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Testing Argyll’s seaplane service from Oban to Glasgow

Wednesday, 10th September, 2008 | Community News, Tourism, Transport | One

Yesterday we tested the Loch Lomond seaplane service for ourselves, without declaring our identity and at our own expense. It is Scotland’s second favourite tourist attraction so finding out about it was worth doing.

There’s no visible organisation at the Oban…

Lismore secondary pupils may now live at home

Thursday, 28th August, 2008 | Community News, Transport | None

A welcome change to the Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) ferry schedules between Oban and Lismore means that secondary schoolchildren from the island will be able to travel to and from Oban on a daily basis, rather than having to spend the…

Working together on another For Argyll project training day

Thursday, 26th June, 2008 | News, SCF Project | None

Interviewing training session. This photograph, taken by Rebecca Martin from the Furnace team, shows Yorick Paine (centre) - from the Isle of Lismore, acting as recording engineer for Sheila Quillin (right) - from the Women@Work team, who is interviewing Alan Baird from Furnace.…

CalMac offers expanded ferry schedule from Oban to Achnacroish on Lismore

Sunday, 22nd June, 2008 | Community News, Transport | None

Lismore Community Council’s meetings with ferry operators, Caledonian MacBrayne (Calmac), have borne fruit. The company is now offering a Summer Timetable with four ferries day. They will also provide a fifth ferry - on request - on Saturdays and two…

See ‘Sex and the City’, hear Lismore’s Mairi Campbell in ‘Auld Lang Syne’

Sunday, 22nd June, 2008 | Community News, People | None

‘The Cast’ folk group, made up of Mairi Campbell, one of the LIsmore Campbell’s and Dave Francis, has performed an unforgettable version of Auld Lang Syne in the recently released film Sex and the City. Although Mairi and her family live…

Coll and Tiree included in Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) Pilot

Wednesday, 27th February, 2008 | News | 4

The Scottish Government yesterday announced a new ferry subsidy pilot scheme for the Western Isles group of Lewis, Harris, North and South Uist, Barra, Coll and Tiree. This subsidy is based on the Road Equivalent Tariff (RET). It seeks to…