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Something For The Weekend - The Oban Times

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Irreverent banter, chat and fun Oban Times Team as they bring you interviews from the local area with all kinds of people, some music from local artists and trip over their "Scottish Word (or phrase)" of the week - Released every Friday about 12:30 or so - bringing you chuckles for the weekend and beyond

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Something For The Weekend 10th September 2021

September 10, 2021 08:00 - 10 minutes - 9.66 MB

A quartet of hardy seafarers paid a visit to region recently to test the choppy West Coast waters ahead of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Rowing Challenge. In December the Atlantic Nomads will be leaving the safety of La Gomera in the Canary Islands in their 28ft ocean rowing boat 'Doris' and rowing unsupported 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to Antigua in the Caribbean. Known as 'The Worlds Toughest Row', the challenge will strip the team of all the comforts of modern life and test ever...

Something For The Weekend 3rd September 2012

September 03, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

Fiona caught up with Barcaldine-based psychologist Marion Elkin-Greener to find out how the pandemic had affected our mental health and what can be done to help. Marion is best known for her Oban FM slot Mental Health Musings by Mer which began in December 2019. Following a break during lockdown Marion is back on our airwaves with a new day and some new ideas. As well as the radio show the mother of three talks about plans for podcasts, reaching out through social media, setting up her own b...

Something For The Weekend 27th August 2021

August 27, 2021 08:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MB

The Something For The Weekend Team will soon be back recording their regular podcasts – its always busy here at the Oban times at this time of year and is difficult to get the team together for a recording session. As we approach the end of our Summer Specials we thought we would bring you something that was done earlier this year but we never managed to broadcast in full. Fiona caught up with Lorn Healthy Options fitness advisor Rob Graham to find out a wee bit more about the Oban-based com...

Something For The Weekend 20th August 2021

August 20, 2021 08:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MB

- The something for the Weekend Team get even busier than usual during the summer – It not that there is nothing to podcast about  far from it – but it’s  its difficult to get the whole gang together even from their remote locations to record the weekly show.  However we don’t stand idle and have managed to record a few podcasts in advance.  This week –  A new project is being launched by Oban Men's Shed to restore a little piece of maritime history. Kathie has been  chatting to the project'...

Something For The Weekend 13th August 2021

August 13, 2021 08:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB

The something for the Weekend Team have decided to take a wee break over the summer  to enjoy the rain/midges/sun/downpours please delete as appropriate – It not that there is nothing to podcast about  far from it – but it’s a busy time with people off on holiday and its difficult to get the whole gang together even from their remote locations to record the weekly show.    That’s not to say they havn’t been busy and recorded a few things in advance –    This week's podcast takes you on a Cal...

Seil Crofter DJ MacDougall Pipes A Something For the Weekend Podcast 6th August 2021

August 06, 2021 08:00 - 9 minutes - 9.07 MB

A Summer Special  Here at the Something for the weekend studios we do like to have lots of different inserts bringing you audio of things that normally you would only get to read about.    The something for the Weekend Team have decided to take a wee break over the summer – it’s a busy time with people off on holiday and its difficult to get the whole gang together  but Kathie has been down to the Bridge over the Atlantic to catch up with Seil crofter DJ MacDougall who is picking up his pipe...

Something For the Weekend Podcast 30th July 2021

July 30, 2021 08:00 - 8 minutes - 7.89 MB

The something for the Weekend Team have decided to take a wee break over the summer – It not that there is nothing to podcast about  far from it – but it’s a busy time with people off on holiday and covering lots of different things and its difficult to get the whole gang together even from their remote locations to record the weekly show. That’s not to say the havn’t been busy and recorded a few things in advance – This week after months of being starved of entertainment and live music, Ka...

Ellis' Final Podcast - A slightly different Something For The Weekend..... From The Oban Times

July 23, 2021 10:30 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

This week the team totally blindside Ellis by sending him a fake running order which includes a nightmare of an intro full of made up Scottish words for him to fall over.   Yes it's the Butcher boy's final podcast before he escapes to take up a new role in the Lake District and Steevie, Fiona and Kathie have been working away in the background to make it a memorable one. T  here's contribution from some of Ellis's other colleagues, a guest appearance by the legendary Speedo Mick and a real S...

