Oban Lifeboat launch to yacht aground – the famous Quest II
This afternoon (21st September) the Oban RNLI lifeboat launched at 12.48 to assist the 34 foot yacht Quest II with four people aboard. She was aground on rocks at Camus a Nathais in Loch Linnhe.By the...
View ArticleEvent saboteurs exist beyond Mull
2009 saw two major Scottish outdoor competition events troubled by circumstances impacting on their respective programmes.Both incidents were the height of irresponsibility and both could have caused...
View ArticleNew Argyll running race: the Crinan Puffer 8.5
Only the unfit would even think of saying that no running race has ever been better named. (Guilty as suspected.) The Crinan Puffer 8.5 is unique from the outset as a new annual entrant to the Mid...
View Article2010 Ardbeg Islay Half Marathon
The 2010 Ardbeg Islay Half Marathon is on Saturday, 7th August. It’s a circular route, starting from Bowmore, then out to the airport at Glenegedale and back round to Bowmore. For those still standing,...
View ArticleEarly candidate selection giving Labour a strong start in race for Argyll and...
Labour has the Argyll and Bute seat at Westminster as one of its five top targets to take in the 2015 UK General Election.In pursuit of this determination, the party went for an early selection of its...
View ArticleScottish Land & Estates welcomes recognition of role of deer management
Scottish Land & Estates has today, 5th February, welcomed fresh recognition for the role that deer management plays in Scotland’s rural economy and society.In response to the Rural Affairs, Climate...
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