As previously reported, The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, will be visiting Wester Ross tomorrow.
Her visits will be to the Applecross Community Company at the Community Company Projects, the Applecross Community Hall, the Arctic Convoy Museum in Aultbea, the renovated village hall in Aultbea and the Wester Loch Ewe Trust at the Crofting Community Centre in the Old School House, Inverasdale.
On Wednesday, the Princess will visit the Dornoch Community Celebrations at Dornoch Cathedral and Green and will return to Wester Ross to visit Kishorn Port and Dry Dock Limited on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary.
Two Wester Ross business have been placed on the market for sale.
Ullapool Laundry Services offers a full range of laundry services commercially to hospitality businesses and personally for clothing, bedding etc for local and visiting customers with a collection and delivery available for outlying areas. The business claims to have a loyal client base and has an asking price of £87,500.
Also on the market is the Strathcarron Hotel, with 10 guest bedrooms, bar, lounge and dining facilities with owner’s accommodation and a staff room. Facilities are also offered for campervan and motorhome travellers with dedicated amenities including shower and toilet facilities. Property agents, ASG Commercial, are asking £695,000 for the freehold interest with leasehold and lease to buy options also being considered.
Gairloch Museum has received grant funding from The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland with a further contribution from the Dr Euan MacKie Legacy Fund which will enable work to be continued to interpret the excavations which have taken place on what is now referred to as the Achtercairn Archaeology Trail.
Two roundhouses have been discovered and the latest funding will help to establish when and for how long these were inhabited. The work so far has been carried out over 5 years and has been led by archaeologists Dr Tom Gardner and Katie Walker assisted by over 30 community volunteers working in all weathers for around 1500 hours of excavation and post excavation work.
In its first round match in the Highland Amateur Cup on Saturday against Ardersier FC, Gairloch & Aultbea United took an early lead with a goal straight from a corner by Eoin Cumming but went on to lose four one and was knocked out of the tournament.
