Lochavullin Estate, Oban, Argyll, PA34 4HB 01631 568000 www.westcoasttoday.co.uk The Oban Times is a local, weekly newspaper, which was founded in 1861. The newspaper is believed to cover a larger area than any other weekly newspaper in Britain and is known to Scots throughout the world. 2026 M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 2 9 16 23 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 JANUARY MAY SEPTEMBER FEBRUARY JUNE OCTOBER MARCH JULY NOVEMBER APRIL AUGUST DECEMBER 2024 M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 JANUARY MAY SEPTEMBER FEBRUARY JUNE OCTOBER MARCH JULY NOVEMBER APRIL AUGUST DECEMBER
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January
A cold wind blows from Ben Cruachan. There is nothing here but sheep and large boulders. Chinese Poem, Iain Crichton Smith
Ben Starav, Loch Etive and Glen Etive from Cruach Airdenny Neil Barr
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April
Oban harbour, Argyll ScotImage / Alamy Stock Photo
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In Scotland Again, HV Morton
Great masses of red granite streaked with white quartz and feldspar are piled up on the Mull coast. They slope down
to miles of pure white
sand.
Langamull beach on the north coast of Mull shoults / Alamy Stock Photo
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Deep, deep in wizardry
All the foxglove belfries stand. Foxgloves, Mary Webb
Loch Achtriochtan in summer, Glencoe Barbara Jones / photosecosse.com
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August
The Mull cattle were landed on the island of Kerrera from which they swam across the narrow sound which separates the island from the mainland. The Drove Roads of Scotland, ARB Haldane
Battleship Hill, overlooking Kerrera and the Isle of Mull Lucy Hamilton / lucysrambles.co.uk
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Robert Burns
Loch Leven Misty Reflections Barbara Jones / photosecosse.com
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Castle Tioram, Acharacle, Lochaber
Damian Shields Photography
to have given orders for
believed he would never return.
Before leaving Moidart Alan of Clanranald,
is said
the
destruction of Castle Tioram, because he
The Lords of the Isles, Raymond Campbell Paterson
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November
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility; It is a beauteous evening, William Wordsworth
Inveraray Castle John Carroll Photography
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December
Glen Noe near Loch Etive Damian Shields
all other symbols of like virtue in Glen Noe itself are stablished: bagpipe, banner, power hath James, the chieftain who will never fail us. Verses on Arms, Duncan Bàn Macintyre
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FEBRUARY
Ben Starav, Loch Etive and Glen Etive
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JULY
Oban harbour, Argyll
Ben Nevis and the Caledonian Canal
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Inverlochy Castle and Ben Nevis
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Gylen Castle and the Firth of Lorne
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SEPTEMBER
Langamull beach, Isle of Mull
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Loch Leven Misty Reflections
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Battleship Hill, overlooking Kerrera
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Castle Tioram, Acharacle, Lochaber
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Glen Noe near Loch Etive
Inveraray Castle
