all our times
This short film shares footage from a recent adventure in Perthshire and Argyll: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Credit: [Don’t Fear] The … Continue reading all our times
Tag: Argyll
BEN CRUACHAN [Search for a Boy]
[16 January 1940] ‘Golden eagle comes to Oban’ before soaring off in the direction of Ben Cruachan. [12 February 1940] ‘Missing from Oban’ since February 10th ‘a rather shy boy … Continue reading BEN CRUACHAN [Search for a Boy]
‘It’s the adventurous who are shy’
Last week I spent a few days exploring with Big Ted. We visited Glen Tilt, Glen Lyon and Glen Orchy. We stayed in Dalmally where I wrote a few poems. … Continue reading ‘It’s the adventurous who are shy’
Niall Diarmid Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll
In researching the history of Craigforth House, Stirling, I came across some of the story of Niall D Campbell, 1872-1949, 10th Duke of Argyll. His mother Janey Sevilla Callander was … Continue reading Niall Diarmid Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll
Barran
Barran croft, Dalmally, Argyll: 1870 Ordnance Survey map: 9 June 1881, Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser: 30 July 1881, Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser: 3 August 1907, The Scotsman: Undated:
Barravurich [the hill of the roaring]
Barravurich, Bridge of Orchy: 2 July 1856, Barravurich, death of Helen McNicol: 1870 Ordnance Survey map: 14 November 1885, Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser: 4 November 1887, Death of Peter … Continue reading Barravurich [the hill of the roaring]
The Duncan Smith Memorial Trial
I think the year was 1984 and my uncle, John Gibson Scott, had decided to sell his Argyll home, the Tower of Glenstrae. I was there with him at the … Continue reading The Duncan Smith Memorial Trial
Falls of Orchy
This unidentified and undated photograph is from the Trove archive. From the Tower of Glenstrae, Lochawe, my Granny used to take me in her mustard coloured Morris Traveller for picnics … Continue reading Falls of Orchy