Beach cleaners comb Westport sands
Organisers thank holiday park which offered free camping to visitors taking part in the Westport beach clean.
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Walk with the Courier: Beinn Ghuilean
Beinn Ghuilean’s modest 352m (1154ft) map height does not reveal its spectacular situation on the edge of the sea. There are great views to: Davaar Island and, if the tide is out its dhorlin, across the Kilbrannan Sound to Arran, across the loch to Askomil,
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Westport spring clean targets plastic pollution
The expected army of cleaners will be rewarded with hot food at lunchtime promises organiser Christie Middleton of Surfers Against Sewage (SAS).
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On a wing with Machrihanish Seabird Observatory
The most extraordinary event of 2017 was a June fly-by Sooty Tern usually found in Tropical waters. This is a new species for Argyll, the first since the Observatory was established on September 11 1993.
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Argyll ablaze as rhododendrons bloom
Closer to Campbeltown off the B842, is Christine and Livingstone Russell’s garden at An Ceardach. Five acres of planting including large collections of rhododendrons and many interesting and unusual trees and shrubs.
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Driving on ‘what’s left of the road’
‘We used to drive on the left of the road, but now we have to drive on what’s left of the road.’
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BBC’s Grand Tours sailor slips into Tarbert
Mr Murton had told of how his work was inspired by an 18th century writer, Sara Murray.
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Nominations wanted for Scottish Rural Awards
Awards recognise success in Scotland’s countryside.
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Party to celebrate garden gateway’s growth
The transformation is all thanks to the hard work of a voluntary team supported by South Kintyre Development Trust (SKDT).