Acharacle’s Charlie makes history with an Oxford first

IT IS just over nine hours by car from Acharacle to the fabled academic spires of Oxford, but it is a journey that has taken years of effort and hard work for Charlie-Anne Pleming.

And Charlie, 18, will make history next month when she makes that 486-mile journey from her Highland home to Oxford as the first pupil from Ardnamurchan High School to gain a place to study at the city’s world-famous university.

Charlie will take up a place at Lady Margaret Hall to study law, after gaining straight ‘A’ passes in all her SQA results, including three advanced highers. Turn to page three for more.