Last night (20th July 2010) Oban Lifeboat steamed a total of 96 miles on two Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Walking Theatre Company invites all Munchkins to Portavadie Marina
We’re looking at an emergency situation here. Dorothy is lost. She needs help Continue reading
Scotland, the defence establishment, the MoD, budgets and a poker game
The political poker game over the defence establishment, defence spending, budget cuts and Scotland Continue reading
£20,000 award to Oban to develop a Business Improvement District
Good news for the go-ahead Oban business community. The Argyll west coast town has been awarded Continue reading
Bute business Henshelwoods Fine Foods makes 5 x 5 x 5
Get this. 5 years entry in Great Taste Awards. 5 years of Gold Star Awards. 5 Gold Star Awards in 2010. Continue reading
The day of the Highball discovery in Loch Striven
‘We are looking for a black golf ball, in an area the size of two football fields. However, the fields are covered in brown cricket balls and we are doing it at night with the lights turned off’. Continue reading
The incredible Carradale String Fest
How many people just happen to get a chance email from a former member of The Incredible String Band? Continue reading
Yeoman Bontrup on the move out of Oban anchorage for Ijmuiden
(Regularly updated below) At 10.30 this morning, 20th July, it already looks as if the tugs Continue reading
Isle of Luing ambition to build an Atlantic Islands Centre
In yet another example of Argyll and the Islands stirring with ambition, Continue reading
Major rescue services search for missing Furnace person
(Updated below) Rescue services began a search for a missing person in the Mid Argyll village of Furnace on Loch Fyne Continue reading