Something For The Weekend 16th July 2021

July 16, 2021 11:44 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MB

Ellis is running late for this week's podcast while Oban 'Gym Guy' Innes Hughes is just running. South Yorkshire's Jim Morton is taking things at a slightly easier pace and takes a break from his round-the-coast odyssey to tell us all about it and songstress Dot Allison provides this week's music, taking inspiration from the wildlife around her Hebridean Cottage. Fiona, Kathie and Steevie are all present and correct and Lesley Duncan has another mind boggling Scottish Word of the Week.

Something For The Weekend 9th July 2021

July 09, 2021 11:42 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

With Kathie away to Yorkshire, it's up to Steevie, Fiona and Ellis to hold the fort at The Oban Times' Something For The Weekend podcast. Up first is David Glennie of the Scottish Slate Islands Heritage Trust about the reopening of the Tardis-like museum at Ellenabeich and why it needs both visitors and volunteers. Plus in this week's music segment, there's some relaxing tinkling of the ivories by talented local pianist Marek Kochmanski who usually does his stuff at the Bridge Cafe on every ...

Something For The Weekend 2nd July 2021

July 02, 2021 11:36 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MB

Something for the weekend brings you the full complement of Kathie, Fiona, Steevie and Ellis back from his holidays. Kathie has been chatting with Mull's RSPB officer Dave Sexton about a tourist's out of the ordinary holiday snaps of a whitetailed eagle and otter unusually chilling out together on a rock. Fiona brings us music from Ian Wilson with Sunrise - the last track on his brand new album Holding on Til Sunrise. . And of course we have Scottish word of the week, thanks to guest contri...

Something For The Weekend 25-6-2021

June 25, 2021 11:16 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

In readiness for  weekend madness and mayhem, Something For The Weekend invites you to take a mindful moment. Kathie has been chatting to Taynuilt therapist so get ready to sit back, relax and share a bit of calm as we take a trip to the beach  in  this week's podcast.  Fiona has had a blether with Skerryvore’s Martin Gillespie and brings us the supergroup's latest summer sound containing more pop and bubbles than a shaken bottle of fizz - you'll love it! Last but not least of course, we ha...

Something For The Weekend 18th June 2021

June 18, 2021 10:47 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB

Fiona is back from her jollies but where on earth is Ellis? Despite his absence he has left us with a spine-chilling tale. Perhaps he had a pressing engagement to go to? Kathie gets her dancing shoes out following her chat with Taynuilt musician and BBC Radio Scotland presenter Gary Innes and there's music from Leonard Brown and his All-Star Band. There is also a Scottish word of the week from our new contributor Lesley Duncan, can you guess what it means? All this and the usual banter from ...

Something For The Weekend 11th June 2021

June 11, 2021 13:25 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB

With Fiona Scott still on her holibobs it's up to Steevie, Kathie and Ellis to hold the Something For The Weekend fort. In this week's podcast, intrepid reporter Kathie transports us back to her 'oarsome' nine-mile row up the coast from Seil. We meet her fellow rowers and discover the special treats she had in her lunchbox. Ellis also gets an eyeful as he interviews Speedo Mick, the inspirational Evertonian fan who has become a charity fundraiser, which saw him mobbed by admirers on his arri...

Something For The Weekend 4th June 2021

June 04, 2021 10:40 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MB

Soft-spoken presenter Steevie is in the presenter's chair this week for this week's Something For The Weekend podcast to get you fired up on Fridays. Intrepid reporter Kathie regales us with another of her watery adventures as she steels her to take part in an eight-mile local leg of a row around Scotland. Our obscure wordsmith Ellis digs up another baffling Scottish word of the week that he can't pronounce and the team has never heard of, but have you? And that's not all. We find out who's ...

Something For The Weekend 28th May 2021

May 28, 2021 10:22 - 22 minutes - 18.5 MB

In this week's episode of Something For The Weekend Ellis goes to a street festival, Kathie visits a new garden taking root at Oban's Rockfield Centre to eventually provide natural dyes for creative workshops  there and Steevie stormtroops in about a certain Empire that has come to town to film a Star Wars spin-off Disney channel series - or has it?  Fiona also treats us to music from indie-roots artist Hector Shaw who gently brings us back down to planet earth with a track from his new  alb...

