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Publishing non-profit community news about the Gairloch area of the North West Highlands of Scotland since 1978. Get our free Wester Ross Round-up email at: https://gairlochtimes.org.uk

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Good morning! Batten down the hatches, and enjoy our latest carefully distilled house dram of local news. #WesterRoss

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Football team revival and a Christmas tree offer
Read to the end to read a lovely post about the history of the Arctic Convoy Museum at Aultbea.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Issue 23 of the Gairloch and District Times is out today.

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Transformation and inspiration at Aultbea Hall
Issue 23 is out now and available to download from the bottom of this post for all our paying digital subscribers. If you're not currently a paying subscriber, tap the button below to sign up and get...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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❄️ Winter arrived this week. We hope you have somewhere warm and cosy to enjoy this week's Wester Ross Round-up.

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Snow disruption, Biosphere crowdfunder, Kinlochewe school sale
Read to the end for a short video about the Kyle Line upgrade.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Have you seen strange lights in the darkness? You're not alone...

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Gairloch Co-op opening date, a "Ewe-FO" mystery and Reindeer Day
We've put all the Wester Ross festive events we know about in one email.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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If it's Thursday, it's Wester Ross Round-up Day. Here's a wee dram of local news to warm your heart.

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Wester Ross Radio wins funding, Badachro whisky and all the bonfires
Read to the end to watch a short film of modern day Highland cattle drove.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Warm Mondays are back, and fancy buying #Kinlochewe filling station? The latest Wester Ross Round-up is out.

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Warm Mondays are back, filling station for sale
Read to the end for a video of gannets fishing in Applecross Bay.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Issue 21 of the Gairloch and District Times is out today. Subscribe to read it online in full colour, or buy it all good local shops.

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Book week comes to Kinlochewe
Issue 21 is out now and available to download from the bottom of this post for all our paying digital subscribers.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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The latest Wester Ross round-up is out and it's a spooky one: gairlochtimes.org.uk/spooky-woo-e...
Spooky woo edition
Read to the end to see some nice photos of the Northern Lights.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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If it's Thursday, it's Wester Ross Round-up day. Don't forget to subscribe, if you want to get this in your inbox every week for free.

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Years of A832 roadworks, Ullapool bench mystery
Read to the end to take part in home zumba class with Janis & Anji Burke
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October 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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The 20th issue of the year is out today.

Paid subscribers can login and download a full colour version from this post. Or you can get it all good local shops.

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Regenerating Aspens at Inverewe
Issue 20 is out now and available to download from the bottom of this post for all our paying digital subscribers.
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October 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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This week our community newsletter went to more than a thousand people. You can get it too - it's free :)

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After Storm Amy
Read to the end to watch an impressive training video from Torridon Mountain Rescue.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Issue 19 is out now. Get hold of it in all good local shops or, sign up as a paying subscriber to enjoy it full glorious technicolour :)

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SSEN forced to rethink road closure plan
Issue 19 is out now and available to download from the bottom of this post for all our paying digital subscribers.
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September 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Gairloch Bank of Scotland branch to close.

This and other, better, news in the latest Wester Ross Round-up.

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Gairloch bank closure, Tartan Week and a tractor run
Read to the end to watch a video from the Wester Ross Tractor Run 2025.
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September 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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SSEN says sorry, after a week when locals roundly rejected the firm's plan for lengthy closures of the A832 over the winter.

All the latest news you can use in this week's Wester Ross Round-up.

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SSEN apologises, promises changes to A832 road closure plans
Read to the end to watch a fascinating short film about the Kyle line from 1974.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Do we need a short-term let control zone in #westerross ? We asked and you answered. It's all in the latest issue of the paper - out today online and in all good local shops.

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Do we need a short-term let control zone here?
Issue 18 of the Gairloch and District Times is out now. Download it here, or find it local shops today.
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September 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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This week we want to know what you think about SSEN Transmission plans for a series of road closures over the winter at Dundonnell.

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A835 closure plans and library vans delayed
Read to the end to see a spectacular show from a coastguard ship.
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September 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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It's the latest Wester Ross Round-up... and now we have more than 1000 subscribers :)

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Screen machine back and Gairloch High exam success
Read to the end for a rousing rendition of Kishorn Commandos
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September 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Just been interviewed for our local paper the @gairlochtimes.org.uk about my poetry & work as poet in residence at Inverewe Garden in Poolewe, Wester Ross. Pardon wobbly phone scan from print copy!! Subscribe to the digital edition at gairlochtimes.org.uk for this and all the local news & views. 😀
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August 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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We've seen some rumours on Wester Ross social media that renovation work on a hotel in #Garve may be linked to the provision of asylum seeker accomodation there. It is not.
August 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The council bought a house for key workers in Poolewe with Scottish Government cash, but NHS Highland won't lease it, even though local health care workers are struggling to find permanent homes. We take a look at the stooshie in Issue 17. Out today. gairlochtimes.org.uk/nhs-highland...
NHS Highland key worker home row
Issue 17 of the Gairloch and District Times is out now. Download it here, or find it local shops today.
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August 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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It's Wester Ross Round-up time. There's a huge amount going on in the neighbourhood in the next few weeks - and some intetesting job vacancies too.

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Gairloch Co-op hiring and Torridon Ceilidh House returns
Watch to the end for a short film of a happy crab
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August 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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The latest Wester Ross Round-up is out, and we're tantalising close to 1000 subscribers. We've decided to give a free six month digital sub to the paper to the person who takes us into four figures. Could it be you? gairlochtimes.org.uk/back-to-scho...
Back to school, VJ poppies and fog bows
Read to the end to watch a video from the Ullapool Oddballs fundraiser event
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August 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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This week's Wester Ross Round-up is out. It's another bumper edition with tons of useful local news in it. But really all we want to know more about is the giant ceramic commemorative #tattie that is in the possession of the Gairloch Museum.

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Strathburn jobs and a massive ceramic tattie
Read to the end to watch a video of the skinniest ceilidh ever at the Gille Brighde.
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August 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Well that was quite a week! Earthquakes, storms, power cuts, and a whole island changes hands...

It's all in the latest Wester Ross Round-up: gairlochtimes.org.uk/earthquakes-...

(If you'd like to get this every week don't forget to subscribe - it's free!)
An earthquake, a big summer storm and Rona sold
Read to the end to watch a viral video from Applecross filmed during Storm Floris.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Big news for #Ullapool and a nice video of a #Poolewe Ceilidh. Also cake. It's the latest Wester Ross Round-up.

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95 new homes planned in Wester Ross town
Read to the end to watch a video of the dancing at a recent Poolewe Ceilidh.
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July 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM