For Argyll

[ September 5, 2008 to September 13, 2008. ] 2008 Blas Festival of traditional music, culture and Gaelic language - Inverness and around the Highlands

[ July 19, 2008 to July 20, 2008. ] This year is Argyll’s third Dunstaffnage Music Festival - near Oban, on 19th and 20th July.

[ September 6, 2008 to September 7, 2008. ] Tighnabruaich Yacht Race and Muster for FYC members.

[ September 6, 2008 to September 7, 2008. ] Argylls Kyles of Bute waters host the Colintraive Pursuit.

[ August 9, 2008; ] Argyll’s 2008 Round Bute Yacht Race, organised by Kyles of Bute Sailing Club.

[ August 9, 2008; ] Yacht racing in Argyll - the Loch Long Cup & Rockingham Cup

[ August 1, 2008 to August 8, 2008. ] Argyll’s 2008 West Highland Yachting Week, based in Oban.

[ July 20, 2008 to July 21, 2008. ] This year’s Tighnabruaich Town Regatta, organised by Kyles of Bute Sailing Club, will take place on July 20th and 21st.

[ July 12, 2008; ] Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), the body which manages the Loch Leven
National Nature Reserve, is inviting people to join reserve staff for an
afternoon of damsels and dragons this week.

We all know summer has arrived when blue flashes dance erratically above local
ponds, weaving intricate patterns in the air. Ponds provide excellent habitat
for damsel and dragonflies to develop [...]

This is not an Argyll story but it’s a Scottish one that has inspired everyone who has heard of it, mostly through Roger Hutchison’s book, ‘Calum’s Road’. Calum MacLeod, a crofter from Arnish at the remote north end of the Isle of Raasay finally gave up waiting for the Council to build a road through [...]