Something For The Weekend 21st May 2021

May 21, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

This week Kathie catches up in Oban with endurance cyclist Harry Lidgley who is on a 7,000km mission to wheel his way round all the UK mainland lifeboat stations raising funds for the RNLI. Celebrity Robson Green's been in town making a new TV show and a new friend after meeting Ellis and we have some wonderful music from Patsy Reid who will be leading the team of expert tutors at Mull Fiddle Week this summer. And for those wordies out there, we have a weather-related Scottish word of the we...

Something For The Weekend 14th May 2021

May 14, 2021 13:11 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB

It's a jam-packed edition of Something For The Weekend this Friday as Kathie returns full of hugs and holiday cheer. She brings us an interview with Laura Mandleberg who tells of Mull's first ever fiddle week due in August. Continuing the music theme Fiona has music from Glaswegian Indie-roots artist Hector Shaw and engineered by a whole host of local musicians. Meanwhile Ellis needs a sit down after speaking to Oban's James Armour who is planning to swim, run and cycle and the Outer Hebride...

Something For The Weekend 7th May 2021

May 07, 2021 11:07 - 25 minutes - 20.4 MB

Elections are a hot topic In this week's edition and Fiona bumps into Joy Cameron at the Benderloch Palladium Polling Station where the pair reminisce over the many uses of the once bustling Victory Hall and look forward to an entertaining and safe reopening. There’s also music from the multi genre musical duo The Romanas featuring Oban friends Rhianna McMahon and Rory O’B. Ellis has Fiona and Steevie flummoxed over Scottish Word of the week and there's some talk of a Brave new world at Oban...

Something For The Weekend 30th April 2021

April 30, 2021 09:05 - 27 minutes - 22.4 MB

There's much drama in the SFTW studio this week with dark and mysterious happenings in Fort William among the talking points, but what famous Doctor does Steevie really want to play? Ellis is a bit too interested in the Jilted Lovers Helpline despite all his talk about winching while Fiona takes us back to the 70's with a smurfing good tune.

Something For The Weekend 23rd April 2021

April 23, 2021 12:28 - 19 minutes - 17.3 MB

The sun has got his hat on hip hip hooray and we are getting ready for a bright and brilliant  weekend with banter from the Oban Times crew Kathie, Fiona, Ellis and a little extra input from our IT marvel Stephen Day - accompanied by special guests - the builders!    In this week's podcast Kathie catches up with Angie Bird who, along with a group of other mums and supporters, has been taking a daily dip in the sea this month to raise funds for Oban Toy Cupboard. We also  have musical royalty...

Something For The Weekend 16th April 2021

April 16, 2021 11:42 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MB

In this week's Something For The Weekend podcast Kathie, Fiona and Ellis catch up for a dose of banter as Oban re-opens its gates to visitors and travel restrictions across Scotland are lifted. In good humour, THE caravan photo from Ganvan Sands comes up for discussion, Kathie goes for a walk in the magical Ballachuan Woods on Seil with the nature reserve's new voluntary warden Ann McKillop and we also have music from the amazing Gunna Sound who hit the headlines last week after Bob MacIntyr...

Something For The Weekend 9th April 2021

April 09, 2021 11:03 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

The yolks on Kathie in this week's packed edition after the revelation that she over egged the pudding during some Easter chit chat. Our very own water baby also has a wee blether with volunteer Oban lifeboat member Leonie Mead as the crew gets all ship-shape ready for a surge of visitors heading to our coast as lockdown restrictions ease. Inveraray and District Pipe Band Pipe Major Stuart Liddell gets us in the mood for a very special event happening this weekend while Ellis gets his tongue...

Something For The Weekend 2nd April 2021

April 02, 2021 10:59 - 30 minutes - 25.5 MB

Steevie takes the lead for this week's edition in which we have Kathie and her interview with Sally Weir from Mull Safe and Sound about why it is so good to talk, Fiona has news from Manran who will also be giving us a tune and Ellis presents us with another Scottish Word of the Week. There's also chat about a 'wee fringe' event happening on April 5 …its cutting edge - not to be missed -  Stay tuned!

Something For The Weekend 26th March 2021

March 26, 2021 12:16 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MB

Something For The Weekend with Kathie, Fiona and Ellis brings you boundless banter and positivity with chat about what will be the best-kept bits of lockdown once we make our exit from restrictions. Also we have giddy gastronomical talk about Easter eggs, without too much name-dropping, Also we have a simply joyful tune from Gaelic Gospel Choir Soisgeul as an uplifting treat to start off your Friday so tuck in and enjoy! Not forgetting, well we almost did, Ellis's Scottish word of the week -...

