Category: Leisure
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Villagers battle it out at beetle drive
Tayinloan Village Hall was a hive of activity when a youth group held a beetle drive in November
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Santa’s elves lead the way to Rotary Christmas Festival
This year’s Festival attracted over 2,000 visitors from all over Lochaber – with many travelling from Oban, Fort Augustus and Aviemore.
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Yoga event raises £1,200 for medical aid
A Mid Argyll yoga fundraising event will give more than £1,200 to charity and is even going international. Yoga with Keera was held in Ardrishaig Public Hall on Sunday and instructor Keera Kaur reports that the money will be sent to Medical Aid for Palestinians, a UK based registered charity; nearly 30 people took part.…
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Festive Fund adds sparkle to Fort William High Street
The small community group that runs the event is looking for more volunteers and funding to enable it to continue to light up the town on future Christmases.
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Cambridge student choir to visit Arran
Students from Cambridge University will be visiting Arran to give two Christmas concerts at the start of December.
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A fyne weekend awaits with Santa and his elves
Santa and his busy Elves have taken up residence at the Fyne Den in Cairndow for December to get ready for the big day. Families are invited to go along and help the elves in their making and creating. A visit to the Workshop Post Office will see letters written to Santa, bags of sparkly…
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A magical Wednesday Club event
Inveraray senior citizen’s Wednesday Club was entertained last week with ‘A little bit of Magic’ from amateur magician David Hay from Minard. He had the club members amazed with his ‘tricks’ and slight of hand. A raffle was also drawn for a painting donated by local artist Alec Blyth, who has been generous to the…
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Comedies come to Appin and Seil
Benderloch and North Connel Drama Club is going on a wee tour next week, bringing three short comedies to the communities of Appin and Seil. The plays are from coarse acting series of plays made famous by Michael Green, who wrote the book The Art of Coarse Acting. Pleasant Slaughter sees Lavinia and Oliver meet…
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What’s new – or not so new! – at Campbeltown Picture House?
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1945 heady romantic masterpiece, I Know Where I’m Going! (U), comes to Campbeltown Picture House in all its newly-restored glory
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Hoolie in the Hydro
One month until biggest single night of traditional music as Hoolie in the Hydro breaks own sales records