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OFF ELECTRICITY FOR OVER 48 HOURS? If you were one of Kintyres residents off electricity for over 48 hours in the recent storms,despite the valiant efforts being made by linesmen to maintain power supplies, you can claim an ex-gratia payment of 75. Stuart Hogarth, Director of Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution, in thanking consumers for their patience and support, invites you to write to The Claims Department, Inveralmond House, Dunkeld Road, Perth, PH1 3AQ or e-mail the Department at feedback@sse.com with details of your claim. Reminder sent in by David Sherrat.

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VILLAGE SOS
As many people are aware a group of villagers put in an application to the Village SOS competition for funds to get above ground fuel storage with a card reader to re-introduce a petrol station in Carradale. This was successful in getting through to the second round of the competition. Unfortunately when the application forms were received and further investigations into the costs were conducted it was realised that this application would not come within the rules of the competition. The competition organisers were contacted and we were told we could put another project forward. The original fuel group and directors of Network Carradale had a meeting to look at each suggestion that had been listed on the Pipedreams web-site. There were various reasons suggestions were rejected for this competition and finally it was decided that the project that would be put forward was the creation of a Carradale Cycle Trail and a mountain bike hire shop to be situated at Network Carradale. This application was submitted on 1st February and we have been informed by the organisers that we will know if it has been successful in April. A copy of the application is on the notice board in the village hall . together with a summary of the fuel filling station investigations and the reasons other pipedream suggestions were rejected for this particular competition. The fuel group are now looking at alternative funding for the provision of fuel. See related initiative reports on pages 5, 6, 7 & 9.

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IN THIS MONTHS ANTLER

P.2 Community consultation, Try before you buy, A little extra, Gleanings P.3 Wave-watching, Outnumbered, Combined efforts to save the planet. P.4 Letter from Shelagh Cameron to the Editor, January rainfall, Thanks. P.5 Village pipe dreams, Carradale Harbour Group update. P.6 Jobs in and for Carradale, Update on the petrol station. P.7 Update on the petrol station continued, Saddell and Carradale Guild. P.8 Quizzle 11 results. Quizzle 11 results. Quizzle 11 results. Quizzle 11. P.9 The Kintyre - Arran Ferry, Planning applications. P.10 The Old School Bunkhouse Project in Campbeltown. P.11 School terms, Scottish Country Dancing. Planning, April Geobash. P.12 EKCC notes, EKCC minutes, Community councils - ABC notes.

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TRY BEFORE YOU BUY AREA UNVEILED Published Date: 13 Jan 2012 - 16:42 It was back to school this morning for Argyll and Bute Councillor Rory Colville. The former pupil was helping unveil a new Try before you buy area on the top of the south block of Campbeltown Grammar School. Its part of a national trial project Argyll and Bute Council has been involved in with government funded body Architecture and Design Scotland. Three classrooms have been joined up to include a flexible open plan space, an amphitheatre for teaching with a white board, coffee shop style study booths and plenty of tables and chairs for working in groups, on laptops and more importantly for revision purposes. It also features a chill-out area. The new space is well suited to teaching the Curriculum for Excellence. Spokesperson for third sector and communities, Councillor Rory Colville said Its wonderful to see the bright, airy and colourful fixtures and fittings which have really transformed this part of Campbeltown Grammar. The room can cater for up to 90 pupils at a time as there are so many different areas and speaking to the children today, they are really enthusiastic about the new space. If this works it could provide ideas for the new school which will be built in a few years time. Pupils and teachers have been involved with the project from the very beginning and their design ideas have been crucial to developing the new area in the school. The Design Advisor at Architecture and Design Scotland, Sam Cassels said The pupils really have had a strong say in the process and have been listened to. We have worked hand in hand with them to get a design that is right. The children have a strong sense of ownership about the area which is fantastic. We will be evaluating how well the space works over the next couple of months. One of the first groups to use the Try before you buy area were 40 second year pupils who are doing a carbon diary project. Head teacher Mike Casey said, The new area has really given this 1968 building a real lift and pupils and staff are equally as enthusiastic about using the new area. Executive Director of Community Services at Argyll and Bute Council, Cleland Sneddon said, The learning that is gained from the innovative development will directly contribute to the design of the new Campbeltown Grammar School which will be developed over the next few years.

COMMUNITY CONSULTATION
On Saturday 14th January, in the Carradale Hotel, the South Kintyre Development Trust Officer, Malcolm McMillan, introduced a consultation workshop for the East Kintyre Community Action Plan. The event was an opportunity to present the results of the surveys and interviews that had been carried out in the area over the last few months and gave attendants the opportunity to comment, contribute and get involved in developing what actions should be taken by the community over the next few years. 40 residents attended the workshop and were invited to score three sets of proposals. Although the requirement was to place sticky tabs on the preferred developments, some residents had run out of tabs before tackling all three lists. The results of the workshop, and of others held in Campbeltown and Southend, will be available in the Antler once the preferences have been analysed.

A LITTLE EXTRA
IS THE ANTLER BEING STAMPED OUT OF EXISTENCE Each month, the Antlers efficient voluntary postal officer, Sheena Ramsay, flexes her muscles and carefully folds and inserts 79 Antlers into A5 envelopes. She seals them and places a 2nd class stamp and a label on the front and takes them to the post office. Although a few years ago as many as 97 subscribers enjoyed this service, with the Antler available in colour on Scribd, the Kintyre Community Forum and Carradale Goat web-sites, Internet users have taken the easy option; others in Scotland or abroad have opted for the equally free text-only e-mail service. While Antler subscription rates have remained at 10 for the last 20 years, admittedly for 11 issues rather than 12, postal rates have risen dramatically. Now, with 2nd class stamps at 36p about to rise to 55p, readers might be surprised to hear that postal subscriptions may not rise in the immediate future. You may well ask how this can be managed; are there a number of very generous donors? Well in a way there are - the Antler enjoys regular support from its advertisers and the patronage of a very few free readers as well as a number of subscribers who often add more than a little extra to their subscription problem hopefully solved.