Something For The Weekend March 19 2021

March 19, 2021 12:02 - 26 minutes - 25.5 MB

Despite some off air technical issues Fiona, Kathie, Ellis and Steevie celebrate the latest Covid restriction news in this week's Something for the Weekend broadcast. Ellis lets us know what we will be able to do over the course of the next week while Kathie tells us why her anonymous acquaintance was feeling a bit flushed and Steevie gauns for a dauner. Keep Oban Beautiful's Maurice Wilkins gives us some ideas on how to smarten up the town during the Big Spring Clean and there's music from ...

Something For The Weekend 12th March 2021

March 12, 2021 15:01 - 27 minutes - 27.7 MB

Kathie, Fiona, Ellis and Steevie discuss the latest lockdown restrictions from the comfort of their own homes as Martin fiddles with buttons in the SFTW studio. This week there's drama in Benderloch and Connel as director Mike Rowell reveals a new project that will have everyone talking while our musical interlude showcases a stunning new track by Blazin' Fiddles and the Scottish Folk Orchestra, including many local musicians, in aid of Doddie Weir's MND charity, details of which you can fin...

Something For The Weekend 5th March 2021

March 05, 2021 14:53 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB

Kathie's off sunning herself in the Cote d-Seil this week leaving Steevie, Fiona and Ellis to hold the Fort. Needless to say holiday plans play a big part in this week's chat and you can find out where the team will be jetting off to once lockdown lifts as well as what childhood books they may be stashing in their suitcases. Guests this week include Oban Pride chairman Phill Dexter with news of a new club while Rab and Michelle Wood's provide just the Tonic in the form of a track from their ...

Something For The Weekend 26th February 2021

February 26, 2021 04:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB

The weekend is here and March marches forth! And as the light begins to return and lockdown hopefully starts to loosen, The Oban Times team of Kathie, Fiona, Ellis and Steevie have a lighthearted chinwag about the fun-loving four-legged creature putting a smile on the faces of Oban. And what does hilarious voiceover queen Jane Godley have in common with former First Lady Michelle Obama and Norwegian superstar footballer Ada Hegerberg? We also catch up with the cheery Moira Dunlop of the Tayn...

Something For The Weekend 19th February 2021

February 19, 2021 16:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB

Spring is in the air and The Oban Times crew are definitely feeling it in this week's podcast. While Kathie, Ellis and Fiona celebrate nature all the extra chirping and frenzied bird feeding going on in our gardens - Steevie is not so chirpy and is after those pesky squirrels who have been stealing and stashing away his conker collection from which he had hope to sprout some trees.  Thanks to Edinburgh based Castle Chorus we bring you a sublime recording of their Lullaby of Unknowing, a pie...

Valentine's Something for the Weekend 12th February 2020

February 12, 2021 11:22 - 31 minutes - 25.9 MB

Happy Valentines! While Kathie, Ellis and Steevie keep an eye out for the postie ever hopeful of sacks of cards being brought to the door - the trio caught up with each other virtually speaking to talk about romance and needle phobia! There's also a wee bit of serenading going on from the wonderful Oban Gaelic Choir and friends - Enjoy!

Something for the Weekend 5th Feburary 2021

February 05, 2021 11:26 - 23 minutes - 19.5 MB

After a frantic start, where Kathie looks for somewhere to sledge and Fiona prepares for a weekend of rugby action, the Something for the Weekend team relax with some Golden Years zumba and some wise words from Seil poet Kenneth Stevens. Ellis and Steevie add their calming influences before the gang drift away to more magical music from the Celtic Connections 2021 Big Band and guests.

29th January 2021 Something For The Weekend

January 29, 2021 12:14 - 33 minutes - 28.6 MB

It's all happening on the podcast this week as the OT team give January a good kick up the backside and look towards spring for some eternal hope. Kathie is joined by adventure sport enthusiast Andy Corbe who is off on a watery magic carpet ride while Fiona chats to Breege Smyth about the future of festivals. Ellis is crying over spilt cocoa and Steevie holds everyone together (literally) from base camp. Music this week comes from the 2021 Celtic Connections Big Band.

