News from the village of Ardentinny, Argyll, Scotland.
Prior to the May 3rd Council elections, hustings for the Cowal Ward took place in the Uig Hall on Monday 23rd April. *Eight of the nine candidates attended and each, to a man, promised to do the best for Cowal. What constitutes ‘the best’ will obviously be a matter of differing opinions. Questions from the …
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Assisted by the multi-role vessel Mary M, historic tug Golden Cross reached its final destination off Ardentinny earlier today after a 650 mile voyage from Falmouth. Built by Scott and Sons at their Bowling yard in 1955, The 132 ton tug was in danger of being sold overseas or scrapped when a group of Argyll …
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This was the quote made by Community Councillor Bill Williamson at Tuesday night’s meeting of Ardentinny Community Council. He was quoting his late father-in-law, Walter Muir, who himself was the Community Council’s first Minute Secretary. The context was a discussion regarding the need for Ardentinny Community Councillors to consider and bring to the table their …
As members of the community are already aware, the community application to buy the walled garden was submitted by the FCS deadline and is about to be scrutinised by an Independent Panel of Advisors. As part of that scrutiny, Penny Cousins, Independent Panel Member and Malcolm Wield and Gordon Donaldson of Forestry Commission Scotland, visited …