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GLEN GLEANINGS
Just before Christmas a harvest of wild oats was being carried into the barn of local gossip. Amongst the more unusual grains was a most unlikely sub species which had been cross-fertilising and produced a breed of half-hardy corn which has left a rye smile on the face of those who were supposed to be involved in planting new seed at the Glen. Suspicions about the new crop grew when samples were subjected to microscopic analysis to see if there was a genetic threat to local wildlife from a non-Scottish source. Earlier in the autumn pipe-smokers had been keen to promote the use of the buildings either as a respite centre, a Naomi Mitchison garden centre or a Polish, German, Morris themed second bar, but when an anti-tobacco spray was used on the new variety it quickly disintegrated into a black mass and experts were called in to stop it affecting more traditional crops.

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Refraction also explains a feature of ocean waves that has always puzzled me; why do they always arrive lined up with the beach, their forward motion perpendicular to the waters edge. If waves come from storms out at sea, you would think that, every once in awhile, theyd roll up the beach towards the shore, but along the length of it, from one end to the other. That they dont is down to refraction. The shallower the water becomes, the slower the waves travel, so any wave heading inland at an angle to the shoaling gradient of the sandy bottom will slow down more at the end nearer the beach. This will cause a wave to turn and face the land head-on. It is interesting to consider how wrong, it would feel if waves didnt generally roll up the beach head-on like this. It might be hard to say quite what was wrong, but I feel sure that you would know that something was not quite as it should be. Most of us, whether or not we are wave-watchers, have little appreciation of the phenomenon of refraction. We take the effect for granted. What does it matter to us that waves can change direction as they change speed on passing into a differing medium? That refraction explains why ocean waves generally arrive at the beach head-on may not seem a big deal if you have never noticed that waves do so in the first place. But that is precisely what wave-watching is all about; noticing the hidden in the everyday. A wave-watcher can, of course, simply enjoyed gazing unthinkingly at the surf. I think it is, after all, one of the best forms of meditation there is. But becoming a wave-watcher in the broader sense is about finding connections, parallels and similarities among very different types of waves: some that are easily seen, like those at the beach; and others that are invisible to us, like sound. The wave-like nature of our world may be subtle enough for many us to live entirely oblivious to it, but is also so fundamental that, once you have started a noticing it, you begin to see it everywhere. Incidentally Gavin Pretor-Pinney is President of the Cloudwatchers Society and author of another volume The Cloudwatchers Companion. Anyone who has a copy and is prepared to comment on our misconceptions about clouds, please contact the Antler Editor.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

In last month's Antler there was some speculation as to whether I had resigned completely from East Kintyre Community Council. The reasons for my resignation were not included in the minutes so please find below my resignation address. As some of you may remember, back in 2005, when I was elected as chairperson of EKCC I stated that I hoped we could move forwards to a consensual and non confrontational style of local politics. I believe that this has been the case and, in the most part, we have had fairly pleasant and constructive meetings. I do, however feel that I have been a victim of my own policy. I made the conscious decision not to enter into confrontation with our local press (Antler & Goat) although on numerous occasions I have felt very much like retaliating. I have also realised over the last few years that community councils seem to be in the most part, toothless and powerless talking shops and looking at communications from the Association of Argyll & Bute Community Councils I suspect I am not alone in this opinion. I feel my time could be more usefully spent on working groups actually doing something to better our community. I am aware that many people reading reports in the Antler presume that they are reading facts and are not reading the assumptions or opinions of the editor. As we know the line between editorial comment and fact can sometimes get a bit blurred. Over my years as Chairperson/convenor of EKCC, especially since the resignation of the secretary (Mr Page) opinions have been published about meetings. Most recently a decision-taken by the whole Community Council - was attributed solely to the convenor. Readers of the Antler may not realise that, since Mr Page's resignation, I have been covering both roles - secretary and convenor. If the former secretary had been kind enough to find or even suggest a replacement before his resignation his monthly sniping over petty administrative details would have been unnecessary. It is a great pity that the positives that we have achieved were not reported as ardently as the very minor negatives. The editor may have got his underwear in a twist over late minutes but I can assure Antler readers that Argyll & Bute Council have never, in my time, had any reason to complain about the administrative workings of EKCC. Not a single complaint has been received from Argyll and Bute in fact quite the opposite. At the December meeting the 3 Argyll & Bute Councillors present were effusive in their praise. (which went unreported). I would like to wish EKCC continued success and hope to be of help in any way with their future endeavours to try to make our beautiful village better, more vibrant and economically sustainable. Yours sincerely, Shelagh Cameron.

JANUARY RAINFALL
Until nearly the middle of the month, January was a continuation of the very wet conditions that we experienced at the end of last year. Rainfall was recorded on almost every day with particularly heavy recordings on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th when we had 23mm, 20mm & 24mm (nearly three inches in three days). There were, however, in a predominantly wet month, two spells of respite - a four day period of no rain between January 13th and 16th and again a second at the end of the month from the 28th onwards when just 2mm was recorded. The total rainfall in January was 228mm (about 9 inches).This reflects above average rainfall (the January average is 219mm) and it is our fifth highest January total. A visual comparison is given in the table below:The year, the January Rainfall total in mm, with the higher totals recorded in bold type and the highest underlined. 2001 187mm 2002 279 2008 191 2003 175 2009 197 2004 455 2010 103 2005 265 2011 133 2006 171 2012 228 2007 249

It is interesting to note in the two previous years 2010 & 2011, that their totals were the two lowest. So the start of this year bucks the previous trend of a drier start. Noticeable, too, is the dull windier conditions that have marked the start of 2012. Hail and sleet yes, but snow no, and this goes against Sara Coleridges poem of The Months, so perhaps February will be atypical as well. January brings the snow, February brings the rain Makes our feet and fingers glow. Thaws the frozen lake again We will just have to wait and see what the next few weeks bring..... we have no power to do otherwise! M.L.

