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Even during lockdown, The Braes has appeared every other month, recording the
magnificent response within the community to a year of unprecedented turmoil, pain
and insecurity.
There may have been no formal remembrance services and only a few people around this year due to coronavirus restrictions but people have still managed to pay their respects and share a few memories.
As befits a former officer with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, Lt Col Cameron’s special day was marked with a visit by a piper from the 7th Battalion (51st Highland), The Royal Regiment of Scotland, which is based in Queen’s Barracks in Perth.
Among its prized collections, the museum is lucky enough to boast items belonging to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites, alongside actual weapons from the local area’s time as a wartime training ground for the commandos.
The local SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incoprorated Organisation) has received a generous donation of £5,000 from the Lund Trust to support its local response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the Scottish Government’s Supporting Communities Fund.
After setting up a local community support group, Liam and Marianne were joined by dozens of other local residents wanting to offer their volunteering services.
Community Councils in Caol, Mallaig, Glenfinnan, and Spean Bridge, Roy Bridge and Achnacarry, remain unformed since the recent elections in December 2019.
Local MSP Kate Forbes has spoken of her disappointment that a total of nine community councils in her Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency are to fold.
Four Lochaber community councils fail to attract enough members
