The Oban TImes West Highland 2021 Calendar

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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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MAY

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

SEPTEMBER

Connel Bridge, Connel

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NOVEMBER

Stob Ghabhar, Loch Tulla

DECEMBER The Pap of Glencoe

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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


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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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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2 9 16 23 30

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January M T W T

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Saturday

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Christmas Day

Boxing Day

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Sunday

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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

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Valentine’s Day

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Shrove Tuesday

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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F S S

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December

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Guy Fawkes Night

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Remembrance Sunday

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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. David’s Day

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Mothering Sunday

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St. Patrick’s Day

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05/10/2020 14:45:19


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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November

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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

Tuesday

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1 8 15 22 29

5 12 19 26

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M T W T 2 9 16 23 30

3 10 17 24 31

4 11 18 25

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7 14 21 28

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F S S

3 10 17 24 31

7 14 21 28

Saturday

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6 13 20 27

1 8 15 22 29

2 9 16 23 30

Sunday

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Easter Sunday

Good Friday

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Easter Monday

St. George’s Day

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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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7 14 21 28

1 8 15 22 29

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05/10/2020 15:26:00


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

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Tuesday

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June

F S S

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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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Friday

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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

4 11 18 25

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Saturday

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1 8 15 22 29

2 9 16 23 30

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Bank Holiday (E. NI. W.)

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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

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Tuesday

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5 12 19 26

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July

F S S 7 14 21 28

1 8 15 22 29

2 9 16 23 30

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Saturday

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7 14 21 28

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Father’s Day

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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

F S S 4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

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6 13 20 27

Saturday

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5 12 19 26

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05/10/2020 15:25:34


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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5 12 19 26

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2 9 16 23 30

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Saturday

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05/10/2020 14:45:54


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

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Tuesday

Wednesday

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Friday

4 11 18 25

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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7 14 21 28

1 8 15 22 29

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Father’s Day

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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

M T W T 5 12 19 26

Tuesday

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7 14 21 28

1 8 15 22 29

September

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3 10 17 24 31

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Summer Bank Holiday (S.)

Bank Holiday (E. NI. W.)

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30

31

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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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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

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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

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5

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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

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Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

April

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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

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St. Patrick’s Day

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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

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13

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Guy Fawkes Night

8

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12

Remembrance Sunday

15

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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

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M T W T

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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

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22

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Ash Wednesday

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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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5 12 19 26

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3 10 17 24

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6 13 20 27

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3 10 17 24 31

7 14 21 28

Saturday

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

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Boxing Day

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2 9 16 23 30

Sunday

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27

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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

05/10/2020 14:44:02


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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Bank Holiday

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4 11 18 25

1 8 15 22

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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.

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Mallaig Harbour

SEPTEMBER

Ardnamurchan

Connel Bridge, Connel

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

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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


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