£2.1 million Forest Holidays’ luxury log cabins open at Ardgartan
The Forestry Commission’s Forest Holidays today saw Environment Minister, Roseanna Cunningham, open the latest initiative from its £8.5 million programme of investment in Scottish tourism.Ms Cunningham...
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Tiree’s Wild Diamond
The Tiree Wave Classic windsurfing spectacular is due to take to the waves off one of the sunshine island’s glorious beaches this Saturday (10th October).The invasion of the island is like the annual...
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Bill Bailey’s Mull Birdwatching Bonanza on screen 28th January
Comedian Bill Bailey plays host to a rough and tough 6-part outdoor reality show, hitting Sky 1 and Sky i HD at 8.00pm on Thursdays, starting on 7th January 2010.Bill Bailey’s Birdwatching Bonanza is...
View ArticleFynefest 2011 a hot ticket
The Fyne Ales Beer and Music Festival – Fynefest 2011 – is seeing its tickets selling at warp speed (or mash speed). Organisers are delighted.Elaine Polanski from Fyne Ales says: ‘Ticket sales are...
View ArticleAdvance warning: Fyne Ales 2012 Fynefest will have 100 beers
The 2012 Fynefest, the annual beer festival run by Fyne Ales at Cairndow, will be in the first weekend of June – CFriday 1st to Monday 4th, a four day weekend.Gates open to campers at midday on the...
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Council enforcement staff to discuss fly tipping on Easdale Island
[Update - new photograph at foot] There are downsides to the idyll of island life. The photographs here demonstrate a matter of concern to Argyll and Bute Council planning and enforcement...
View ArticleLoch Fyne kayak tragedy: the reality and the issues
We have been talking with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency [MCA] about this incident and the issues it has raised.With the information we have been given, it is clear that the outcome would...
View ArticleBody of missing Loch Awe angler found
Strathclyde Police report the finding of the body of the missing 25 year old angler, Michael Pringle, who had been camping and fishing with his father in the area at the head of Loch Awe.There appears...
View ArticleCoastal rowing to feature in 3rd Islay Festival of the Sea
Islay’s third Festival of the Sea takes place over the weekend of 2nd and 3rd August.The Festival is run by South Islay Development, a charity aiming to promote and facilitate community-led...
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Land’s End to John O’Groats charity kayak challenge reaches Argyll
Silhouetted against the sun yesterday morning, 7th July, coming in to the beach at Ardrishaig on Loch Fyne from a night at Portavadie after lunch on a beach in south Bute, Nick and Philippa Arding’s...
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LochWatch Loch Awe: legacy of the lost
Today, at Cruachan Power Station Visitor Centre on Loch Awe, the LochWatch committee unveiled the patrol boat which will be launched for next season on this huge, beautiful and dangerously moody...
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Campbell Cameron: Julie Fowlis for 2014 Tiree Music Festival
What a tremendous time we all had at the Tiree Music Festival (TMF) last July, in proper wall to wall sunshine.Camping alongside the famous white sands and within a stone's throw of the stage - this is...
View ArticleNational Park ‘in listening mode’ on negative aspects of visitor experience
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park is alert to the negative impacts of antisocial behaviour and high visitor numbers. The Park Authority is considering improvements to the visitor...
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500 Scots and Irish scouts for Duart Castle this weekend
Sir Lachlan Maclean, Chief of Clan MacLean and his Staff at Mull’s Duart Castle, are about to have a lot of fun and games hosting an annual Scout Camp at the Castle this weekend, 3rd and 4th May...
View ArticleCamping and wildlife interests marry in RSPB’s Big Wild Sleepout
From 16th-22nd June, RSPB Scotland, the nature conservation charity, is encouraging people in Argyll and the Isles to spend a night under the stars to find out which creatures they share their homes...
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Stay safe and respect others using the lovely Loch Lomond National Park...
The photograph above shows what it was like at Luss on Loch Lomond today. The coming weekend, with soaring temperatures predicted to continue, is expected to bring an increased number of visitors to...
View Article£750k from Land Fund for Kilfinan Community Forest Company to buy more forest
With a of £750k to buy anoher 434 hectares of forest land, Tighnabruaich’s pioneering Kilfinan Community Forest Company [KCFC] has become the first successfully to expand its woodland ownership through...
View ArticleColin Prior FRPS, landscape photographer par excellence, giving illustrated...
There can be no better person to give an illustrated presentation to the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland than the landscape photographer who, for our money is the best of them all –...
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