[Updated 16th May] Eleven of thirty two of the Regional Finalists for Central South West in the 2013 Scottish Thistle Awards for tourism are in Argyll. Continue reading
Category Archives: Hebridean islands
Skye Terriers Club run sponsored walk to highlight threatened breed
There are only around 3,000 Skye Terriers, a native Scots breed, left around the world. According to The Kennel Club, it is ‘one of the most endangered native dog breeds in the UK’. An example of their vulnerability is that only 30 were born in the UK in 2005, with the breed is estimated to be facing extinction in 40 years time.
Scotland has a tradition of developing small plucky terriers and the Skye Terrier is amongst the oldest of these. Continue reading
£1.9 million funding package for Sabhal Mor Ostaig
Skye’s fabulous Gaelic College, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on the shores of the Sound of Sleat, Continue reading
Julian Penney: Sea kayaking in the Small Isles
I always find Arisaig an inspiring and dramatic place to start an expedition from. On a clear day the views Continue reading
Summer Isles’ Tanera Mor on the market
We’re just about to go north for a few days – to Loch Ewe in Wester Ross, reporting from the WWII and Arctic Convoys Week Continue reading
Ardbeg to launch Ardbog at Ardbog Day in Islay Festival
You have to smile. You have to be there. You have to taste it and you will certainly want to have it. Continue reading
Struan and then some: the revelation of planned elderly care provision in Argyll and Bute
It has recently become clear that savings made from the closure of Struan Lodge – or from its passing out of council responsibility – Continue reading
SNH publishes new map of Scotland’s wild land
today, 30th April and for the first time in the UK, a map showing the main areas of wild land in Scotland Continue reading
McGrigor hits out at SNP government over RET removal
Jamie McGrigor, Highlands & Islands Conservative MSP, yesterday afternoon [29th April] gave Continue reading
Highlands and Islands MSP says Scottish Government had hoped to bury RET report
Describing the Scottish Governments removal of RET as ‘a tax on Island communities’, Continue reading
