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At The Oban Times we live and work amidst stunning scenery and we have captured it for you in all its glory, day and night, throughout the year.
JANUARY Rannoch Moor
FEBRUARY
Tobermory Harbour, Isle of Mull
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MARCH
Iona Abbey, Isle of Iona
Here is a gift for a friend far from their native home or a fond reminder for you of a holiday here amongst the lochs, glens, mountains and shores. The Oban Times Calendar will bring you a little bit of the West Highlands every day of the year.
APRIL
St Conans Kirk, Loch Awe
Mallaig harbour, Highlands James Perry / Alamy Stock Photo
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Ben Nevis from Loch Lochy
JUNE
Saddell Castle, Saddell
It was getting dark as I came into that outpost of the world – Mallaig. Here is a harbour, and in the harbour a queer, stormy-looking fleet of small ships with high fo’c’sles. In Scotland Again, HV Morton.
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Mallaig Harbour
AUGUST Ardnamurchan
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Connel Bridge, Connel
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NOVEMBER
Stob Ghabhar, Loch Tulla
DECEMBER The Pap of Glencoe
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Winter landscape on Rannoch Moor John Cameron / Alamy Stock Photo
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Ahead lies Rannoch into which the tracks vanish under a dance of snow devils. Argyll the Enduring Heartland – Marion Campbell
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The Oban Times was founded in 1861 and today has offices in Oban, Fort William, Lochgilphead, Campbeltown and Arran. The newspaper is believed to cover a larger area than any other weekly newspaper in Britain and is known to Scots throughout the world.
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Tobermory Harbour, Isle of Mull
Tobermorie is an excellent harbour. An island lies before it, and it is surrounded by a hilly theatre. The island is too low, some storms blow very hard here.
Coatsey / Alamy Stock Photo
Journal of a tour to the Hebrides – James Boswell
November
December Monday
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Boxing Day
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Stolen cattle had been brought to the wyld, rockish country of Glencoe, neither the Earl of Argyll nor any landlord in the Highlands in these large mountainous countries is able to prevent this.
The Pap of Glencoe in winter Ian Macrae Young / Alamy Stock Photo
A complaint before the Privy Council in 1667, featured in The Drove Roads of Scotland - ARB Haldane
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Ash Wednesday
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Iona Abbey, Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides
What heavenly greens and blues in the shallow water of the sound ! What white sands ! What an ideal coming to the Holy Isle of our dreams !
robertharding / Alamy Stock Photo
The Land of Lorne and the Isles of Rest – T Ratcliffe Barnett
October
November Monday
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St. Andrew’s Day
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Blithely would I set out For stalking on the hill passes, Away to climb the rough country, And late I would be coming home.
Stob Ghabhar, Loch Tulla Craig Aitchison
Final farewell to the Bens – Duncan Ban MacIntyre
February
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St Conans Kirk, Loch Awe
A unique and somewhat enchanting and eccentric church building, designed by Walter Douglas Campbell, a wealthy amateur architect and skilled woodworker.
Nick Fox / Alamy Stock Photo
Canmore - Scotland’s national record of the historical environment
September
October Monday
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Hallowe’en
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Ben Cruachan, Loch Etive
Loch Etive, that long sinuous arm of the sea that worms its way far inland between the wilds of Appin and Benderloch on the north and the rocky solitudes of the Blackmount Forest on the south.
Craig Aitchison
The Land of Lorne and the Isles of Rest – T Ratcliffe Barnett
March
April Monday
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Ben Nevis from Loch Lochy
In all thy moods I love thee, In sunshine and in storm; Lochaber of the towering bens, Outlined in rugged form.
Craig Aitchison
Lochaber for Ever - Alice MacDonell
August
September Monday
Tuesday
M T W T 2 9 16 23 30
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4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
October
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Connel Bridge, Connel
The railway bridge between North and South Connel can be used between 7am and 10pm daily (including Sundays) by pedestrians (toll 2d. each way), and by vehicles of all kinds except commercial vehicles. When the gatekeeper is at the opposite end of the bridge pedestrians can cross to him.
fletchjr / Alamy Stock Photo
Ward Lock’s Guide to Oban, Skye, Fort William and the Western Highlands, 1927.
April
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Early May Bank Holiday
Spring Bank Holiday
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Saddell Castle, Saddell, Kintyre
From Kenmore south to Saddell Bay The blind shoals wander in the sea.
Scottish Viewpoint / Alamy Stock Photo
The Fisherman Speaks – George Campbell Hay
July
August Monday
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Tuesday
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7 14 21 28
1 8 15 22 29
September
F S S 2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24 31
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Saturday
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Ardnamurchan
For most of its long life Ardnamurchan has lain as far off the beaten track in history as it does in geography.
