Archive for July, 2010

THE FIRES OF HELL – walking theatre company production at Bonawe Furnace

The Fires of hell – the walking theatre company The work at Bonawe Iron Furnace was divided very distinctly into two, local Gaelic people were recruited to cut timber and make charcoal in the woods, and a team of English speaking skilled workers were brought in to operate the furnace. Take a theatrical tour of [...]

July 11, 2010   Posted in: Community  2 Comments

Council redundancies – local effects?

There has been plenty of print covering Argyll and Bute’s efforts to juggle their budget deficit by persuading their employees to retire or take voluntary redundancy. It is reported that all have been sent letters to achieve a target of 15% saving over the next 3 years. How is this affecting people who live in [...]

July 9, 2010   Posted in: Community  No Comments

Rollercoaster Bus Rides?

There have been reports around the area about people having a rather more exciting ride on local public transport buses than they should have to experience. This includes a report in the Oban Times which suggests that our route has seen buses clipping cars, throwing people around the bus, all in all rendering some passengers [...]

July 9, 2010   Posted in: Community  No Comments

skies clothed in gold, Benderloch

July 8, 2010   Posted in: Community  No Comments

Transerv works to resurface the Sutherland’s Grove road.

From this Sunday 11th July for the next two weeks Transerv will be working on the road at Sutherlands Grove, from just south of  the Barcaldine Caravan Park / Marine Resource Centre turning (but north of the Glen Sallach, Bonawe junction, to  around the point where the road meets the shore at Rubh an Tigh-shalainn [...]

July 8, 2010   Posted in: Community  No Comments

Bonawe Quarry Notice of extra activity from 11th July 2010

Bonawe Quarry Notice of extra activity The quarry is involved in the work to resurface the road at Barcaldine this coming week. This means that from Sunday night – 11th July 2010 – there will be heavy goods vehicle activity on the Bonawe Road and Glen Salloch outwith normal hours. Ennstone Thistle say “This is [...]

July 8, 2010   Posted in: Community, transport  No Comments

Benderloch to Glastonbury and back

Glastonbury tales…  Campbell Cameron The 40 year Glastonbury was as good as the last two – what a time we had.  I erected  the bijou and comfortable two man accommodation in a cow field in Somerset. Yes, its festival time once more and we were looking forward to Brian Kennedy, Willie Nelson, Gorrillaz, Stevie Wonder and Jackson [...]

July 3, 2010   Posted in: Community  One Comment