Recent heavy rain raised the level of Loch Fada and eventually the water was 15” deep over the road as it passes An Déabhaidh (“the shallow channel between parts of...
The party was held at the Backpackers’ Lodge and attended by all the children, including a very welcome visitor from Italy, Lily. There were outrageous costumes worn by children and...
The Heritage annual cheese and wine event was held on Saturday 25th October within the modest confines of The Old Generator Shed. Despite lashing rain it was, as ever,...
More commonly known as OctoberFest, this has become an established event and runs through the first few weeks of the month, covering the tatty-howkin’ school holidays. It is a slightly...
It seems that the ferry timetable for Summer 2015 will be very much the same as in 2014, commencing on 3 April 2015. The winter timetable is now in operation,...
Grace and Hannah, two unsung heroes who are achieving truly amazing things. Trying to make things easy for oneself, your temporary editor asked them for an update: 'Recycle for Colonsay'...
On a related mission, one should say that we are about to enter Year 3 of a campaign to render Colonsay and Oronsay completely free of litter and junk in...
Join us for a Bonfire, BBQ & Fireworks NOW WEDNESDAY 5TH OCTOBER 6.30pm Colonsay Community Garden
Rev. E. Gibson will lead the community in a service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance commencing at 10.30 sharp on Sunday 9th November. Please gather in good time within the CalMac...
The Colonsay Gathering is to be held at Crianlarich Hotel on the weekend of 7th February 2015 – this is a great chance for friends old and new to gather...
Rev. Liz Gibson will be here for two weeks from Wednesday 5th and will be delighted to meet parishioners (of any persuasion or none); please do not hesitate to get...
The students were industriously at work in the kitchen of Colonsay House this week, making special cakes for Hallowe’en. Rumour has it that they may be planning to surprise us...
The Community Garden has gone from strength to strength with the grass now resembling a respectable lawn and the flower beds establishing themselves. With the threat of westerly storms just...
Early October saw the return of the Greenland barnacle geese to Colonsay and Oronsay. The highest count on Oronsay mid-way through the month was an amazing 2396 geese, which in...
There has been an amazing flowering of literary talent in the recent past, and it would be too much to list everything. Some works are by people with strong local...
The most recent meeting was on October 7th and the main topic was the cost of freight. Various residents had kindly provided information on charges levied and it was noted...
As a member of the public one attended part of the most recent meeting of CCDC. As a novice one may have missed or misunderstood part of the proceedings, but...
Many of our readers will have noticed that the October edition appeared as usual and on time – and then it disappeared! The background to the situation is that when...
A whale beached at Port Lobh recently and it seemed possible that it was an accidental stranding. A very large number of people gave of their time to help keep...
It is quite extraordinary to know that more than one million people in Canada alone have an ancestral link with Colonsay. If you have a connection with the island, be...
At least one local business has been targeted – punter makes a booking from overseas, agrees the price and sends advance payment which covers the full rental plus an additional...
Rumour has it that there is the possibility of a newly-arriving family for Colonsay; Seamus is finding it hard to run both the farm and the port, so is standing...
If you have got this far, you deserve to know that any comments concerning the current edition should be addressed to byrne@colonsay.org.uk If you live locally and got this far,...
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