Since February this year, the Isle of Eigg has had a £1.6m renewable power system in operation, using a blend of hydro, wind and solar power. It can generate over 95% of Eigg’s annual energy needs and has battery storage…
[ November 8, 2008 to November 9, 2008. ]
| November 8, 2008 | to | November 9, 2008 |
On November 8th and 9th on Argyll’s Isle of Gigha, the Smashing Glass Art Gallery and the Isle of Gigha Hotel are hosting a weekend of classes on the Gaelic language for beginners and refreshers. Fee…
Look at the next few days in our Event Calendar - moving the cursor over a date will immediately list the events of the day. This is a pretty action-packed period across Argyll and its islands. How many of these…
Argyll’s Isle of Gigha has embarked on a continuing fund-raising effort to support the provision of landing lights for the Air Ambulance service at the island’s airstrip. These are badly needed to enable the night-time lifting of emergency cases from…
Held in Liverpool, the 2008 World Firefighters’ Games runs from 24th August to 2nd September. Such a great idea - underlining how fit firefighters have to be. Gigha islanders know all about this. They watched the island’s fire crew see off…
[ September 12, 2008 to September 13, 2008. ]
| September 12, 2008 | to | September 13, 2008 |
September 12th and 13th. Tickets from Henri MacAulay at the Gallery or Craft Shop; Jayne on 01583 505160
or Anne on 07919 657406.
The Islay Directory has launched to collect in one place access to all the available websites relating to the islands of Islay, Jura, Gigha and Colonsay. This is an energetic and worthwhile initiative. Everything that creates more good quality information on…
The Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust will be publshing a fun 2009 calendar later this Autumn. The photos are pretty surreal - a Trust Board meeting held with all attending up to their knees in the sea, an islander with…
The capacity of Argyll’s Isle of Gigha ferry berth at Tayinloan on the mainland to get badly silted with weed during driving winter storms causes service cancellations each year. With bad weather a further contributor to an unpredictable schedule, islanders…
[ July 26, 2008; ]
| July 26, 2008 |
The annual Raft Race on the Isle of Gigha will be held on Saturday the 26th July 2008. Last year’s competition was very keen and islanders say there are scores to be settled.
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