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Talks Programme 2024/2025

Walks 2024

All talks are held in the Ardshiel Hotel at 7.30pm prompt. 

2024
23 Oct Gordon Casely: Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway
13 Nov George McSporran and Angus Martin: Teddy Lafferty's Collection of Slides: a narrated tour of South Kintyre
4 Dec: The Temperate Rainforests of Kintyre

2025
15 Jan  Elizabeth Marrison: A Memorial Evening for Frances Hood, with a presentation of photographs and songs from Anne Leith and Les Oman
19th Feb Alison Diamond: title to be confirmed but will be based on Kintyre
26 March: AGM, followed by Christine Ritchie: The Kilbrannon Sound Sea Serpent 

Past
2023-24

Talks are open to everyone. Entry is free for members or £3 for non members.

11/10/2023 - Kate Phillips - What role did Campbeltown play in the time of Slavery

08/11/2023 - Murdo MacDonald - Clachan to Southend in the Argyll Synod Papers - Poor Widows and Ruinous Kirks

06/12/2023 - Duncan Beaton - My Kintyre Ancestors

17/01/2024 - Angus Martin - A Memorial Evening for Agnes Stewart (1936-2021), with a presentation of her Kintyre slides and local songs from Anne Leith and Les Oman

14/2/2024 - Neil Brown - A year with the Birds 

27/03/2024 - AGM followed by two short presentations
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7/1/2024 - Balnamoil. weather dependant
3/3/2024 - walk to Glrenrea and Glenahanty
7/4/2024 - childrens grave at the Mull of Kintyre and old foghorn
2/6/24 - Craigaig
17.11.24 - Ronachan, Clachan
                                   2025

12.1.25 - West Loch Tarbert
2.3.25 - Kilkenzie - fort and hamlet
30.3.2025 - MacKays Stone, Arnicle
4.5.2025 - Arnicle, Barr Glen


OLD
09/04/2022 - Walk to Killocraw

27/02/2022 - Walk to Greenland

18/09/2022 - Walk to Corriecrevie, Carnbeg, Carnmore and Ballochroy standing stones

30/10/2022 - Walk to Killypole Loch and High Tirfergus

04/12/2022 - Walk to Lagalgarve, Paisley and Savannah

15/1/23 - walk up Clachaig Glen, Muasdale

5/3/23 - Braids, behind Killean
2/4/23  Strone Glen to visit Muchlach, Keromeanach & Strone
14/5/23  Gigha - Fishermen's Cave
29/10/2023 - Glenehervie and down to the mouth of the burn to see where the sloop had been built by MacEacran
19/11/2023 - Lagaloskine and Largie

2nd June??? - fisherman's cave, Gigha
​For further details please email Elizabeth Marrison.

Photos and information on the walks can be found on clicking on   'Gallery' above.
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