Pillaging and fun as Vikings invade Tarbert
A friendly invasion
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Holiday West Highland
Holiday West Highland Summer 2019
The summer edition of Holiday West Highland is packed full of great reads. From Events and Activities, Area Info, Days Out and Boat Trips. Find out what the West Highlands has to offer.
Columnists
CalMac’s Lochranza bonanza
A year round Cloanaig to Lochranza service may reinvigorate trade between one of Arran’s iconic villages, Skipness, Tarbert, Kintyre and Islay.
Fundraisers
Mairi Semple fund’s 2018 round-up
Volunteers and past and present committee members are the backbone of Kintyre’s only completely local cancer charity.
Columnists
Will big cats come to Kintyre?
The Lynx UK Trust wants to reintroduce, the strictly carnivorous, large cat to Kintyre.
Leisure
Snow is no problem in Kintyre
Despite carnage caused by snow on roads across Argyll and Bute this week, most of Kintyre had only a light dusting on the hills.
Districts
Courier captured in magic meringue
‘Frances’ meringues are as topical as cartoons and it was great for the Courier to be immortalised, if only briefly, before melting in the mouth.’
Campbeltown
Kintyre air accidents book coming soon
‘I had a good response from a Courier letter and my research came on leaps and bounds.’
Letters
Letter: The Rural Growth Deal
Nothing is guaranteed and the Rural Growth Deal will not address all of Argyll and Bute’s many problems it is a step in the right direction.
Leisure
Sailing to Campbeltown 1962
A piece of 8mm footage from 55 years ago showing a trip to Campbeltown.