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Matthew, Sheena, Karen and Morag Ramsay would really like to thank everyone who helped Matthew celebrate his 65th Birthday. It was a great night, of eating, drinking, music and dancing bringing back lots of good memories. Thank you especially for all the gifts and donations, with a result 150 was donated to the Vine Trust, to help street children in Peru & 150 to the Fishermen's Mission; Matthew being involved with both of these charities. Thanks again from all at Portnastorm.
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. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE VILLAGE SOS SUBMITTED AS ALTERNATIVES TO THE FUEL PUMPS AND THE OUTCOME OF DISCUSSIONS HELD AT THE NETWORK CENTRE ON TUESDAY 6TH DECEMBER The suggestions for the Village SOS Lottery have to meet the following requirements: Capital expenditure capped at 25,000 inclusive of VAT, Be a new business and not supporting an existing business, Generate income. The application forms have to be submitted by 2nd February 2012 1. Tea down the quay Not within the remit as replaces an existing business, planning permission for commercial premises required 2. Flat games parks Does not generate income. 3. Aquarium Thought to be too expensive and need to generate a projected income. 4. Falconry Great idea, however the owl centre at Campbeltown moved due to lack of support and at times they had to have an indoor flying area. 5. Bike Hire Yes taken further see hire of mountain bikes no. 17 6. Tennis Possible, need to do a costing and income projections over a three year period. 7. Crazy Golf Possible, but see no. 6. 8. Refurbish Visitor Centre No unfortunately as this is an existing facility. 9. Tree Top Walk Great idea that we want/must pursue. For this SOS grant we have to provide a complete business plan with all costings and trained supervised helpers so a problem within the timescale. If we can get no. 17 approved then it is suggested that this is the first add on to provide an adventure centre. 10. Telescope Deer Hill But where is the income, unfortunately how many people climb Deer Hill and would pay to look through a telescope? 11. Bowling Green Good idea to pursue at some time, ruled out at this stage as not a business generating income. 12. Hot Tub Don't think so. 13. Camera Obscura Yes something to pursue but need to provide a business plan including income generation. 14. Rope Bridge Waterfoot No income. 15. Rehabilitate Stepping Stones at Waterfoot No income. 16. Miniature Railway The history of these projects is one of closure. 17. Hire of mountain bikes, golf clubs, provision of internet facilities: This is one that the group unanimously backed to be entered into the competition as a lot of the costs/income had been worked on.

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18. A Fish Shop and Fish Club Does not seem possible due to regulations and fish quotas. Could be pursued to sell salmon from the fish farm however 19. Bunkhouse Where and planning permission plus projected income? 20. Ferry to Arran Great support for this, however within the timescale and a capped budget it had to rejected for this submission. However this is a project that we really should pursue 21. Polytunnels to support salad production Yes the idea was liked, however market research needed to pursue the mail order side. Could be looked at later as a community project 22. A Wind turbine Yes and would "generate' income. Too big a project for this submission 23. A covered all weather sports pitch Would be great, however the cost would be way above the limits of this submission 24. A room for darts, pool etc Does not meet the requirements as not a business. The community to pursue via the village hall 25. A community taxi Yes but needs a viability study, what would be the costs, usage and projected income? Jim Galbraith

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On behalf of the East Kintyre Community Council, we are working on a proposal for a pilot project in Carradale and East Kintyre to generate local jobs to support local services, particularly -but not exclusively those aimed at the elderly. Our core idea is that in remote rural areas care in the community cannot be divorced from care of the community. We believe that meeting the needs of elderly people through generating jobs for local people will result in both a stronger community and a better and less expensive service. Our belief is that well intentioned criteria for good practice in care for the elderly have evolved without any recognition of the reality of a remote rural context. The system has been designed to work in cities and towns. Regulations prohibiting an isolated care worker from helping someone who has had a fall, changing a light bulb, or administering medication are misguided. An ambulance may take over an hour to attend a 999 call/Assessment of acceptable risk and the accompanying regulations must be reconsidered to take account of reality of our situation. We envisage a team of full-time and part-time, multi-talented village assistants employed to provide an array of services including: Personal and social care First-responder (i.e. prior to ambulance) Citizens-advice and help with form filling House maintenance Respite care at home allowing live-in carers a holiday Shopping Technical assistance (e.g. TVs, computers, mobility) Power and water cut preparedness and support Transport for medical and social purposes Managing defibrillators Maintenance of public spaces Maybe even pot hole filling? Our aim is to have Local Authority departments, and organizations such as Housing Associations and commercial care providers, pay our village services to deliver services on their behalf. The village services would be a community trust or company employing a full-time administrator. More details at villageweb.org.uk/village services.htm We have talked to our MSP, Michael Russell, who supports the idea and has contacted Nicola Sturgeon. She is encouraging Argyll and Bute to support the initiative. The Big Lottery have offered to pay for a consultant to help develop the idea into a fundable proposal and

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UPDATE ON THE PETROL STATION

