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Lochgilphead Remembers 2011

November 17th,2011%

Mid Argyll Pipe Band led the parade down the main street to the front green for the Lochgilphead Remembrance Sunday ceremony on November 13 2011.

Lochgilphead fireworks 2011

November 11th,2011%

The under the sea theme for this year’s Lantern Parade was extremely popular with Mid Argyll Round Table building an impressive ship on which to burn the Guy Fawkes effigy.

Mid Argyll Show 2011

August 13th,2011%

The Mid Argyll Show 2011 went ahead despite some torrential rain in the week leading up to the event and it was well supported by competitors and visitors.

Craignish Arts Festival 2011 photos

August 12th,2011%

Craignish Arts Festival in August 2011 included dressing scarecrows,a pirates’parade and an attempt to break the record for the number of people dancing the 51st Highland reel.

Pirates Parade,Craignish Arts Festival 2011

August 11th,2011%

The pirates’parade from Craignish Arts Festival August 2011.

Kilfinan Community Forest ‘Tree to Table’event

August 5th,2011%

CELEBRATING one year as the official owners of Kilfinan Forest,the people of Tighnabruaich hosted a ‘tree to table’event,offering visitors an insight into the valuable resource the forest provides for the local community.
Sharing their vision for the future of the forest,which sits at the heart of the Cowal village,forest volunteers held demonstrations of milling and firewood processing and showed off the produce from the newly opened forest allotments.
Opening the community allotments Argyll and Bute MSP Michael Russell,praised Kilfinan Community Forest Company for its commitment to a ‘green’projects and the needs of the community.

Crinan Canal Water Festival 2011

August 4th,2011%

WATER was in plentiful supply as torrential rain fell on revellers gathered to celebrate the Crinan Canal Water Festival on Sunday July 31 2011
Despite the downpour dozens of families,visitors and tourists descended on the canal banks to take part in the event,held for the second time at the weekend.
Organised by the Heart of Argyll Tourism Alliance in partnership with British Waterways Scotland,the event featured a wealth of games and activities including canoeing,sailing,boat building competitions and the ever-popular Dalriada boat challenge.
A host of local food producers kept the festivalgoers warm with hot soup,burgers and butties.

Paddle steamer Waverley visits Tarbert,July 2011

July 27th,2011%

RESIDENTS in Tarbert were celebrating this week after the Waverley paddle steamer sailed into the village’s east pier.
Previously unable to dock at the Loch Fyne village without being pulled in by local fishing boats,the famous paddle steamer pulled up alongside the newly strengthened pier on Wednesday.
At a special reception held aboard the Waverley,chairman of Tarbert Harbour Authority Board,Alan Macdonald,said it had been two years since the Waverley had been able to dock at the east pier unaided.
Guests aboard the Waverley enjoyed a trip up Loch Fyne with views of Skipness Bay and the coast of Arran.