Gairloch's remarkable 'soup ladies' (and men)
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The Soup Ladies - the dedicated Warm Mondays volunteers (not all of whom are ladies!) who serve up a home-cooked feast to between 60 and 80 people each week in the Gairloch Community Hall - are celebrated on the front cover of our first issue of 2025.
But that's not the half of it! This issue is packed to the brim with vital local news and updates including:
- Wild Swimmers warned about the beast of Loch Bad an Sgallaig.
- Poolewe Shop Boxing Day break-in update.
- 10 questions with Anne and David Carruthers, after they recently retired from running The Shop at The Pier for 25 years.
- Public meeting called to discuss what to do with the Bac Dubh builders yard.
- 5 pages of local jobs.
- Local artist hits fundraising target for the Screen Machine.
- Hopes new online map will help beach visitors avoid pollution.
- ...and updates from Aultbea Hub, Gairloch Museum, GALE, Inverewe Gardens and the Arctic Convoy Museum.
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