2ND FEBRUARY 2012 The fuel group is still exploring possibilities for a community owned petrol station in Carradale. However, it is now clear that the process is going to be longer and more complex than we had hoped. Three issues have emerged: The actual costs involved are much higher than the first cost estimates that we received. Under the conditions of the Village SOS competition it was permissible to top up the funds from other sources but only up to a point. It became apparent that even if we could find additional funds the costs were going to exceed this limit significantly. In researching the proposal we talked to people at Applecross, who have successfully set up a community petrol station. For the unpaid volunteers who operate the petrol station, it has turned into a bit of a nightmare. The demands on their time, dealing with technical faults and administration are much greater than they expected. We need to take this seriously and think how our petrol station could avoid such problems. Since the proposal was floated, many people have said, "great idea, but I don't actually need it. It would be good for the others, but I have to drive to Campbeltown so often anyway..." Very probably this group would buy from a community petrol station in order to support the community. But this is different from putting a definite number on the people in real need - mainly elderly people who only drive around the immediate locality. We really do not know how many there are who would truly benefit from a local fuel supply. And if we did, would the number justify the costs and effort of setting up our own petrol station. Are there alternatives? For example, a fleet of a dozen or more electric, road-worthy, weather-proof golf buggies could be purchased for the same price. The outcomes are: In order not to lose the Community Council's Village SOS funding opportunity, the proposal has been changed into one for the hire of mountain bikes and off-road disabled buggies based at the Net-

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work Centre. This has been developed by Network Carradale and has now been submitted. The draft proposal can be seen at http://villageweb.org.uk/eastkintyre/villagesos.htm. We should learn by April whether the application has been successful. The fuel group believes that a project as ambitious and complicated as a petrol station cannot realistically be carried out using volunteer labour alone. It would need paid staff. Unfortunately, a petrol station, with its narrow profit margins, could not, by itself, afford staff, in the Semples experience, selling fuel was a public service that they had to support through other work. The same applies to other potential projects and there are only so many volunteer-hours available. People are too busy making a living, looking after their relatives and neighbours, and following their own pursuits to be able to give the necessary time. Paradoxically, it is becoming clear that we need to be more - not less - ambitious. If we look at other communities such as Comrie, Ardrishaig and Westray we see that an array of projects, taken together, can fund the staff to run them. Volunteers will always be essential but full-time workers are needed to carry the work forward over a period of years. Consequently, the fuel group has decided to become the energy group and will look to develop a set of proposals under the broad umbrella of energy saving.

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At the first of two meetings in January, Nichola Holt, our local podiatrist, who has a practice at Hazelburn in Campbeltown, gave a most enlightening talk. She started with a brief history of the Society of Chiropodists, now in its centenary year, and outlined changes which over the years have enabled practitioners to give more advanced treatments. Nicola explained how the bones in the foot articulate as we walk and that any distortion can affect other parts of the body. Claire, a third year student in placement with Nicola, gave an insight into her training opportunities, There followed many questions from the audience, the answers being of interest to all present. One query was to the difference between chiropody and podiatry - there is none, both mean treatment of the foot by the hand, but podiatry is used universally. The session ended with several of the audience taking part in a simple experiment to find out if they had the correct shoe size. The second meeting took place towards the end of January and the Guild were privileged to have as speaker, Alistair Cousin, the well-known retired vet. He first came to Campbeltown, after qualifying in Glasgow to join Messrs. Lewis and Sutherland in 1966, working from the senior partners house in Dell Road. Alistair took over the practice in 1982 when Fenn Sutherland retired and the surgery moved to Longrow. The extra space enabled new technology to be installed such as an X-ray unit and scanner. He spoke of how the changes in farming had affected the vets workload. The decrease in dairy farming, the emphasis on preventive measures and with farmers doing much of their own injections, all meant less farm visiting. Initially domestic animals formed a very small part of their work, but this has now increased. His talk included many humorous tales about various incidents and animals he had encountered. Although retired, Alistair still has a very busy schedule acting as locum for practices on the West Coast of Scotland and some of the isles. Both meetings, held in the comfort of the village hall committee room, well attended and much enjoyed, concluded with the usual excellent and welcome refreshments. M.P.

