More success for Auchindrain
Auchindrain, Scotland’s last preserved farm township, is going from strength to strength.Community Energy Scotland (CES) has approved in full its grant application for £11,700 towards the costs of its...
View ArticleOpening of major refurbishment at Auchindrain hits ‘red tape and bungling’
The unrecognisably upgraded Visitor Centre and Tearoom at Auchindrain – the last of Scotland’s unimproved farm townships – has suffered a disappointing delay to its opening. This is down to what staff...
View ArticleScottish Water hits warp speed to help Auchindrain
Scottish Water showed this week it has the ability to act fast in a genuine emergency and with corporate social responsibility.Auchindrain highland farm township in Mid Argyll, a recognised national...
View ArticleAuchindrain is smokin’
Auchindrain township’s new tearoom is well into its stride and proving a great attraction in its own right.It’s in the reception building at the other end of the township from the cluster of cottages...
View ArticleWonder what’s inside Inveraray Castle?
This Sunday – 13th May 2012, between 10.00 and 17.00 – Inveraray Castle, seat of the Chief of Clan Campbell, the Dukes of Argyll - is hosting an Open Day for locals.Admission will be free and there...
View ArticleJulian 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 ArticleAuchindrain in crisis: facing paying off its two permanent staff
The important and much loved Auchindrain, a few miles south of Inveraray and the last of Scotland’s preserved highland farm townships – is facing an imminent financial crisis not of its own...
View ArticleWhat if … ? An Exhibition Inspired by Robert Stewart
At the end of this week the final tearoom of Kilmodan Primary School’s exhibition of work inspired by Robert Stewart’s ceramic installation at the school takes place. From 11am in the morning on...
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