BBC ALBA broadcasts Mod live daily
For the second year running, this time from Oban, BBC ALBA will be broadcasting daily programmes live from The Royal National Mod.The Mod, organised by An Comunn Gàidhealach, is the Gaelic community’s...
View ArticleMull musicians on BBC ALBA and on international tour
Tobermory’s talented Sorren Maclean and the Colin MacIntyre band are on Rapal at 10.00pm on BBC ALBA on Wednesday 14th October (Sky channel 168, Freesat channel 110 and BBC iPlayer).Sorren is playing 5...
View ArticleInveraray Junior Piping & Drumming competition
This annual solo competition – a seed bed for Argyll’s great strengths in piping and drumming - was held in Inveraray Primary School on Saturday 3rd April.As usual it was a very successful day with an...
View ArticleSolo acoustic gig at Inver Cottage: Del Amitri’s Justin Currie
Another secret – until now – gig at Cowal’s Inver Cottage. It’s steaming on with its innovative season of intimate live music gigs.Following KT Tunstall’s materialisation there, Justin Currie, formerly...
View ArticleThree helicopters up in air sea rescue search for missing Seil kayaker
(Updated below – latest 17.00) There is a major ongoing air sea rescue, with three helicopters involved this morning - off the Isle of Seil in the Slate Islands south of Oban. The coastguard and Oban...
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Julian Penney: Sea kayaking a major Argyll growth sport – get it right
Over the last five years on the West Coast of Scotland sea kayaking has seen a huge increase in numbers, mainly adult and mainly beginners.In one year the Oban canoe club had 50 new adult members and...
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Crazy Brave: Niall Iain Macdonald and 3 months alone in a rowing boat across...
Niall Iain Macdonald – whose family heritage runs from Barra, to Stornoway to Inverness – is a man whose sea-going exploits we have reported before.Just over two years ago, in November 2011, the BBC...
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