Peter Adams
Night Falls on Ardnamurchan – Alasdair MacLean
May
June Monday
M T W T 3 10 17 24 31
Tuesday
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5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
July
F S S 7 14 21 28
1 8 15 22 29
2 9 16 23 30
M T W T 5 12 19 26
Saturday
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Mallaig Harbour
It was getting dark as I came into that outpost of the world – Mallaig. Here is a harbour, and in the harbour a queer, stormy-looking fleet of small ships with high fo’c’sles.
James Perry / Alamy Stock Photo
In Scotland Again, HV Morton.
June
July Monday
M T W T 7 14 21 28
Tuesday
Wednesday
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2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24
August
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5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
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6 13 20 27
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Mallaig Harbour
It was getting dark as I came into that outpost of the world – Mallaig. Here is a harbour, and in the harbour a queer, stormy-looking fleet of small ships with high fo’c’sles.
James Perry / Alamy Stock Photo
In Scotland Again, HV Morton.
June
July Monday
M T W T 7 14 21 28
Tuesday
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2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24
August
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Ardnamurchan
For most of its long life Ardnamurchan has lain as far off the beaten track in history as it does in geography.
Peter Adams
Night Falls on Ardnamurchan – Alasdair MacLean
May
June Monday
M T W T 3 10 17 24 31
Tuesday
Wednesday
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5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
July
F S S 7 14 21 28
1 8 15 22 29
2 9 16 23 30
M T W T 5 12 19 26
Saturday
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Saddell Castle, Saddell, Kintyre
From Kenmore south to Saddell Bay The blind shoals wander in the sea.
Scottish Viewpoint / Alamy Stock Photo
The Fisherman Speaks – George Campbell Hay
July
August Monday
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September
F S S 2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24 31
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Summer Bank Holiday (S.)
Bank Holiday (E. NI. W.)
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30
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Connel Bridge, Connel
The railway bridge between North and South Connel can be used between 7am and 10pm daily (including Sundays) by pedestrians (toll 2d. each way), and by vehicles of all kinds except commercial vehicles. When the gatekeeper is at the opposite end of the bridge pedestrians can cross to him.
fletchjr / Alamy Stock Photo
Ward Lock’s Guide to Oban, Skye, Fort William and the Western Highlands, 1927.
April
May Monday
M T W T 5 12 19 26
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
1 8 15 22 29
June
F S S
M T W T
2 9 16 23 30
7 14 21 28
3 10 17 24
4 11 18 25
Saturday
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
Sunday
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2
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1 8 15 22 29
F S S
Early May Bank Holiday
Spring Bank Holiday
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Ben Nevis from Loch Lochy
In all thy moods I love thee, In sunshine and in storm; Lochaber of the towering bens, Outlined in rugged form.
Craig Aitchison
Lochaber for Ever - Alice MacDonell
August
September Monday
Tuesday
M T W T 2 9 16 23 30
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
3 10 17 24 31
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
October
F S S 6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
1 8 15 22 29
M T W T
F S S
4 11 18 25
1 8 15 22 29
Saturday
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24 31
Sunday
1
2
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4
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5 12 19 26
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Ben Cruachan, Loch Etive
Loch Etive, that long sinuous arm of the sea that worms its way far inland between the wilds of Appin and Benderloch on the north and the rocky solitudes of the Blackmount Forest on the south.
Craig Aitchison
The Land of Lorne and the Isles of Rest – T Ratcliffe Barnett
March
April Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
F S S
1 8 15 22 29
5 12 19 26
Friday
2
May
M T W T 2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24 31
4 11 18 25
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
M T W T
F S S
3 10 17 24 31
7 14 21 28
Saturday
3
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
1 8 15 22 29
2 9 16 23 30
Sunday
4
Easter Sunday
Good Friday
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
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17
18
19
20
21
22
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25
5
4 11 18 25
Easter Monday
St. George’s Day
26
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30
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St Conans Kirk, Loch Awe
A unique and somewhat enchanting and eccentric church building, designed by Walter Douglas Campbell, a wealthy amateur architect and skilled woodworker.
Nick Fox / Alamy Stock Photo
Canmore - Scotland’s national record of the historical environment
September
October Monday
Tuesday
M T W T 6 13 20 27
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
7 14 21 28
1 8 15 22 29
2 9 16 23 30
November
F S S
M T W T
F S S
3 10 17 24
1 8 15 22 29
5 12 19 26
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
Saturday
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24
4 11 18 25
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
Sunday
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Hallowe’en
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Blithely would I set out For stalking on the hill passes, Away to climb the rough country, And late I would be coming home.
