The Little News from Around Here

This week's BIG news is the local train derailed last Sunday night. It apparently hit a boulder, derailed, ended up hanging over a cliff, and caught on fire. No one was badly injured, though the train was carrying around 60 people.

The train is still there, hanging over the edge of the embankment, blocking the road and preventing thousands of tourists from getting here (dang).

But then there's the LITTLE news. It's where the juicy, absurd, gossipy, heartwarming and just plain laughable stuff is. Enjoy!

(From the Oban Times, 3 June 2010)


Helicopter crashes into Loch Long

A pilot who crashed his helicopter into Loch Long on Tuesday morning was searching for his motor boat; allegedly stolen some hours earlier.

Race on to repair damaged bridge

Access to some of Lochaber's most famous peaks remains partly cut off today (Thursday) after a party of rowdy students damaged a pedestrian footbridge over the Water of Nevis.

It is believed 23 or 24 students, thought to be from Holland, were jumping up and down in unison on the wire bridge at Steall Falls, Glen Nevis, when one of the two footway cables broke free from its stay, pitching the students onto rocks and into the water below.

Here's a photo of the Steall Bridge, with one of our friends crossing it.



It's scary enough for one person. Those must be 23 or 24 very stupid people, if you ask me.

Newspaper stolen

Police are investigating the theft of a newspaper valued at 75p. Enquiries are ongoing about the alleged theft, on Friday, from an Oban filling station.

I don't know if this could be a coincidence, but the Oban Times sells for 75p! Hey... there might be a story there.