Articles from September 2008

To celebrate the completion of the recently re-roofed Innellan village hall and to thank all those involved, a grand evening of entertainment took place on Saturday 13th September to an excellent turn out. The DCR roadshow was invited to entertain alongside a first class programme of Entertainers .

RAISING THE FUNDING

The hall committee and other volunteers have worked very hard over the last few years to secure funding for the re-roofing of the hall. They organised events, obtained donations from the local community, along with grants from the Lottery Fund, EB Scotland, HIE, the Robertson Trust and Argyll and Bute Council. The work has been carried out by local building contractor Duncan Lauder ““an Innellan resident who agreed to start the work before the funding was secured. This generous gesture of faith paid off as all the funding was secured as the job was completed.

TOP MC STARTS IT OFF

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We are pleased to report that Cliona and Nuala McCheyne successfully scaled their 50th Munro on Saturday 6th September. The twins climbed Ben Lomond with their parents Neil and Diane along with a reporter from BBC Scotland. Some of you may have heard them on Radio Scotland on Saturday morning, if not they will apparently be on again this Saturday and Sunday on Radio Scotlands programe “Out of Doors”. The BBC also have some great photographs of the girls on their “Scotland Outdoors – Galleries” page; including one showing the chocolate cake their dad presented them with at the top of Ben Lomond along with some DVD’s as a reward for their great achievment. They also made it into the Sunday Post after that paper spotted them on a website!
They have currently raised over £1,182.00 for the Schiehaillon Ward at Yorkhill Childrens Hospital with more money still to come in. I wonder what they will do for their 100th Munro? (more…)