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K15 Run

Thank you...and results! What a fantastic day! We had 14 runners in the 5k, 14 in the 10k, and eight in the 23k Trail Run. Thanks so much to the participants, as well as the sponsors and volunteers. Here are the results: 5k 1stClaire Gordon24:282ndCalum...

Summer Prize Draws

Knoydart Foundation 10th Anniversary Prize Draw, 2011 Many thanks to all those who bought tickets for the 2011 prize draw, with moneys going to Land Management projects. The draw was held on 3rd October 2011: winners are shown below. Weekend Break, donated by Knoydart...

Electric Quad Bike

Electric Quad 2016 update - after 5 years' service, the quad is in Fort William with a number of things to fix. It may be sometime and we really miss it.  Hopefully some good news to report soon. 2010 The electric quad has now arrived and being charged up by...

Powerdown

We have a new member of staff in post. Gwen Barrell is our Powerdown Officer, responsible for reducing the carbon output of a peninsula that, despite enjoying the benefit of a clean, green hydro-electric scheme, still uses fossil fuels for heating, transport etc....

K10 Runs

Stop press 9th November: Goodybags and returned cheques for those who were unable to catch the boat are in the post! What a success! The Fun Run and the 10k went ahead as planned despite some horrendous weather which caused the cancellation of the Trail Run. Luckily...

October 2009

CELEBRATE OUR 10th ANNIVERSARY Visit us during 2009, when we celebrate 10 years of community ownership on the Knoydart Peninsula. October 2009 Saturday 3rd October Here was a chance to get fit, enjoy Knoydart's beautiful scenery, and support the work of the...

September 2009

K10 events - September 2009 Saturday 5th September Mountain Rescue and hill guru extraordinaire Mick Tighe will be giving an illustrated talk on Knoydart's past, with many archived images from the 1880s to the 1930s. These will include images from...

Log Building Project

Log Cabin Five weekend courses in Log-Building have resulted in the amazing Log Cabin, located at Long Beach Campsite. Intended as a shelter for campers and other users of the beach area, result exceeded all expectations for swiss-chalet prettiness! The project...

The new pier

The New Pier Inverie's new pier For those of you who have visited Knoydart, you may be well aware that the state of our old pier left a bit to be desired! However, after several years of consultation and negotiation with many people, Monday 12th July 2004 saw the...

Community Broadband Access

Community Broadband Access Started early in 2010, this is a joint project involving the communities of Arnisdale, Eigg and Knoydart aimed at providing broadband internet access for the area surrounding the Small Isles, Sleat Peninsula, Loch Nevis, and Loch Hourn....

K15 Celebrations

K15 Celebrations Join us in 2014 as the community of Knoydart celebrate 15 years since the buy-out!  We have an exciting programme of activities to be announced, including: Words from the Wild - a book festival with various luminaries attending Monthly...

July 2009

K10 events - July 2009 20 to 24th July Renewable energy and carbon reduction. Knoydart Renewables, our local energy company, will be organising a week of events and activities for all those wanting to make a difference All week – exhibition in the Hall,...

Community Services Upgrade

Community Services Upgrade Managing a water and sewage supply are not particularly glamorous projects, but are pretty essential to allow any future development to take place. In most parts of the UK these will be provided for you, but there are plenty of parts of...

Powerdown Venison

The Venison Story One of the Powerdown Objectives for Knoydart was to look at ways of reducing food miles. Our major project on this has been the development of the community garden which is enabling members of the community to grow their own vegetables, reducing...

June 2009

CELEBRATE OUR 10th ANNIVERSARY Visit us during 2009, when we celebrate 10 years of community ownership on the Knoydart Peninsula. K10 events - June 2009 10/11/12th June James Hawkins art exhibition, Knoydart. James will be bringing two originals plus a selection...

May 2009

K10 events - May 2009 6th May James Hawkins art exhibition, London James Hawkins will be exhibiting recent work showing views of Knoydart at the SW1 gallery in London. Friends of Knoydart will receive an invite to attend an evening reception. Click...

Knoydart Music Festival

Knoydart's 10 Music Festival 17-18 April 2009 UPDATE: 2011 Festival announced: See www.knoydartfestival.com for details of tickets, line-up and lots of other stuff. Well, it's all over now. We hope you had as good a time as we did! Watch this space for...

Photographic Competition

Competition winners are announced! Winning images are visible above, in the same order as they are announced below. Well done everyone! Up to 10 years old Wildlife Commended - Jasmine Humphrey / Bumblebee on Chives Commended - Jasmine Humphrey / Grass of Parnasus...

10th Anniversary Events

Pictures 2009: 10th Anniversary Events What a year 2009 was! It was, of course, our tenth anniversary. See below for some of the events we held here in Knoydart, with more details in the menu to the left. March 26th March Celebration Day Join friends and...

Community Energy Conference

Community Energy Conference 2005 On two of the finest sunny days in May 2005, the Knoydart community, Knoydart Foundation and Knoydart Hydro company (now Knoydart Renewables) had the pleasure of hosting the Community Energy Conference: "Empowering Your...

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