The Oban Times

A very positive start to what should be a good year ahead

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As is often the case, the Lochaber Times this week is replete with upbeat stories about many things happening locally, including good news economical­ly.

It may have surprised some people that Lochaber features prominentl­y on a list of places across the world that are the most sung about. Additional­ly, An Aird has been rated as among the top 50 sporting venues in the UK and Ireland.

On the song front, Lochaber is perhaps slightly fortunate to make the list given that it is probably for the wrong reasons as the Proclaimer­s’ lyrics in Letter from America lamented the dying of traditiona­l industries. However, as the old saying goes, there is no such thing as bad publicity and anything that raises the profile of our wonderful part of the country is to be welcomed.

It seems that 2019 is off to a flying start. We can only hope the good news continues.

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