ENERGY RELATED PRIORITIES

There are two events that require the immediate consideration of the Community Council: Hydro power. On the Torrisdale estate they are now at an advanced planning stage for building a hydroelectric generator. Niall Macalister Hal! has suggested that the old Carradale reservoir might be a suitable site for a community owned hydro scheme. The consultants who designed the Torrisdale scheme have generously offered to do an initial feasibility study free of charge. We should know within a few days whether, in principal, our reservoir is viable. The Forestry Commission, which owns the relevant land, have said that, in principal, they would be happy to consider such a project under their community renewables scheme. To be eligible we, the community, need to make a formal expression of interest by 30th June 2012. We would then need to put together a major funding proposal. Ferry. Energy saving encompasses a broad range of activities. One possibility would be a ferry service from Carradale to Arran, to save car journeys. A passenger/cycle ferry has been discussed and has not been ruled out. However, the future of the Cloanaig ferry is now under consideration in a major Scottish Government review of all ferry services. The review is in its second stage. Do we want to press for a change in the route to take in Carradale (Cloanaig -> Lochranza -> Carradale). If we do we must get our proposal in by the 30th March 2012. So we must ask ourselves now, do we want a CalMac car ferry, and, if so, would we want it coming to Carradale harbour or Torrisdale or somewhere else? Things are already happening with the ferry, as with home care. Do we want to try to influence our future or lie down and wait for it to overtake us? Eric Dudley and Cathy Forbes. DEVELOPMENTAL ADDENDUM The suggestions about the fuel group becoming the energy group and looking into putting together a wider package were presented at the Community Council and endorsed. Regarding the ferry, there are some developments which I've put on the web site: http://www.villageweb.org.uk/eastkintyre/Ferry.htm#start Regarding the hydro-electric idea Niall Macalister Hall's consultants have this afternoon come back with their report which predicts a potential of 8Kw output which is far too low to make it viable. However, there still may be hope in looking elsewhere in the area. I've put details up at: http://www.villageweb.org.uk/eastkintyre/Energy.htm#start. There is now a Facebook campaign on the Ferry at http://villageweb.org.uk/facebook Eric Dudley.
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QUIZZLE 11 RESULTS
Thank you to all those who supported Carradale Village Hall by taking part in Quizzle11. The result was delayed as it took some time to research alternative answers on the internet. Some were then accepted but others had to be rejected though full marks for invention! The winner is Helen Gurr from Bodmin in Cornwall - who was 3 short of a perfect score with 77/80. 2nd (76/80) Chris Chantler from Bath in Wilts., 3rd (72/80) Donald & Mary Macalister Hall, Torrisdale. 4th equal (71/80) Gail McIntosh, Waterfoot. & David Hornsby, London. We are already working on the next one Quizzle12! Margaret Leighton. Below are the official answers (As ever, some other suitable answers were allowed if they fitted exactly). The only question to stump everybody was No 34 GENERAL QUESTIONS: Eg: 7D in a W = 7 days a week 1. 4 S of the Y: 4 seasons of the year 2. 2 W in a F: 2 weeks in a fortnight 3. 57 HV: 57 Heinz varieties 4. 14P in a S: 14 pounds in a stone 5. 3 L on a T: 3 legs on a tripod 6. a 21-GS: a 21 gun salute 7. 5 R on the OF: 5 rings on the Olympic flag 8. 8 L on a S: 8 legs on a spider 9. 1W on a U: 1 wheel on a unicycle 10. 88 K on a P: 88 keys on a piano 11. 4Q in a P o C: 4 Queens in a Pack of Cards 12. O has 67 I: Orkney has 67 islands 13. 29L on the CC: 29 locks on the Caledonian Canal 14. The LE has 32 C: The London Eye has 32 Capsules 15. 32 the NHN: 32 the Ninth Happy Number 16. In 1930 SKWA: In 1930 St Kilda was abandoned 17. 3W in M (S): 3 witches in Macbeth (S) 18. 2WN for a W: 2 witnesses needed for a will 19. JIN1C: John Innes Number 1 Compost 20. 15S on the GU: 15 stations on the Glasgow underground 21. 1 WB in S: 1 white ball in snooker 22. 7 H in YH: 7 holes in your head. 23. 10-DF: 10- double figures. 24. a P h 0 T: a pobble has 0 toes. 25. 8D of BC in C (2011): 8 denominations of British coins in circulation (2011). 26. 9 P in a BT: 9 players in a baseball team. 27. RBH 13 C: Robert Burns had 13 children. 28. 645D is the GP(in D) of the AE: 645 days is the gestation period(in days) of the Asian elephant 29. 86400 S in a D: 86400 seconds in a day 30. a G w W 4 OP: a groat was worth 4 old pennies 31. 45 I in an EE: 45 inches in an English ell. 32. LJG the 9DQ: Lady Jane Grey the 9 Day Queen 33. the A of an ET is 60 D; the angle of an equilateral triangle is 60 degrees 34. 21TC on a CCCBC 21 tooth caps on a current crown cork bottle cap 35. BK in D at 2717F the TM-MS: Burj Khalifa in Dubai at 2,717 feetthe tallest man-made structure. 36. 246 S in the WM: 246 steps in the Wallace monument. 37. 300 the MPS in TPB: 300 the maximum possible score in ten pin bowling 38. SGW 22 GSTT: Steffi Graf won 22 grand Slam Tennis Titles. 39. S of N - FC from the STU: 7 of 9 fictional character from the Star Trek Universe 40. a T h 3E : a tuatara has 3 eyes

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In 2010 The Scottish Government initiated a process of consultation about the future of the ferries serving the Highlands and the Islands. This process resulted in a draft plan which was published just before Christmas 2011. We are now well into the 14 week period for consultation on the draft which will come to an end on the 30th March 2012. After the results of this consultation are duly considered, Transport Scotland will produce a ten year plan to cover ferry provision up to 2022. The draft plan now under public review can be downloaded from http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/strategyandresearch/publications -and-consultations/draft-ferries-plan-consultation. The draft plan breaks the Highland and Islands down into parts and considers each part separately. For instance, there is a section on Arran and another on Kintyre. In the section on Kintyre, though the new West Coast Motors passenger ferry to Ballycastle is welcomed, we note that the Claonaig Lochranza ferry is not even mentioned. The only vehicle ferry mentioned is the Tarbert Portavadie ferry. In full, the draft says: Kintyre currently has a service from Tarbert that links the peninsula with Portavadie. This is an important connection which is not only used as an alternative to the extended road journey for people travelling from Kintyre to the central belt, but is used by people living around Portavadie who want to travel to Kintyre and from there to Oban. It is also popular in the summer with visitors and forms part of a strategic set of routes that facilitate tourism in the summer months. To remove the route could have implications for not just the immediate area but further afield. One would have thought that if the paragraph read people living on Arran who want to travel to Kintyre the very same importance would attach to the Claonaig ferry and its removal would have similar implications for extended road journeys and tourism. The document goes on to a suggest a new service from Campbeltown: a service operating between Kintyre, via Arran to Ardrossan (or Troon). The service would operate one or two days per week. In the section on Arran the draft proposal replaces the existing Brodick ferry with two smaller vessels starting earlier in the day and ending later in the evening - a major investment which would result in a much improved service. The new service from Campbeltown would, incidentally, be contingent on this service. In this context only is the Claonaig service mentioned. In full, it says: Claonaig to Lochranza largely fulfils a specialist function in the movement of dangerous goods. In terms of passenger and vehicle numbers it is very much a secondary route to the Ardrossan and Brodick service for every passenger travelling between Claonaig and Lochranza, there are around 16 passengers travelling between Ardrossan to Brodick. The figure for cars is around 9 to 1 in favour of Ardrossan to Brodick. It would be our intention to review services between Claonaig and Lochranza following the upgrade to Ardrossan to Brodick.