Something For The Weekend Burns Special 2021

January 22, 2021 12:09 - 24 minutes - 20 MB

There's nothing sleekit, cowrin or tim'rous about the Oban Times team this week as Steevie, Fiona, Kathie and Ellis launch into their Rabbie Burns special to celebrate the birthday of the national bard on Monday. The quirky quartet discuss the merits of the haggis before putting their own stamp on some of Burns' best kent works. Joining in the celebration are Lerags couple Rab and Michelle Woods, who have muckle ado this weekend at their own Burns night ceilidh, and Oban High School pupil Me...

Something For The Weekend 1st January 2021

January 01, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutes - 30.1 MB

Happy New Year everyone! Goodbye 2020 and hello 2021 with wide open arms. We've high hopes for the next 12 months with expectations and resolutions from Fiona, Kathie, Ellis and Steevie from going more bananas (if that's possible!) to embracing creativity and getting a move on when it cones to keeping active and getting fit'ter' Discussing the best Christmas cake recipe we have Nadine and Andy We've got a chat with retiring boat skipper Duncan Phillips from Croab Haven who has notched up e...

Christmas Special 2020 - Something For The Weekend

December 25, 2020 13:00 - 38 minutes - 32 MB

Ho ho ho, it's Christmas Day at the Oban Times and we have an absolute 'cracker' for you. Tune in to our fun-packed festive edition of the internationally popular podcast Something For The Weekend. Backed with a Christmas ditty from Tunes in the Hoose, join Steevie, Fiona, Kathie and Ellis as they unwrap a very special gift...but what's in the box?? We also have a chat with Oban Pride organiser Phill Dexter about Christmas for him and his 'tinselitis!' With light-hearted banter about traditi...

A Podcast before Christmas - Something for the Weekend 18 December 2020

December 18, 2020 12:08 - 27 minutes - 23.2 MB

With just seven more sleeps to go until Christmas morning, the Something For The Weekend Team are getting festive with a little help from Seil Sound community choir and  Ellis getting retro with his lookback at Top of the Pops Christmas Specials - remember Father Abraham and the Smurfs? Or what about a Womblin' Christmas? Bringing us up to Christmas present....Kathie catches up with Morvyn Finlayson from the Salvation Army to chat about the phenomenal response they have had  to the 2020 Chri...

SFTW 11th December 2020

December 11, 2020 12:21 - 23 minutes - 19.3 MB

More journalistic jolly japes from Fiona and Kathie interspersed with some moments of sanity from IT whiz Stephen Day, who won't be talking sci-fi this week, and by our somewhat more sensible guests. This week we have Dee Bradbury and her husband Nick to tell us a heart stopping story with a thankfully happy ending as well as a wee bit music from Dunbeg singer songwriter Mike Nisbet. Fiona and Kathie talk Christmas decorations, or the lack of them, while Steevie sits back with his baffies o...

SFTW 4th December 2020

December 04, 2020 12:13 - 27 minutes - 22.9 MB

Something for the Weekend 4th December 2020 Ellis leads us in this frantic podcast from The Oban Times "Fab 4" with Kathie, Fiona and Steevie following meekly behind.... The crew are in good festive form discussing amongst other things the Oban Christmas tree, the lights at the tower, Lismore Christmas market, RNLI Pop ups as well as a new telling of "A Christmas Carol" and the upcoming screening of the Spotlight Musical Theatre Group 2015 Pantomime "Puss In Boots" starting on the 12th of ...

Something for the Weekend 27th November 2020

November 27, 2020 11:40 - 30 minutes - 24 MB

Something For The Weekend is a bit of a winter warmer so put on the kettle and coorie on down with the OT team for a merry splattering of the usual banter and cheer taking a look at what events are coming up, a chat with Oban FM stalwart Campbell Cameron and his lovely lady Joy who have been  conjuring up a disappearing act - in Campbell's case four stone! We've got a tune all the way from Spain courtesy of Connel's Neil Armstrong who despite being miles away from home has no intention of fo...