Stob Ghabhar, Loch Tulla Craig Aitchison
Final farewell to the Bens – Duncan Ban MacIntyre
February
March Monday
1
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
April
M T W T
F S S
1 8 15 22
5 12 19 26
Friday
2 9 16 23
3 10 17 24
4 11 18 25
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
M T W T 5 12 19 26
Saturday
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
1 8 15 22 29
F S S 2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24
4 11 18 25
Sunday
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St. David’s Day
8
Mothering Sunday
15
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28
St. Patrick’s Day
22
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29
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31
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Iona Abbey, Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides
What heavenly greens and blues in the shallow water of the sound ! What white sands ! What an ideal coming to the Holy Isle of our dreams !
robertharding / Alamy Stock Photo
The Land of Lorne and the Isles of Rest – T Ratcliffe Barnett
October
November Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
Thursday
4
F S S
4 11 18 25
1 8 15 22 29
Friday
5
December
M T W T 5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24 31
M T W T 6 13 20 27
Saturday
7 14 21 28
1 8 15 22 29
2 9 16 23 30
F S S 3 10 17 24 31
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
Sunday
6
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13
14
Guy Fawkes Night
8
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10
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12
Remembrance Sunday
15
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28
29
30
St. Andrew’s Day
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Stolen cattle had been brought to the wyld, rockish country of Glencoe, neither the Earl of Argyll nor any landlord in the Highlands in these large mountainous countries is able to prevent this.
The Pap of Glencoe in winter Ian Macrae Young / Alamy Stock Photo
A complaint before the Privy Council in 1667, featured in The Drove Roads of Scotland - ARB Haldane
January
February Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
March
M T W T
F S S
M T W T
F S S
4 11 18 25
1 8 15 22 29
1 8 15 22 29
5 12 19 26
Friday
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24 31
Saturday
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24 31
4 11 18 25
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
Sunday
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Valentine’s Day
15
22
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Shrove Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
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28
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Tobermory Harbour, Isle of Mull
Tobermorie is an excellent harbour. An island lies before it, and it is surrounded by a hilly theatre. The island is too low, some storms blow very hard here.
Coatsey / Alamy Stock Photo
Journal of a tour to the Hebrides – James Boswell
November
December Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
M T W T
F S S
1 8 15 22 29
5 12 19 26
Friday
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24
4 11 18 25
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
January M T W T
F S S
3 10 17 24 31
7 14 21 28
Saturday
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
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Christmas Day
Boxing Day
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30
1 8 15 22 29
2 9 16 23 30
Sunday
6
27
6 13 20 27
31
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Winter landscape on Rannoch Moor John Cameron / Alamy Stock Photo
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Ahead lies Rannoch into which the tracks vanish under a dance of snow devils. Argyll the Enduring Heartland – Marion Campbell
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The Oban Times was founded in 1861 and today has offices in Oban, Fort William, Lochgilphead, Campbeltown and Arran. The newspaper is believed to cover a larger area than any other weekly newspaper in Britain and is known to Scots throughout the world.
Lochavullin Estate, Oban, Argyll, PA34 4HB Tel: 01631 568000 Fax: 01631 568001 Website: www.obantimes.co.uk
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New Year’s Day
Bank Holiday
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4 11 18 25
1 8 15 22
5 12 19 26
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
Saturday
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3 10 17 24
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At The Oban Times we live and work amidst stunning scenery and we have captured it for you in all its glory, day and night, throughout the year.
JANUARY Rannoch Moor
FEBRUARY
Tobermory Harbour, Isle of Mull
MARCH
Iona Abbey, Isle of Iona
Here is a gift for a friend far from their native home or a fond reminder for you of a holiday here amongst the lochs, glens, mountains and shores. The Oban Times Calendar will bring you a little bit of the West Highlands every day of the year.
APRIL
Ben Nevis from Loch Lochy
JULY
AUGUST
James Perry / Alamy Stock Photo
In Scotland Again, HV Morton.
June
July
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Mallaig Harbour
SEPTEMBER
Ardnamurchan
Connel Bridge, Connel
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
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OCTOBER
Ben Cruachan, Loch Etive Oban Times Calendar 2021.indd 9
JUNE
Saddell Castle, Saddell
It was getting dark as I came into that outpost of the world – Mallaig. Here is a harbour, and in the harbour a queer, stormy-looking fleet of small ships with high fo’c’sles.
Mallaig harbour, Highlands
Monday
MAY
St Conans Kirk, Loch Awe
Stob Ghabhar, Loch Tulla
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ENVELOPE INCLUDED INSIDE COVER: Iona Abbey, Isle of Iona robertharding / Alamy Stock Photo For further calendar orders call 01778 392014 or visit www.scottishcalendars.co.uk Published in Scotland. Copyright The Oban Times. Established 1861. www.obantimes.co.uk
The Pap of Glencoe