 "Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)")
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Tug boat Loch shiel gets a new lease of life
; ...William Underwater Centre tug, the Loch Shiel, has been carried out by Corpach...and also a new electrical system. Loch Shiel is a 12m twin-screw workboat with...could not find anything that had the Loch Shiel's capabilities. She is used to tow...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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The great nostalgia trip ; Holiday venues: The Moray Coast could fetch [pounds sterling]600, with the Western Highlands a little more pricey at [pounds sterling]800 Top price: North Berwick could fetch [pounds sterling]9,000 and Loch Shiel perhaps [pounds sterling]600.
; ...in such beautiful places. Two posters commissioned by British Railways are also up for auction. One showsthe view down Loch Shiel from the Glenfinnan Viaductwhich has gained new fame during the making of the Harry Potter films. Paintedby William Douglas...
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CHILLING OUT ABOVE CLUANIE'S CORRIES PEAK PRACTICE: GLEN SHIEL RIDGE PEAK PRACTICE: GLEN SHIEL RIDGE Three Munros in one fell swoop is easier with good paths, says Cameron McNeish
; THE Munro-rich South Glen Shiel was smothered in blanket of snow, a white...Loyne, gazing across the still waters of Loch Cluanie to the shining slopes of Carn...a'Mhaim, the most easterly of the South Glen Shiel ridge Munros, rose steeply from the track...and Kintail hills to the north, down to Loch ...
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SADDLE UP TO STRETCH THOSE LEGS PEAK PRACTICE: SOUTH GLEN SHIEL RIDGE PEAK PRACTICE: SOUTH GLEN SHIEL RIDGE Nine Munros, but bag them over more than one outing, says Cameron McNeish
; THE long South Glen Shiel ridge boasts nine Munros, with seven of them capable of...exhilarating day out and can be climbed from Achnangart in Glen Shiel. The Saddle is the finest mountain in this part of the...less than seven distinct peaks, the rest of the South Glen Shiel ridge makes up one of the finest ...
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How we found ourselves up Shiel creek with a paddle
; ...such a canoe for 30 kilometres along Loch Shiel, then down the river at its mouth...country has the best weather and which loch or river the best wind direction...second part was the delightful River Shiel run, followed by the somewhat hairy...
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 "Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Pub of the week: Tibbie Shiel's Inn.(Features)
; ...when the original owner died. Enterprising Isabella `Tibbie' Shiel found herself widowed in 1824 and, with six children to feed...pounds 8) and poached Yarrow trout (pounds 6.25). VENUE: Tibbie Shiel's Inn, St Mary's Loch, Dumfriesshire FACTS: Belhaven Best, pounds 2.02; Tennent's...
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The 15,000 that got away Fears grow for native wild salmon as Norwegian farmed fish escape from cages in Highland loch
; ...fish - took place two weeks ago in Loch Shiel, on the west coast, south of Glenfinnan...Norwegian-owned company that runs the Loch Shiel salmon hatchery, uses salmon eggs...Scotland, is even warning that the Loch Shiel escape could end salmon fishing on...
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Highland retreats with a charm to last all year; (1) Beach living: Port na Con, Sutherland, has a private pier and its own cottage (2) Mountain views: The Old Manse, at Shiel Bridge, Ross-shire, is at the foot of the Five Sisters of Kintail (3) Scandinavian charm: Red Star Lodge is in the Cairngorms National Park.
; ...snowfallscan be truly magical. Indeed, a place such as Port na Con at Loch Eriboll, in Sutherland, can lookeven more spectacular in winter...private pier withits sea-front location. Views across the tidal loch to its front and mountains behind make thisunspoilt location...sterling]155,000 to MacAndrew and ...
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Rock around the loch
; ...01505-614 791. Those organising the Loch Shiel Spring Festival (21-28 May), now...traditional opening night cruise on Loch Shiel aboard the MV Sileas, when Svetlana...Titanic". Thankfully on dry land. Loch Shiel Spring Festival, 21-28 May, 01687-4...
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Just what is lurking in loch's waters? Loch Ness
; ...in sound technology to detect unexplained noises in the Loch - sounds which could indicate that Nessie is hiding deep...Mackintosh-Palmer filmed a mysterious object moving through the loch, in June 1998. She described "a big black object that rose...When early Christian missionary, St Columba. arrived at ...
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