Something For The Weekend 20th November 2020

November 20, 2020 11:37 - 24 minutes - 19.7 MB

Plenty of chit chat and cheer in this week's Something for the Weekend. We're a cultural lot at the Oban Times so listen in for news about a panto for Oban and what was happening on Luing this week to mark Book Week Scotland. Merriment  as a  Welsh castle and celebrities were also in the pot ..... so to speak! Oh and beware...the dolphins!   Presented by Fiona, Kathie, Ellis and Steevie With contributions from Kevin Baker and Norman Bissel

Something For The Weekend 13th November 2020

November 13, 2020 12:19 - 20 minutes - 16.8 MB

We're back with the banter and laughs, spreading a bit of Friday cheer with Something For the Weekend! Hip, hip, hoorah! From a toon in the hoose to Scottish word of the week ...your guess is as good as ours - to what's on - and getting ready for Christmas supporting our local businesses...and more.    With Ellis,  Kathie, Fiona and Steevie with additional material from Martin MacLeod

Something for the Weekend 4th September 2020

September 04, 2020 12:00 - 19 minutes - 16 MB

Ellis, Kathie and Steevie are back with some more weekend banter  Kathie is getting all her supplies in for winter including candles and firewood, Steevie is busy gathering in all the good TV he can find and Ellis is having  retro fun with his new 19” TV and DVD player…   Good  chat and fun from the Oban Times team.   You can get in touch with us by emailing [email protected]  

Something for the weekend 21st August 2020 - Oban Times

August 21, 2020 11:31 - 24 minutes - 23.4 MB

This week the team discuss taking more photos after lockdown (or indeed taking more photos during lockdown) , doing the “tourist” thing and watching the world going by, Fiona is off to a boat launch, The delicacy that is Chicken “ping” , driverless cars and all the top films that will be coming out soon  - including Daniel Craig’s last outing as James Bond and  the joy that is a mouse and a cat on a big screen outing.  Fiona tries to keep control of Steevie and Ellis in our weekly podcast (w...

Something for the weekend 14th August 2020 - Oban Times

August 14, 2020 11:25 - 24 minutes - 21.6 MB

Join Fiona, Kathie, Ellis and Steevie with their cheerful banter about what they have been up to and some thoughts for things to do at the weekend. This week avoiding the jelly fish – getting stung and strange tastes for rats and mice. Gordon is definitely alive as Flash Gordon heads back into cinemas nationwide – Steevie is excited about the Oban Cinema reopening soon and wondering if Flash! Might be heading to Oban soon and what films the crew might want to see back on the big screen as ...

Something for the Weekend 7th August 2020

August 07, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB

Good news Friday! Fiona, Kathie, Ellis and Martin deliver happy tidings during their regular Friday morning chat. New arrivals, exam results and weather are just some of the topics discussed by the team this week

Something for the Weekend 31st July 2020

July 31, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB

More madcap banter from the OT team this week including Kathie having quandaries over whether or not to curb her wanderlust this weekend as she ponders a day trip to Gigha, Ellis needs to decide quick whether or not to dash back to the charity shop to buy that chunk of carved wood that no words 'not even for Ellis' can describe and Martin is Ballachulish-bound - but not in an inflatable kayak.

Something for the Weekend 24th July 2020

July 24, 2020 10:00 - 19 minutes - 18.4 MB

Kathie gets the wobbles in this week's Podcast after a too close for comfort encounter with a creature of the deep, Fiona's all packed up for her family reunion jollidays and Ellis is rejoicing in social liberation - of sorts while Martin is looking forward to more splendid solitude in his kayak. Something for the Weekend 17th July 2020

Something For The Weekend 17th July 2020

July 17, 2020 10:50 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MB

Some more silly banter about what the team is thinking about doing this weekend Ellis, Fiona and Steevie are back with their interesting mix of chat and information and recommendations. This week Ellis may have a bit of a Minor incident whilst off looking for a bird ,he and Fiona will be rummaging about in a storage container. Steevie considers recycling and maybe getting out a bit more (whilst observing all the current recommendations and regulations) and they discuss the wonderfulness (if...

Something For The Weekend 10th July 2020

July 10, 2020 14:37 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB

Something for the Weekend banter with Kathie, Steevie and Fiona in their not to serious discussion of weekend activities as we continue to come out of lockdown. This week they discuss a new Oban Spotify Playlist put together by our own Andy Bruce – Kathie and her adventures on a bike and future thoughts on perhaps trying a Segway trail. Benderloch Pizza has the team hungry for a wee meal out and takeaway but Kathie’s beetroot delights may not win everyone over . "Winter is coming" (For Ka...