Category: Leisure
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Photograph of the Week, December 22 2023
This week’s photograph was sent in by Marilyn Shedden.
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Goodwill to all otters
Outdoors columnist Daniel Brooks is a wildlife guide, adventure seeker, conservation campaigner, forager, bushcrafter, rewilder and dad. Here he shares wise words about encounters with otters and their cubs.
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Driving round Mid Argyll for Christmas
Mid Argyll Round Table’s magical Santa Express brought cheer to Lochgilphead and the surrounding villages last weekend. The Round Table used to have a sleigh which had been doing the route for around 50 years. But these days they team up with West Coast Motors to bring joy and festive cheer over three days in…
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Wee rascals out and about singing
Riverside Rascals’ children were out and about in the Lochgilphead community on Thursday December 14 to spread some festive cheer by singing a few Christmas songs. The little ones visited Ardfenaig Residential Home and Mid Argyll Community Hospital so that they could sing to those that couldn’t come and see the children outside. A spokesperson…
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Travel in Time – Thomson’s Scotland – Lochaber Series No 26: Mallaig Harbour
Travel in Time – Lochaber Series is supported by the West Highland Museum and the Year of Stories 2022 Community Fund.
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From our Files: December 21, 2023
A look back at the Lochaber Times archives from 10, 25, 75 and 100 years ago.
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Digby keeps up family tradition
Digby the elf once again proved to be in the winning family after his sheep won the (fictional) Barbreck Show. Alan, aged 7 and Fraser Shaw, aged 5, from Craignish were delighted when the elf came up trumps as their family has a tradition of showing sheep at all the Argyll summer shows, going back…
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Lewis mother-daughter duo star in BBC ALBA Christmas special
Actor Laura Cameron Lewis and her real-life daughter, Iseabail, who both live in the Isle of Lewis, star in a stunning new short drama airing as part of BBC ALBA’s Christmas Day schedule. Cur is Dlùth – Cloe, Warp and Weft (airing on December 25 at 6pm) tells the story of a young girl’s yearning…
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Curry Beans Ahoy!
Primary 6 and 7 performed their pantomime, Pirates of the Curry Bean, to a packed out audience on Thursday December 7. The show told the story of Jack and Liza Periwinkle, whose mother had been kidnapped by the infamous Redbeard and his band of Pirates of the Curry Bean. Along with their cat Fiddlesticks they…