For Argyll

This week Argyll and Bute Council officials have agreed a four week trial period in which the number of ’scholar’ flights will increase. These flights carry pupils from the islands of Coll and Colonsay to and from school in Oban..

At the moment,…

Argyl’s islands may be remote but let no one say that islanders are not enterprising. Argyll’s Isle of Coll is working hard to raise the funds to build a new Community Centre - an Cridhe (the heart). And all Colleachs are…

The charity, Project Trust, based on Argyll’s Isle of Coll, has had higher than ever numbers of applications this year from school leavers for the life-changing experience of a gap year working abroad with the Trust.

Already the office in Coll…

Today’s action on Tiree ended up with a major surprise of the best possible kind. Paolo Nutini happened to be on the island and offered to do a few numbers at An Talla during Campbeltown’s Breaks Surf Shop’s party.

Results and…

Right in the middle of Tiree Wave Classic week is the Adventure Race from Tiree to Coll - run yesterday (14th October). It’s a sort of triathlon, starting with a run, then a windsurf over to Coll and finally a…

Good - and well deserved - news for the energetic Isle of Coll. Argyll and Bute Council looks set to contribute funds to the Community Centre needed on the island.

Last week’s meeting of the Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area…

[ October 14, 2008; ]

Wakeboarding on the Tiree Wave Classic is an Adventure Race on Tuesday 14th October from Tiree to Coll. There are three stages to this - running, windsurfing and mountain biking. You can enter as an individual or as…

West coast ferry operator, Caledonia MacBrayne (CalMac) have announced a 3.8%  rise in ferry fares to take effect from the start of the 2009 Summer Timetable on 27th March. It will include the route from Dunoon in Argyll to Greenock…

The Argyll Isle of Coll is included in the Scottish Government’s thirty month Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) pilot scheme focused largely on the Wester Isles. RET subsidises ferry fares to islands in the scheme, reducing costs to the equivalent of…

The recent Half Marathon run on Coll has raised £5,000 towards the island’s fundraising efforts for the building of a new community centre. They hope to start building in 2010, raising an estimated £2.5 million from their own activities and…