A sharp eye spotted a basking shark in the waters just off the shore of east Loch Fyne, at Letters, a few days ago. Basking sharks aree not aggressive. They are described as ‘filter feeders’ - like living sieves really. They cruise with their huge maws constantly open, filtering and processing the quantities of [...]
It has taken four years work by Jura’s ‘Initiative at the Edge’ to get the new passenger service from Tayvallich into Craighouse that launched a week ago. The twelve-passenger Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) has already had a modest positive impact on Tayvallich’s local economy - the shop and cafe have been doing new business. [...]
Lieutenant Colonel David Richmond, Commanding Officer of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and one of Scotland’s most senior soldiers, is being flown back to the military unit at Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham for treatment. He was shot in the leg during what is described as ‘an intense firefight’ in Helmand where enemy fire took [...]
Highland Airways is now taking bookings for flights on Argyll’s new air services launching on Monday 16th June between Oban and the islands of Colonsay, Coll and Tiree. In general, flight prices will be discounted for booking well ahead. This is obviously very good news for the islands and for Oban. The timing is [...]
First we had John Prescott and Gordon Brown meeting in the Car Park at the Loch Fyne Oyster Bar. Now rumour has it that Chelsea FC’s owner, Roman Abramovich, and Rangers’ Chairman, David Murray, have cosied up on the Russian’s yacht moored off Inveraray.
Prescott and Brown stopped in te Oyster Bar’s car park on [...]
Normally resident in the Arctic, a male bearded seal has been discovered visiting the Isle of Mull. Visitors are described as ‘flocking’ (should it be ’shoaling’?) to Loch na Keal to see it hauled out, basking on the rocks and rolling in the water. Its spectacular whiskers and beard - long, strong and distinguishably [...]
Poland’s Czestochowa Pipe Band is exciting in a lot of ways. It’s the only one in the country. It has no state funding and supports itself entirely by its own efforts, buying pipes, drums and kilts in Glasgow and in Canada - where the inspiration for the band began.
The Mid Argyll Pipe Band, Scotland’s oldest, [...]
John Saich interviews Esther O’Connor
In a special interview for Radio Fyneside, supremely talented singer songwriter Esther O’Connor talks to John Saich in between acoustic sets at Tarbert Seafood Festival. Self determined in music and business, Esther talks about growing up with Wet Wet Wet, learning the hard way about the sharp end of the [...]
An interview by Mary Ann Kennedy of BBC Radio Scotland with Angus Farquhar of nva - the noted outdoor performance company responsible for The Storr in Skye last year and presenting ‘Half Life’ in Kilmartin Glen this September this year in conjunction with the National Theatre of Scotland. Produced for Radio Fyneside by Wild Biscuit.
Musical [...]
