Archive for the ‘Etive’ Category

LOCH ETIVE ICZM PROJECT – PUBLIC MEETING

The next Loch Etive ICZM meeting has been arranged for Wednesday, 25 August 2010 at Connel Village Hall from 7.00 to 9.30pm.
This will be the last ICZM meeting before a draft ICZM plan is put out to public consultation.

August 3, 2010   Posted in: Etive, argyll and bute council  No Comments

A glorious day at Ardchattan fete

Glorious sunshine, lots of activities and plenty of people, in the beautiful setting of Ardchattan Priory – the perfect summer Sunday.
Carriage rides, cacti collection, freshly picked vegetables, beautifully tended grounds, bottle stalls, wildlife treasure hunt, Taynuilt Swing band, welly wanging, home baking, plates of mussels, face painting, tin can alley, and all in aid of [...]

July 25, 2010   Posted in: Etive, Event, Family  No Comments

What do you value about Loch Etive?

Loch Etive ICZM meeting next Tuesday night -15th June 2010
Dear all
This is just a quick reminder that the Loch Etive ICZM meeting next Tuesday night will not just be focussing on Aquaculture and the second part of the meeting will focus on What you value about Loch Etive.

June 9, 2010   Posted in: Agriculture, Bonawe, Community, Community Council, Environment, Etive, Event, North Connel  No Comments

Loch Etive ICZM meeting Tomorrow – be part of the consultation

The next meeting of the consultation on the features of, and factors affecting, Loch Etive takes place tomorrow – Tuesday 20th April at 7 pm Connel Village hall.
The agenda for this meeting is focussing on Water Quality and Invasive Non-Native Species.
http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/content/planning/developmentprojects/marineandcoastaldevunit/ICZM2/LochEtiveICZM/

April 19, 2010   Posted in: Agriculture, Business, Community, Environment, Etive, Event, North Connel, argyll and bute council  No Comments

Beach Cleans around Ardchattan this spring

Achaleven Primary School : – 19th April  ~~~~   contact Marian Fisher 01631 710529
North Connel Guides : – April 25th  ~~~~ contact Christine Campbell 01631 559386
Taynuilt PTA – : April 25th  ~~~~   contact Moira Carswell 01866 822767
Ardchattan and Bonawe – : April 29/30th and May 5th  ~~~~  contact Susan Bland 01631 750147
If you want [...]

April 18, 2010   Posted in: Bonawe, Children, Community, Environment, Etive, Event, Family, Nature, North Connel, Recycling, Schools  No Comments

Who owns our shores?

A report in the Scottish Herald on Saturday throws doubt as to who owns what around our shorelines.
“For decades, the Crown Estate Commissioners (CEC) have claimed ownership to Scotland’s seabed, yet in evidence to the Commons Treasury Committee they admit they do not actually own anything. They only manage the Crown property rights in Scotland”

April 5, 2010   Posted in: Business, Creran, Environment, Etive  No Comments

Loch Etive meeting – Natural and Historic Environments

The third meeting of the Loch Etive ICZM was all about the Natural Heritage and also the Historic Environment.
background to ICZM
There was a useful run down of how the process is working for those of us who had not been able to get to the previous meetings, and feedback on some queries raised at the [...]

April 5, 2010   Posted in: Benderloch, Bonawe, Community, Environment, Etive, Event, History, North Connel  No Comments

Loch Etive Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan

meeting : Tuesday 30th March — Connel Village Hall — 7 pm
This is the third meeting to discuss the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan for Loch Etive as part of the consultation process which aims to set the Management Plan for our area by October this year.
The main topics for discussion are Natural [...]

March 29, 2010   Posted in: Benderloch, Environment, Etive, History, Nature, North Connel  No Comments

Life can sometimes be hard here, but there are compensations

and our scenery surely has to be one of them.
This stunning image is another from Steve Eccles – showing Ben Cruachan in all its glory. Click on the picture to see more.
If you have a photo you have taken in these months of the most astonishing light and colours, please put it up on one [...]

March 2, 2010   Posted in: Community, Etive, Nature, North Connel  No Comments

Photos around Ardchattan

There are always amazing pictures on the various online galleries of our parish, like this one to the left from Steve Eccles’ blogspot. Taken from Ben Lora, looking over the Keil crofts, its an evocative snapshot of the sunlight catching the Morvern hills. Beautiful.

February 24, 2010   Posted in: Community, Creran, Etive, Nature  No Comments