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For further details please call 01583 431 650 Combined with the lack of any recognition of the role of the Claonaig ferry for Kintyre, or in the broader picture of tourism routes, it is hard not to interpret these words as laying the ground for axing the Claonaig ferry. If their argument is that the Claonaig ferry does not generate enough traffic to justify its existence, then one option would be to look at how it might be modified. For instance, if a slipway were constructed at Carradale, the ferry could adopt a two-legged route Claonaig Lochranza Carradale, and back. This would retain the existing Claonaig connection but open up new possibilities for Carradale and Campbeltown. Unlike Claonaig, Carradale has a regular bus service. Foot passengers could travel from Campbeltown on public transport by way of Arran and on to Ardrossan and points south. Cars could travel from Campbeltown to the ferry without having to negotiate the terrible East Kintyre road north of Carradale, nor face the long trek north up the west side, and east across the top of the peninsula to Claonaig. A ferry coming to Carradale would have the potential to transform the slowly dying harbour and open up tourism for central Kintyre. If the Claonaig ferry goes walkers on Arran will loose their link to the Kintyre Way and the National Cycle Network will be broken between Arran and Kintyre. Such a proposal would involve some investment and a longer, but not that long, travel time from Carradale to Lochranza. However it would be both cheaper and quicker to use the existing boat and offer a seven day a week summer service from South Kintyre instead of the proposed one day a week service from Campbeltown. It is difficult to imagine the summer visitor who plans a tour around the West Coast to coincide with a one day a week ferry service from Campbeltown. There is precious little time left to make your view known. While the draft plan does not explicitly say that the Claonaig service will be axed the implication is clear. Once the assumptions and conclusions are built into the ten-year plan they will be hard to change. We have to stress that the Claonaig ferry is not simply Arrans back door. It is a beautiful way to enter and leave Kintyre. Please send your comments on the document to colin.grieve@ trans portscotland.gsi.gov.uk or to: Colin Grieve, Transport Scotland, Ferries Unit, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ Comments should reach him by the 30th March 2012. We also suggest that all comments be copied to our MSP, Michael Russell, e-mail: Michael.Russell.msp @scottish.Parliament.uk. Eric Dudley.

