Glen Etive: Last News

The tranquillity, interrupted only by the occasional bird call, enveloped me as I stood on deck watching the sunrise over the water until both the sky and the mirrored sea were coloured first red, then gold. For miles around, I was the only person witnessing this spectacle aside from the crew of a lone fishing boat heading out early for the day's catch.

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Rangers at a famed Scots beauty spot have issued a warning after a wildfire devastated grasslands in the area. The blaze, near Glen Etive, part of Glencoe nature reserve, on Thursday, April 27, is believed to have been sparked by a disposable barbecue.

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holiday home phoned police after discovering 34 men at their remote ­property.The couple got an even bigger shock when they arrived at the house in Glen Etive to find a sword on a bed and an axe and 10 tents in the garden of the Airbnb property.Martin and Sheri Murphy, from Kinlochleven, Argyll, were put on alert on Thursday when a local resident called to tell them there were at least 10 cars in the driveway.Sheri, who had taken an Airbnb booking for the house, which sleeps eight, said: “As soon as we drove over the bridge my heart sank because I could see all these cars in the drive.“We went in the side gate because we didn’t know what was going to happen and saw 10 tents in the garden.

vandalism at one of Scotland’s most iconic beauty spots.Louts trashed patches of green space in Glencoe and trees were hacked down for firewood.Police were called to the area and are appealing for any witnesses who were in the Glen Etive area last weekend.Cops said road signage was also destroyed in the area and a quantity of fence posts surrounding nearby Loch Etive pier were removed from the ground, possibly to be used as kindling.A Police Scotland statement reads: “Officers in Glencoe are appealing for witnesses who have been in the Glen Etive area over the weekend beginning 10 July 2020."Over the course of this weekend some signage at the road end has been vandalised and a quantity of fence posts surrounding the Loch Etive pier removed