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August 25, 2017August 25, 2017

Glenfinart Walled Garden at Kirn Gala

The sun shone last Wednesday evening for the annual Kirn Gala. Glenfinart Walled Garden's team of Lynn, David and Phyllis were in attendance selling the garden's organic vegetables, herbs and beautiful bunches of freshly picked flowers. The event raised over £136. Don't forget the next big event at Glenfinart Walled Garden - The Harvest Fair …

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August 3, 2017May 6, 2023

Ardentinny charity climb to establish Europe record

Ardentinny may be home to the UK’s tallest tree and Europe’s tallest conifer, something which could be officially confirmed later this month by arboriculturalists videopokerez and charity tree climbers Phyl Dye and Simon Penfold, when they scale and measure the suspect Douglas fir near the Laird’s grave in Ardentinny. On the last weekend of August, …

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August 1, 2017September 21, 2018

Bubbles and Bubbly at the Big Picnic

Sunday’s Big Picnic at Glenfinart Walled Garden was another resounding success. What began as a one-off a couple of years ago, having proved so popular, Ardentinny Community Trust has since made it an annual event. This year the Trust provided a free bus from and back to Dunoon, picking up along the regular 489 route. …

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July 11, 2017July 11, 2017

Spirits raised at Loch Long disarmament camp

Buoyed by the UN’s approval of a Treaty to ban nuclear weapons agreed by 122 countries on 7 July 2017, Trident Ploughshares has begun its 9-day Coulport Disarmament Camp in a celebratory mood. With a commitment 'to persuade the UK government to uphold the now very clear international demand to dismantle Trident’ (Jane Tallents), participants …

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June 29, 2017April 6, 2023

Welcome return of village inn

Opening Hours Weekdays: Open 12-3pm and 5pm till late Food served 12.30-2.30pm and 6pm - 8.30pm Weekends: Open 12.30pm. Food served (Saturday) 12.30-2.30pm. (Sunday) 12.30pm-6pm. The historic Ardentinny Hotel re-opens this weekend under a new guise. Renamed The Ardentinny. The popular hostelry, dating back to the seventeen hundreds, has been closed for a number of years. …

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