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Wajefication sees Junior waje on the road
There seems to be no stopping Helensburgh’s Brian Cairnduff and Phil Burns. Their children’s book business – An Elephant Can’t – spawned waje (wall jewellery) which has just, as we reported, had a...
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Rhapsody in abundance in Argyll
This is what the Irish call a mixumgatherum of creative activities – all human arts are here. Rhapsody rules. Within Argyll’s Homecoming 2009 programme, secondary school children from across Argyll...
View ArticleArgyll & Bute first council fully connected to high-speed broadband
The £70million Pathfinder North scheme, which began in May 2007 and is part-funded by the Scottish Government, aims to implement a future-proof high-speed broadband network, provided by...
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Hillhead pupils’ images for its 81% capacity
The pupils of Hillhead Primary School in Wick, a demonstrably successful school whose parents and children want it to continue, created these inventive images as part of the campaign save their...
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Heart of Argyll motors east to all parts, ofishshelly
The Heart of Argyll Tourism Alliance has forged a new tripartite partnership with West Coast Motors and O-Fish-Shell (fabulous name).This is targeted on taking their promotional message out on the...
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Island Moments
Island Moments is the headline title of Catherine Wilson’s latest book for Ailsapress. Its full title is: Island Moments. Taken by surprise in the Hebrides.It is a title that subtly captures the impact...
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Why do we go where we go?
What makes each of us choose to go to the places we go to?There will be as many different prompts as there are individuals but there may be some common ones it would be good to identify.So to kick off...
View ArticleNow see for yourself: For Argyll challenges anyone to say SPR plans for...
After making spurious claims that they had already done so – exposed by the vigorous No Tiree Array campaigners against the massive offshore wind farm embracing the Isle of Tiree – Scottish Power...
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Support flaring for Clyde Coastguard
The will to SaveClydeCoastguard reddened the skies and crowded the Esplanade at Greenock tonight (31st August 2012) – a dreich evening with lowering clouds, rain mist and a spectacle that went from...
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Snapberry IV at Taynish Piggery
Finally we got there – after a few more misadventures amongst which was an invasion of the grounds of Taynish House – based on the (wrong) assumption that SNH owned the entire peninsula as a...
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SAMS scientifc survey blows the myth of the Corryvreckan’s pinnacle
It has long been thought – now apparently without evidence – that the muscular whirlpools that make the Sound of Corryvreckan the third most powerful set in the world, are caused by water thrust...
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For Argyll’s Christmas nominations
[Completed 26th December] This has been some year – of enterprise, surprise, achievement, investment, determination and a growing focus on the activity and marine tourism that plays so strongly to...
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Ellie Donald and Olivia Kerr of Lochgilphead High School blogging on...
Two Lochgilphead High School pupils, Ellie Donald and Olivia Kerr, feature as bloggers for the most recent, 20th June, entry on the Scottish Natural Heritage [SNH] website, Scotland’s Nature.Snapberry,...
View ArticleMid Argyll Camera Club Autumn Exhibition
The Autumn Photographic Exhibition of the Mid Argyll Camera Club is now open at the Lochgilphead Community Education Centre. It will be up for about another seven weeks.It’s an unusual exhibition as...
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This is the New Year for Norfolk folk made homeless by December storm
On 5th December 2013, the biggest storm surge in 60 years came charging straight into the Norfolk coast.On the cliff top at Hemsby, three homes fell into the sea and four more were seriously damaged –...
View ArticleConcerned SNP MSP calls for rationale of Police Scotland Chief’s firearms policy
There has been widespread concern across Scotland following the revelation that officers of the new unified force, Police Scotland, are routinely carrying side arms while on duty, even in the Highlands...
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Millimetre judgment in close racing at West Highland Yachting Week
Shots here from Yachting Images show heart-stopping moments in millimetre misses driven by the spirit of competition and serious skill and judgment in the fleets racing in the 2014 West Highland...
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Mary Gillies solo photographic exhibition
Work by photographer Mary Gillies, member of Mid Argyll Camera Club, is the subject of the Club’s second solo exhibition which opened on Monday this week at the Lochgilphead Community Centre and runs...
View ArticleColin Prior FRPS, landscape photographer par excellence, giving illustrated...
There can be no better person to give an illustrated presentation to the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland than the landscape photographer who, for our money is the best of them all –...
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Inveraray Jail about to introduce 25 audio stops for visitors on site tour
On 4th June, one of Argyll and the Isles’ most popular visitor attractions, Inveraray Jail, is introducing 25 audio stops to its site tour. Each stop will trigger on interactive touch screens images,...
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