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perseverance and determination from all parties to get this far, the summary below explains the key stages and highlights some of the lessons learnt. In 2008 with funding from the Campbeltown CARS and an Options Sarah MacKinnon (Strathclyde Building Preservation Trust) Appraisal grant from the Architectural Heritage Fund, KAT commisand Alan Milstead (Kintyre Amenity Trust) This is about the small old building opposite the old Campbeltown sioned SBPT to produce an Options Appraisal considering future uses Motors workshop in Big Kiln. The architectural style of the building has for the Old School and developing a strategy for delivering the project. been characterised as a well handled composition combining neo The market analysis contained within the appraisal came out strongly Tudor and Gothic styling in keeping with its ecclesiastical connections. in favour of refurbishing the now near derelict building and converting But, after falling into disrepair and into the ownership of Kintyre Amenity it for use as a bunk house for visitors to the town. The modest income Trust it has been restructured into a Backpackers Bunkhouse for from the facility would support KATs work. The Options Appraisal was walkers, surfers and budget visitors to Kintyre. See www.campbeltown followed by successful applications to the CARS and the Argyll & the Islands LEADER Programme for development funding to push the bunkhouse.co.uk The Old School is the last survivor of a group of 4 buildings project forward and a team led by SBPT and including John Gilbert constructed around 1851 as a direct consequence of the Disruption, Architects, the Structural Partnership, CDM Scotland and Morham & all about patronage of the jobs in schools and churches, which split the Brotchie began work in the summer of 2009. The CARS was boosted by the successful bid by Argyll and Bute Free Church from the established Church of Scotland. The Free Council to the HeritChurch in Campbelage Lottery Fund town constructed a which saw the complex of buildings OPEN DAY Campbeltown Townincluding a Trade There will be an Open Day scape Heritage InitiSchool, two tempoon Saturday 10th April ative awarded in rary church buildings at the Bunkhouse, July 2009. More (one for Gaelic from 10.30am until 2pm. success came in speakers and one for Coffee/tea will be served. late 2009 as the English) and this Council secured building, a Grammar ERDF funding School. The first, through a Communiand only schoolmasMAIN ENTRANCE Lounge Lounge ty Planning Partnerter was Alexander ship for three Ross a key figure in projects in Campbelthe Disruption who, town including the having been disDisabled toilet & School project. This missed by the estabshower room success secured lished Church was 173,000 for the taken on by the Free Wet room project provided it Church and worked Drying room met the key condiin this building until Wet tions and aims of the the building ceased room HERITAGE scheme which could CENTRE to act as a school Kitchen/dining Wet CAR PARK be summarised as sometime after the room the provision of new 1872 Education Act. business space and We dont know that the end user or who designed the manager of that Old School, but he Dormitory Dormitory business space was certainly influcould not be pre-deenced by the current termined. best practice in By summer 2010 we school design as exhad a budget and emplified by J.C. planning and listed Loudons 2nd edition building consent apEncyclo-paedia of plications were Cottage, Farm and BIG KILN STREET lodged but access Villa Architecture. This book was published in 1846 and included design principles for agreements with the Church of Scotland which owns the area around school buildings, which not withstanding its awkward shaped site, this the building, needed to be organised. A new access to the adjacent car park was required as a planning condition and the process of agreeing building complies with almost exactly. The Old School performed a range of functions from the late 19th this with the Church was not straightforward. Ultimately however, century onward as a Sunday School, a vaccination centre and it is agreement was reached. And so at the end of 2010 the contract was tendered. Final grant remembered by some residents as the place they went for their free milk. It finally fell out of use in the 1980s and having been given a applications were made in early 2011 with a contract sum of just under category B listing in 1996, was gifted to its current owners the Kintyre 380,000 and total delivery costs of 435,000. The go ahead was Amenity Trust (KAT) in 1997. KAT had by then established the given in early May and the contract which had been awarded to local Campbeltown Heritage Centre in the adjacent (redundant) Tartan Kirk firm McKinven & Colville, commenced on 15 May. A vital component designed by James Boucher and opened in 1867 to replace the two in allowing the project to happen was a cash flow loan provided by the temporary churches. KATs intention was to preserve this important Council which is being utilised by KAT while grant funding is drawn example of mid 19th century school architecture and utilise it in support down. of their main charitable aims but the financial resources to achieve this So where are we now? The bunkhouse will be finished by the end aim did not emerge until Argyll and Bute Council secured one of the first of February. KAT have tendered the opportunity to run the Bunk House Historic Scotland Conservation Area Regeneration Schemes (CARS) and the process of determining the final operator is ongoing. for Campbeltown in 2007. A funding partnership between the Council, Has the project been a success? Only time will tell whether the Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Argyll & the Islands LEADER Programme and Historic Scotland provided investment for heritage led business will be sustainable but the quality of conservation work underregeneration in the centre of the town. The Councils then Conserva- taken throughout the project has been very high and this important little tion Officer Jenny Carlile had already introduced KAT to Strathclyde landmark building will be retained as part of the Campbeltown built Building Preservation Trust (SBPT) and a collaboration was begun that heritage record, so our primary objective has been achieved. 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PLANNING APPLICATIONS
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GEOBASH IN APRIL
TREASURE HUNTERS SEEK OUT CARRADALE. While many will be thinking of a traditional Egg Hunt at Easter, treasure seekers from far and wide are expected to converge on Carradale for something much more exciting: Kintyre's first ever "Geobash". The event on April 7 will see hi-tech hunters seek out 25 geocaches in the local countryside. With the village's Network Tearoom acting as an informal command centre, participants will be able to park and set off to locate the geocaches in the hills, glens and seashore that surround Carradale. Some of the geocaches have been hidden on the beautiful and meandering Kintyre Way, while others have been laid to provide two circular routes. The sport of geocaching is growing in popularity throughout the world with around six million enthusiasts now using GPS-enabled devices, such as a smart phone, to navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates where a geocache or container lies hidden. The Carradale event, which kicks off at a time still to be specified, is open to all-comers, with handheld GPS units available for hire from the Network tearoom. Even the novices, or so-called muggies, will be able to try their hand thanks to free geocach tutorials local ranger guides will be on hand to demonstrate how a GPS unit works. They will also show visitors how to use the units to find their first geocache, before locating six caches on a route around the incredibly picturesque Carradale Bay. Notes, tales and tall stories can be compared over tea and a scone at the tearoom on the day, while in the evening there will be a licensed ceilidh and barbecue at Carradale village hall. Adding their own inimitable sound to the celebrations and prizegiving will be local musicians The McAllister Band.
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DID YOU RECOGNISE ANYONE ON PAGE 7? Back Row: Alec McKinnon, Sheena Buchanan, Una McDougal, Isabel Paterson, Sheila Galbraith, Jill Ritchie, Ronnie Brownie 2nd Row: Roy McMurchy, Effie Buchanan, Eleanor Campbell, Linda Hoey, Vera Campbell, Lorna Jackson, Jen Fisher, Mat McMillan 3rd Row: Alen Oman, Rosemary Galbraith, Margaret Buchanan, Margaret McColl, May Campbell, Shenac Durham, Emily McBride, James Forsyth Front Row: David Paterson, Alistair McMillan, John McFadyen, Laurence McBride, Ian Morrison, Duncan McKinnon The headmaster was Donald Jackson. Information from the Carradale Goat Web-site

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EKCC MINUTES
THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER 2011 Present: Shelagh Cameron, Andrea Hopkins, Stuart Irvine, Elizabeth McMillan, Ronnie Brownie, Councillor John McAlpine, Councillor Robin Currie, Councillor Rory Colville. Apologies: Lachie Paterson, Tom Adams, Councillor Anne Horn Convenor Shelagh Cameron welcomed everyone present. Minutes of Last Meeting: proposed by Elizabeth McMillan seconded by Ronnie Brownie. Matters Arising From Last Minutes: Silver Birch Trees - Convenor not heard back from forestry as to whether these can be planted at Port-na-Storm or not. Ian Gull and son agreed to maintain Bay Road. Julian Green - Roads north and south still terrible Hope people are still using complaint cards One bit of good news day after Community Council meeting flooding at Peninver was sorted. Lome Campbell submitted a detailed account of numerous pot holes all were measured, photographed and GPS'd. Nothing has been heard back Suggestion put to Argyll and Bute Council about fortnightly bin collections (instead of weekly). Money saved could then be used on upkeep of roads. Councillor Rory Colville suggested that this money could be put back into budget and used on roads. Treasurers Report - Community Council account 112 received for rent of Wellpark from Elaine Bigart, balance 1959.99. East Kintyre Wind-farm Trust: Funds 24,000 for year; 1st rancher - 16,500: 2nd tranche - 6,400. 12 applications - 9 successful, 3 rejected. Planning : Sandra Galbraith resubmitted planning application; Bobby Ferguson planning application for new build above Clifftop (The Hill) willing to make improvements to the top of hill 60 and also road above Clifftop. Fuel Group Progress : Village SOS update waiting for quotes from various companies but will come in above budget (59,000) suggestions and ideas for an income generating business to be set up so that the 30,000 from village sos will not be lost (the money from village SOS has to be the principal stakeholder) Ideas before Tuesday 6 December or email info@mapmaker.com Community Survey - All results of the survey have been published in the antler Malcolm McMillan going ahead with plan meeting in hotel on 14 January 2012. Roads no update. Correspondence: Mental Health - leaflet. Argyll and Bute Community Healthy Partnership Document. Any Other Competent Business: Notice Boards - one ordered, delivery weeks. If suitable two more will be ordered. Convenor Shelagh Cameron resigned from the Community Council Convenor Shelagh Cameron thanked everyone for attending and wished everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. A.H.

