Category: Oban
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At Random – 5.10.23
Oban’s Bob MacIntyre sparkled brilliantly in the European team that won the Ryder Cup at the weekend.
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Lorn Healthy Options weekly health tip: Bring the outdoors indoors
We now have a wealth of scientific research pointing to the need for humans to engage with nature and how this can boost our general wellbeing.
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Oban hit by vandalism incidents
Police are appealing for witnesses after two incidents of vandalism were reported in the Oban area last month.
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SAMS ecologist nominated for innovation award
An ecologist at the Scottish Association for Marine Sciences (SAMS) in Dunbeg has been nominated for an award at this year’s Congerge Awards.
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‘Shed’load of business for Easdale mum
Today Easdale has a pub, a community hall and a museum. There is already a pop-up art gallery and shop in one of the other cottages and now Bethan’s soap shed Siabann Eisdeal – Gaelic for Easdale Soap – has joined the list of attractions.
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Winter woods needs you
Instead of a storyline for this year’s visitors to follow in Glencruitten woods, organisers are calling on the community to design and make their own installation to form the trail.
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Species on the Edge opens youth panel applications
New coastal conservation programme Species on the Edge is seeking members for its youth panel
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Your chance to invest in Lismore lifeline
Posters are going up and around Lismore encouraging people to buy enough community shares to fund a community take over of the shop and post office. Off-islanders can invest too.
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Book sale makes a good read
Plans are underway to buy a new book shed for Kilmore, big enough to store paperbacks and hardbacks as well as have space for a couple of comfy chairs to read in
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‘People need to start using their shops to save them’
Time has come to cut overheads and quit the shop premises, says Go Naked Veg owner Graham West who will be keeping up the business but in a different format