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Julian Penney: Sea kayak expedition on west coast of Mull
It was Good Friday, 7am at Oban Ferry Terminal. The Isle of Mull ferry sat in the calm waters of her berth in Oban Bay waiting for the Easter rush to get under way.The sea kayaking team met up in high...
View ArticleConcerns on government strategy for A83
The A83 remains today [22nd November] under warning of increased risk of landslides at Rest and Be Thankful. With Argyll facing bad weather alerts, businesses – including tourism businesses and major...
View ArticleCalMac warns of possible weather disruption to ferries this weekend
Ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne is warning of possible disruptions to its services this weekend (December 28-30) due to a forecast of high winds.CalMac is advising ferry travellers to check the...
View ArticleFor caravan rallies with an eye on the Oban area…
Caravan rallies are always fun – the range of vans, the renewal of friendships, the explorations, the discoveries – and the memories.Argyll and the west coast of Scotland are favoured destinations for...
View ArticleCooperative Development Scotland hosts session on west coast tourism development
Cooperative Development Scotland hosted a high level session in Inveraray today [15th January], bringing together key players from the tourism industry to focus on the benefits of collaboration in the...
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CalMac ramps up holiday guide’s marketing punch for the islands
The Clyde and Hebridean Ferry operator, Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac), has put new zing in its popular Explore holiday guide.The name of the game is to encourage more visitors to plan and book a trip...
View ArticleCouncil gets through the longest day – time now to get moving
Today’s meeting of Argyll and Bute Council, largely for the annual budget debate, was a marathon.It got going about 11.00, had a half hour lunch break and ran until 17.45 before the wrap.Whatever you...
View ArticleOban-Glasgow train services to double from May 2014
First Scotrail has today announced that, as the result of a groundbreaking partnership between ScotRail, HITRANS and Argyll and Bute Council, twice the current number of trains between Oban and...
View ArticleEwan Kennedy: Regulation of fish farms and sympathy for council planners
Those of us actively involved in the saveseilsound Campaign Group have found that trying to come to grips with the present system for the regulation of industrial fish farms is a bit like trying to...
View ArticleMSP asks for additional infrastructure and tourism investment for Homecoming...
Scotland West MSP, Stuart McMillan, at the Scottish Parliament’s Question Time last Thursday, 28th February, asked about additional investment in infrastructure and tourism investment in the West of...
View ArticleArgyll and the Isles Tourism Summit: CalMac MD takes audience on a journey...
No one imagined that this Tourism Summit would be predictable and, while it is appropriate that the MD of Scotland’s major and renowned ferry service operator, the west coast specialist CalMac, should...
View ArticleCalMac amateur photographic competition for 2014 Calendar
Cyde and Hebridean Ferry Operator, Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac), is inviting amateur photographers of all ages to take part in a competition to have their photographs featured in the company’s popular...
View ArticleThe reality of living as a Clyde fisherman: Scottish government must act
‘Last week-end when my fishing boat was in Campbeltown I paid the local fuel merchant £8400 to fill my boat with diesel. I also paid the grocer £385, the butcher £75, the chandler £364 and the local...
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Argyll and the Isles Tourism at Expo 2013: 90 appointments before lunchtime
A beaver seemed to have escaped from Knapdale and somehow met up with the tallest tree [from Ardkinglas?], conspiring to capture a visitor to the Argyll and the Isles Tourism precinct [AITC don't do...
View ArticleScottish Government’s Marine Scotland announces ‘days at sea’ fishing...
Declaring that the Scottish Government is working to minimise the negative impact of the Cod Recovery Plan, the Scottish Government / Marine Scotland has just sent out the press release...
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Ewan Kennedy: the line in the sound
Last weekend, 4th, 5th and 6th May, over two dozen boats took part in the 11th annual invitation-only muster for small boats on the Isle of Luing.Most came from outside Argyll, including a few from the...
View ArticlePatron of Northern Lighthouse Board incredulous at Tiree Array proposal
[Update note below 14 May] The patron of the Northern Lighthouse Board has made clear her incredulity at the grossness of the proposal to site hundreds of wind turbines in the close vicinity of the...
View ArticleMaid of the Loch beer to put steam into Maid of the Loch’s return to the water
Loch Lomond Brewery has steamed to the aid of the Paddle Steamer, Maid of the Loch, effectively dead in the water as an immobile visit attraction for the past 32 years.Her owners of the last 20 years...
View ArticleMcGrigor pushes Lochhead for details of EU fishing discard ban in practice
In the Scottish Parliament today, 11th June, Jamie McGrigor MSP, Scottish Conservative Fisheries Spokesman, pressed the interests of west coast artisanal prawn fishermen with Cabinet Secretary for...
View ArticleCalMac takes to the road to sell Scotland’s west coast direct
In an energetic innovation, Scotland’s award-winning ferry operator, Caledonian MacBrayne [CalMac] is running a series of roadshows at 15 busy locations in west Central Scotland and Edinburgh over the...
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