Weather watch
During the Malts Festival when the first really hot days came the temperature exceeded that of the Caribbean. Last week even at night the mercury hardly dropped below 20º Centigrade.
Kintyre
Kintyre
Children tour Scotland’s largest salmon feed barge
The 18 youngsters and their teachers and classroom assistants were fitted with life-jackets and given a guided tour around the outside of the barge, during which one child exclaimed: ‘This is so exciting!’
Kintyre
Caledonia Way links Campbeltown and Inverness
Mr Martin added: ‘A guidebook is still very important in areas like Kintyre where tourists cannot rely on mobile devices either because of the phone signal or unreliability of GPS.’
Kintyre
Kintyre Seasports Project anchored
Jennifer Nicoll, Argyll and the Islands area manager for HIE, said: ‘Kintyre Seasports is an ambitious project involving a large scale redevelopment and therefore requires a full options appraisal of possible sites.’
Kintyre
Spectacular scenery scores high in survey
Marjorie Lang said: ‘The beaches and the people are the greatest assets. The people are so kind and friendly. There is so much for children to do here too.’
Campbeltown
Lifeboat call-outs to cargo vessel, rib and inflatable dinghy
The lifeboat crew discovered that the rib had hit the reef at speed at low tide.
Kintyre
Glenbarr Abbey’s Christmas sale
Mrs Macalister assured the Courier that no items were sold from the collection of the late laird, Angus, 5th of Glenbarr, who passed away aged 70 a decade ago.
Kintyre
Glenbarr Christmas comes early
At last year’s event Mrs Macalister announced it would be her last and a sale of festive antiques marked the end of an era.
Kintyre
Police files, May 18 2018
Police stopped a 33-year-old man last Wednesday, May 9, for exceeding the speed limit on the B843 at Drumlemble.