben Cruachan.
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Titanic’s forgotten predecessor: SS Norge – an Atlantic catastrophe
Touring exhibition remembers the Norge disaster off Rockall, the second worst civilian maritime disaster ever in the Atlantic after the Titanic
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Yours for £550k – poor land that named Canada’s richest city
Calgary, Canada’s third largest city, sits in stark contrast to the barren tip of Mull that gave it its name. Now a piece of that history – 382 acres of grazing land plus a pier and ruined village – could be yours for over £550,000.
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Archaeologists launch ‘Uist Unearthed’ app
The Uist Virtual Archaeology Project at Lews Castle College UHI has launched its brand-new app, Uist Unearthed.
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Travelling abroad has changed
The pandemic has changed the way we travel abroad. The Government has put in place a traffic light system – green, amber, red – designed to tell you the actions that need to be taken on return from overseas travel. Other changes have been made because the UK has left the EU.
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The man behind the mighty pen
Friend and columnist Maxwell MacLeod gives us a glimpse of the man behind Morvern Lines, the Oban Times columnist Iain Thornber
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Oban lockdown inspires tribute to ‘Scotland’s forgotten music genius’
The aim of this website is to remember the man and his music
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Own an old Campbell castle for the cost of London semi
Kilberry Castle’s history has got it all: knights, pirates, buried treasure, duels, cartoons, prison escapes, and the biggest selling piobraireachd book of all time.