Furnace for Argyll

Linda Ward, from Minard, who led the wine tasting session at Furnace Village Hall last Friday, has been named Sales Representative of the Year 2007 in the UK’s Natural and Organic Awards of Great Britain. Vintage Roots, the company she works for, has itself had the major distinction of being named Specialist Independent Merchant [...]

Robbie Bell, as Quizmaster last night (7th November) took a novel and really interesting line on the questions. They were grouped in themed answers - like ‘all answers in this round have something to do with Monopoly’. A couple of good examples of this were:

Question: ‘What was Elvis’s first hit in the UK?
Answer: ‘Heartbreak [...]

You don’t have t remember it now. Here are some great shots taken by Lynda Syed on the day.

Sarah shelters Abbie (left). Iain can take whatever comes at him (centre). Mike ‘ducks’ under Callum’s umbrella. Photos: Copyright: Lynda Syed

Syb and Edith (left) think ‘This is a laugh’. Pearl and Linda (right) reserve judgement. Photo: [...]

Thanks to the weather - rain - there was enough water in the Leacainn to give the ducks a run for our money. This years flock had been individually named by a caring MIke, worried that simply being known by numbers might stunt their self-esteem.
Adults Results:
1st Duck-U-Like ridden by Heather Robertson
2nd Drake’s Progress ridden [...]

After last month’s fantastically interesting session tasting and learning about organic wines from ‘Vintage Roots’, Mike and Syb have started to stock some of the wines we tasted. They’ve got an Introductory Offer on - 10% off until the end of June. Mike has an information sheet on the wines in stock to help you [...]

[ June 22, 2008; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Argyll’s rivers will never be the same again. This year’s Furnace Ducks are no ciphers. They’ve each got a name - so dash to the Shop and choose yours while there’s still a name you might like (Junior Race: £1 per duck; Adults Race: £2 per Duck). The Furnace Press reports that some ducks have [...]

The 2008 Inter-village Quiz between Furnace, Inveraray, Lochgair and Minard ended in a final between Furnace and Inveraray with Inveraray winning by a margin of five points. Furnace, represented by Charlie and Helen Brown, Edith MacKellar and Paul Hadfield, had beaten Lochgair - with the highest score of the night - in the first semi-final. [...]

Members of Furnace community take to the village’s quarry to sing in the entry made for the Doritos advertisement competition by the village team in the Out There For Argyll project.

Photo: Lynda Syed.