Gairloch & District Times

24/07/2025

It's the Round Up! We have a packed edition for you this week, with a host of news and upcoming events including:
🏃‍♀️A record-breaking endurance challenge
🎵The Fèis Rois Ceilidh Trail
🏔 News from Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team and Torridon Mountain Rescue Team

This edition of the Round Up has been kindly sponsored by our friends at Badachro Distillery. Cheers!🥃

Read to the end for a video of a completely flooded train station on the Kyle line.

18/07/2025

The Gairloch & District Times is out today, and it’s packed with local news, events and updates! In this issue:

🛖 Gairloch Museum’s Corinna Annetts on the upcoming roundhouse project
🌱 Lochbroom Field Club report on orchid survey
🐋 Record numbers of whale sightings reported by Hebridean Whale Cruises, Gairloch

…and much more! Find yours in local stores, or online.

https://gairlochtimes.org.uk/thatching-heather-and-a-gairloch-roundhouse/

Issue 14 of the Gairloch and District Times is available now.

17/07/2025

This week’s Wester Ross Round Up is here, and we lead with news from Gairloch Community Council that this wildfowl warning road sign has been stolen.

In other (better) news:
🟡 Am Bàrd Cafe receive high praise for their scones
🟡 Countdown to the Great Wilderness Challenge - and there’s still time to get involved
🟡 Guided wildlife spotting for passengers on the CalMac Ferries Ullapool-Stornaway ferry next week with Wild Discovery, Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust and Mammal Society

Read to the end for a video about Reid the Biosecurity Dog and his trip to the Shiants.

10/07/2025

This week's Round-up is out today featuring:

🦈 Bakkafrost's big planning application
📱 Vodafone UK's flaky 4G
📭 Royal Mail's missing delivieries
🐳 Hebridean Whale Cruises, Gairloch record breaking trip.

And lot's and lot's of other useful local news.

Read to the end for two videos of a huge Fin Whale in the Minch.

07/07/2025

We were thrilled to hear of Sabina and Cameron's recent engagement in Gairloch. Many congratulations to you both!

The Gairloch & District Times love to share news from the community: if you have an announcement to make or a milestone to mark, please don't hesitate to get in touch. Our submissions for the next issue are currently open, and will close on Friday 11th July at 10am.

📷: courtesy of Phil Youell. Our thanks to Sabina, Cameron and Phil for allowing us to share their news. We wish you every happiness.

04/07/2025

The latest Gairloch & District Times is out now!
In this issue:
🟡 Gairloch Boat Club’s Challenge Regatta
🟡 Mairead Bush from Wester Ross Unesco Biosphere answers 10 questions with a difference - in our first Gaelic/English bilingual 10 Questions
🟡 Blue Hope Alliance’s maerl survey of Upper Loch Torridon
…and much more, including our What’s On listings of upcoming events!

Find your copy in local stores, or online now.

Issue 13 is out today. Download it in full colour from the bottom of this post.

03/07/2025

🚨 If it's Thursday it's time for another Wester Ross Round-up. 👉 https://gairlochtimes.org.uk/the-gruinard-whopper-and-a-funding-win/

It features news from Poolewe Swimming Pool, The GALE Centre, Aultbea Hall and Badachro Distillery among many others.

🏘 Also, in this week's email we're asking people to take a quick poll on whether more needs to be done to regulate short-term lets in the area. We'll report the results in a future issue of the paper - so we'd love to get responses from as many readers as possible.

Read to the end to watch a video of a replica roundhouse under construction in Applecross.

26/06/2025

The TV production company behind has warned locals that it will be filming "slow moving vehicles" in Glen Torridon tomorrow. Not everyone is delighted by the short notice. This and other useful things to know from High Life Highland, Gairloch Museum and lots of others are all here:

Read to the end for some videos of sailing boats in Gairloch Harbour

20/06/2025

The latest Gairloch & District Times is out now, online and in local stores!
In this issue:
☀️Photo special: Gairloch High School's Sports Day
☀️Get ready for Gairloch Highland Gathering
☀️What a team! Community effort sees Poolewe toilets reopen
☀️...and much more, including our Directory and What's On listings

Issue 12 is out now. Don't miss it!

19/06/2025

It's the Round Up!
Read all the latest from Wester Ross, right here:

https://gairlochtimes.org.uk/opportunity-poolewe-sing-loch-ewe/

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Read to the end for a surprising video of a humpback whale.

12/06/2025

There’s plenty to see and do in Gairloch, as Huey, Dewey and Louisa here will tell you, after enjoying a nice visit to Gairloch Marine Wildlife Centre & Cruises!
Find out what else is happening in this week’s Wester Ross Round Up, including:
🦆 The Poolewe Cèilidh Partnership’s upcoming dates
🦆 Weekly wellbeing walks with Torridon NTS rangers
🦆 Find out about becoming a Community First Responder

https://gairlochtimes.org.uk/poolewe-ceilidh-dates-and-laide-pods/

Thank you to Button Bothy, Poolewe, who have kindly sponsored this edition of the Round Up.

Read to the end for a nice video from the Loch Carron sea floor.

09/06/2025

What’s new, Wester Ross?
The Gairloch & District Times submissions are now open for our next issue, out on 20th June. If you have news to share, an event to promote, or anything to announce we’d love to hear from you.
Get in touch! (Info in comments)

📷: Loch Ewe sunset, Kate Larsen-Daw