EKCC NOTES
THURSDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2012 Andrea Hopkins, Vice Convenor, opened the meeting and invited Stuart Irvine to chair the meeting as Shelagh Cameron had tendered her resignation at the last meeting in December. The meeting opened with apologies and the minutes of the last meeting which had been circulated to all attending. Under matters arising Stuart pointed out the omission in the minutes to any reference to Shelagh apart from her resignation. A number of the Local Councillors present in December paid tributes to Shelagh for her contributions to the running of the Council over the last 7 years or so. The Treasurer also reported that the current balance in the EKCC bank account amounted to 1959.99. The meeting moved on to discuss the future as Lachie Paterson had intimated he was intending to resign but confirmed he would wait until the longer term future was resolved. However without Lachie the number of members of EKCC would drop to 5 perilously close to the minimum of 4 to be quorate. Stuart confirmed he had an instructive discussion with Melissa Stewart, Argyll and Bute Council on what our options were. It would appear that the better alternative would be to keep the present number, i.e. six, going until a fresh election can be held. The earliest is likely to be May 2012 due to the local A&B council elections. After a general discussion it was agreed that we should ask A&B to start the process of drawing up a timetable and procedures to be followed. This led to a discussion on what would happen if the appropriate number of nominations for the ballot paper was less than 6. It is hoped that there will be sufficient numbers of nominations to avoid this area being without a local community council. Mentioned was also made in regard to the security of the continuance of the Windfarm Trust, a vehicle which is most valuable to the local community. It was confirmed that the Council would continue to provide money for the WFTs use and it could be run either directly by Argyll and Bute Council although they would prefer at least a local committee. If the local Community Council remained in existence then the status quo would continue The meeting then moved on to a presentation by Eric Dudley and Cathy Forbes on the Fuel project. They reported that the likely costs were higher than originally thought but investigations would continue on the viability. They highlighted four further projects, namely a cycle hire business run from the Network Centre, potential problems with the continuation of the Cloanaig - Lochranza ferry, consideration to develop our own local hydroelectric scheme, and Jobs in and for Carradale. A paper on the latter item was circulated. On the Cycle hire proposal a submission under the Big Lottery Fund Grant has now been sent and a reply is awaited. In regard to the Hydro Electric scheme a planning submission has been made for a 99Kw micro electric scheme at Lephincorrach, Torrisdale. It was suggested that consideration be given
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to the possibility of the village using the Carradale Dam to generate power. On the Ferry issue it was pointed out that in the consultation document issued by Caledonian MacBrayne that there would be a review of the Cloanaig to Lochranza crossing. There was a suggestion that this service might be withdrawn. A discussion was held on whether we should not campaign for an extension of this ferry to include Carradale. It was generally agreed that we should restrict our efforts currently to preserving the retention of the existing service. In regard to the Jobs in Carradale Cathy Forbes asked for anyone interested in a further meeting to discuss this should contact her. Two other issues of Planning were discussed namely: Erection of a house south-east of Greenhill, and Erection of a house in the field north-west of Bayview No adverse comments were made on either. Finally a request was made to the editors of the Antler and The Goat when publishing minutes that these should be done only highlighting the content of the minutes and refrain from making adverse critical comments. The meeting closed at 8.45pm J.S.I. The general purpose of community councils is to act as a voice for their local area. This will involve them articulating the views and concerns of local people in their area on a wide range of issues of public concern and make representations to their local authority, other public sector bodies and private agencies on matters within their sphere of interest. Argyll and Bute Council recognises that community councils have made, and will continue to make, a valuable contribution to the development of Argyll and Bute through their engagement in localised community planning, their represent ation of community views and their promoting and delivery of local activities. Community Councils should actively support the development of community action plans for their area whether as the lead body, or as a key stakeholder. Where these exist they may be used by Community Councils to help prioritise key work/consultation areas and communication of these to public and partners. Quotes from Argyll & Bute Councils Community Council Constitution.

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CAMPBELTOWN AQUALIBRIUM
The swimming pool and relaxation suite in Campbeltown's Aqualibrium will close on Monday 5 March for two weeks to allow essential maintenance to be carried out. The fitness suite, library and caf will remain open during the works and we hope the work will be completed by 19 March in time for the Easter holidays. Councillor Rory Colville spokesperson for third sector and communities said Aqualibrium plays a big part in the community and it is vital that on-going maintenance works to the pool and relaxation suite are carried out, ensuring that Aqualibrium stays in tip top condition allowing everyone to enjoy the facilities safely."