A couple trying to return to Southend on Kintyre after Friday’s blizzards slept in their car for two nights in a Tarbert car park while waiting for the A83 road to be cleared.
Read their story and more in the Argyllshire Advertiser,March 29 2013 or on line at www.argyllshireadvertiser.co.uk/digital

Two men have died following a road crash on the A83 near to Cairndow on Tuesday 12 February 2013. 
Following on from the Argyllshire Advertiser’s inquiries about the delays in creating a diversion at the Rest and Be Thankful on the A83 Transport Scotland announced on Thursday November 15 2012 that a major step forward had been taken in the project to provide an emergency route should the Rest and Be Thankful be closed.
Steps will be taken to ensure there is ‘no more repeat’of an accident that closed the A83 for 19 hours,transport authorities have said.
TRAVELLERS face delays today,September 27 2012,following the closure of the A83 half a mile north of Tarbert.
The A83 was closed for an hour and a half on the morning of Tuesday September 18,because of an over-turned car near Tayinloan.




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