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Events

2008 Blas Festival

Thursday, 17th July, 2008 | Events | None

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

Dunstaffnage Music Festival 2008

Tuesday, 15th July, 2008 | Events | None

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

Tighnabruaich Yacht Race and Muster

Monday, 7th July, 2008 | Events | None

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

Colintraive Pursuit Yacht Race

Monday, 7th July, 2008 | Events | None

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

2008 Round Bute Yacht Race

Monday, 7th July, 2008 | Events | None

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

2008 Loch Long Cup and Rockingham Cup

Monday, 7th July, 2008 | Events | None

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

Oban’s 2008 West Highland Yachting Week

Monday, 7th July, 2008 | Events | None

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

On starboard tack - Tighnabruaich Town Regatta 2008

Monday, 7th July, 2008 | Community News, Events | None

[ 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.

From SNH: Damsels & Dragonflies

Monday, 7th July, 2008 | Events | None

[ 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 [...]

Calum’s Road now building in Gambia

Thursday, 3rd July, 2008 | Events | None

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 [...]