Articles from July 2008

One of the activities we are involved in at the moment here at DCR is editing, amongst other things recordings from the MOD 2006 (doesn’t time fly that’s two years in October) which we have had many request for. We hope to have highlights here on the web before to long.
Some of you may remember Morag Martin from the MOD who as well as interviewing and recording contestants was the link between many programmes and was refeered to many times on air as Morag Mod. Morag will also be heard again here shortly.
Whilst working away here in the “office” a tune everyone likes listening to is a wee gaelic tune sung cappella by Jane Basford. This song was one of several Jane recorded for DCR that were broadcast during our MOD programmes.
We like it so much we thought we would share it with you, the song is called “A Thousand Curses On Love” ,to listen to Jane please go to our PROGRAMME INFO page–enjoy

Just returned from a great afternoon at UIG HALL where even with rain showers a good time was had by all. This was the second time we had been invited to provide background music for the event and to take care of the public address. This year our accommodation had been upgraded to a double Gazebo with a little dance area next to the bouncy castle and opposite the burger stand; with afternoon teas and home made cake available in the UIG Hall, we had it all.

WATER LEVEL CONCERNS

The well attended event wasn’t going to allow a little rain to dampen the proceedings in any way and this year had the best ever entry with nearly 40 participants on 18 rafts. The “THE MIGHTY EACHAIG CHALLENGE” with possibly the fastest flowing water for a long time was to give us one of the most spectacular events seen at Benmore.

Two weeks ago there were concerns that there may not be high enough waters to get to the finishing line, but with the recent rain falls the concern today was how to stop the rafts at the finishing line and prevent them surfing into the Holy Loch.

We noticed shortly after the race the familiar figure of Graeme Adams from Benmore Outdoor Education Centre looking as if he needed a nice cup of tea, probably relieved that once again the race had been a success and he had not had to rescue anyone from taking the short cut to Dunoon via the Loch.

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