Roy Elwood on Arrochar, tuning torpedoes and climbing the local dance floor

Zambesi firing a torpedo in training on Loch Long in May 1946 Copyright Roy Elwood

Roy Elwood has written for us before in relation to his convoy duty with HMS Zambesi Continue reading

Calls for leading Sheriff to quit as PAW Chair

The richness and diversity of Argyll’s wildlife is one Continue reading

Drop-in and strike a CHORD for Campbeltown all weather football pitch

Lochgilphead awp

Campbeltown is unique in Argyll for many reasons and here’s another one. It has not one but two amateur football teams Continue reading

Dunoon success with largest sports development event in Scotland

No fewer that 270 budding sports coaches from all over Argyll  and the Islands – Continue reading

1st March for FAI into death of Scotland’s champion cyclist, Jason MacIntyre

34 year-old Jason Macintyre was the cyclist who: Continue reading

How many Argyll & Bute Council officers can enter your home without consent, without a warrant and by force?

This is a serious question and it is one that, to date, the Council has refused to answer. Continue reading

Arctic Convoy veteran sees beyond today’s Loch Ewe

Jack Harrison at Loch Ewe - seeing beyond to the days of the Convoys

84 year-old Jack Harrison, ex Royal Navy and from Belper in Derbyshire, Continue reading

MoD, Argyll, redundant submarines and nuclear waste disposal

HMS Vanguard arriving in Florida 1994 Public Domain

Much of the Scottish Media has spent the last two days headlining the Ministry of Defence’s Continue reading