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July 2010: Auchindrain’s most successful trading month
Since Scotland’s last Highland farm township, Auchindrain, began keeping records in 2004, July 2010 has been its most successful trading month.In that period Auchindrain had 1,317 visitors, beating...
View ArticleAuchindrain closed for rest of today due to weather conditions
Auchndrain’s Development Manager, Bob Clark has closed Auchindrain Farm Township for today (23rd May 2011) due to the weather conditions.Since this is an outdoor site of a considerable size and the...
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Auchindrain or Och, it’s drains?
Auchindrain, Scotland’s last preserved Highland farm township, is in the middle of a piece of pronounced practical conservation work.The east village – the major cluster of extant buildings at the...
View ArticleAuchindrain and the value of a Conservation Surveyor
Most people may not have heard of a Conservation Surveyor – because they are something of a rare species, specialising in historic buildings and in conservation work.Auchindrain, the preserved highland...
View ArticleAuchindrain in Oxford University Internship Programme – looking for a family...
Auchindrain, Scotland’s last preserved highland farm township, is one of around 100 organisations worldwide that are taking part in the Oxford University International Internship Programme.These...
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First lambs at Auchindrain since 1967
The first lambs born at Auchindrain, Scotland’s only preserved Highland farm township, since 1967, started arriving last Thursday (12th April). BY the time they’ve all made their appearance, the flock...
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Kit, Caboodle, and a hard-fought match in Campbeltown
Yesterday – 11th July – marked the opening of the new temporary exhibition at Campbeltown Museum, by Argyll & Bute Provost Isobel Strong (above), wearing the Campbeltown Burgh Provost’s Chain for...
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Work underway on Inspiralba’s new Campbeltown play park: now name it
Work is now underway on the new play park for Campbeltown – at Quarry Green on the loch front.Everything is going to plan so the facility should be ready by the summer holidays.Local social...
View ArticleAuchindrain in crisis: facing paying off its two permanent staff
The important and much loved Auchindrain, a few miles south of Inveraray and the last of Scotland’s preserved highland farm townships – is facing an imminent financial crisis not of its own...
View ArticleNew appointment raises question of public funds choking drive in AITC
Argyll and the Isles Tourism Co-operative was given a guaranteed three years funding of £100,000 a year, half from Argyll and Bute Council and half from Highland and Islands Enterprise – starting in...
View ArticleSteady income streams see Kilfinan Community Forest move towards sustainability
Kilfinan Community Forest Company [KCFC], near Tighnabruaich in southwest Cowal, is making steady progress towards financial sustainability. The company now has various activities and initiatives in...
View ArticleKilfinan Community Forest aims to buy another 432 hectares from Forestry...
Kilfinan Community Forest is plans to expand its successful and resourceful enterprise in buying an additional 432ha of forest from Forestry Commission Scotland [FCS] on behalf of the Kilfinan...
View Article‘Dedicate a tree’ for Christmas through Kilfinan Community Forest
Kilfinan Community Forest Company [KCFC] in Cowal has come up with a wonderfully imaginative idea for Christmas in which everybody wins.People can now plant a native tree within the community forest,...
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