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Finlay MacDonald

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Machair Wind farm turbines are going to be the biggest in Europe! Save the corncrakes!

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Birdiethon Day 8! Normal Sunday morning golf with the lads so not as much filming! Birdied par 4 11th at the first attempt! Trying to birdie all 18 holes on Iona in November for Movember! uk.movember.com/donate/detai… 💙⛳️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜
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Birdiethon day 8! Trying to birdie all 18 holes on Iona. 7 down, 11 to go! Glad to see the back of the 17th! uk.movember.com/donate/detai… 💙⛳️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜
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Birdiethon day 6! Trying to birdie all 18 holes on Iona in November for Movember. One 🦜 on the 14th (par 3). 6 down, 12 to go! uk.movember.com/donate/detai…
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Birdiethon Day 3! 3 birdies, 13 to go! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙⛳️🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜 uk.movember.com/donate/detai…
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Birdiethon Day 2! Birdies on 8th and 15th. 2 down, 16 to go! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙⛳️🦜🦜 uk.movember.com/donate/detai…
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Birdiethon 2026 for Movember is on! Trying to hole all 18 holes on Iona in no particular order! I will sometimes hit multiple drives and will pick up once I can't birdie. Some days I'll try multiple holes! None today! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙⛳️ uk.movember.com/donate/detai…
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Incredibly insulting to islanders. Especially since CMAL had a fully qualified island representative on the Board but they didn't like that he stood up for the islands! And they haven't replaced him! stornowaygazette.co.uk/busin…
Quangos are just “too complex” for islanders

Quangos are just “too complex” for islanders

A senior Scottish Government official has claimed that islanders need “mentoring and training” to make them fit for appointment to quango boards which make key decisions affecting island life.

stornowaygazette.co.uk
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BIG DAY in the 'Say NO to MachairWind!' campaign! Argyll and Bute Council have affectively said if they were the planning authority for MachairWind it would be a resounding NO! Hopefully the Scottish Government Ministers are watching!
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Thank a greenkeeper day! #HCIG #belongtoiona
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2 days left to object! object.now/machair/ Over 2700 people have taken the time to object to MachairWind, it only takes 5 minutes to do!
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5 days to go to lodge your objection to MachairWind! Please stop this disaster from happening to the southern Hebrides. object.now/machair/
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A wonderful listen! Some great recommendations of courses and places to stay if you are over on the west coast! @JimHHartsell and @NoLayingUp really are champions of West is Best! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⛳️💙
No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) profile pictureNo Laying Up
@NoLayingUpAug 5
We sat down with our friend Jim Hartsell on this week's pod to talk about his adventures in Scotland, and uncovering the hidden gems that keep him going back.
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Scottish Business News@ScotBizNewsAug 3
People of Iona send “Local Hero” to Iberdrola Chairman Read more: scottishbusinessnews.net/peo… #scottishbusinessnews #Scotland #unionmedia
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You can object here- object.now/machair/
Joanne MacInnes (@joannemacinnes) profile pictureJoanne MacInnes@joannemacinnesAug 3
Today, the people of Iona sent an invitation directly to the Chair of Iberdrola 📮
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Objections close 15th of August! It only takes 5 minutes to do! object.now/machair/
Iain Cameron (@theiaincameron) profile pictureIain Cameron
@theiaincameronAug 2
Iona is one of Scotland’s jewels. It attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. HOWEVER… A new proposal to erect a gigantic wind farm is on the table, resulting in a view like the one below from the island’s highest point. I’ve raised a formal objection, and I know many of the Iona residents would greatly appreciate as many objections as possible. You can do it here: object.now/machair/
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'When companies target landscapes like this, the greatest risk is not technical or financial but misjudgement - not just the misjudgement of Iberdrola or ScottishPower, but of the politicians who facilitate them.' Brilliantly put @joannemacinnes object.now/machair/
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@heraldscotlandJul 31
'Like the fictional village of Ferness in Local Hero, the besuited industrialists have arrived on Iona with 91 giant wind turbines' 🗨️
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Joanne MacInnes@joannemacinnesJul 28
Charles Clover is one of Britain's best-known environmental journalists and a co-founder of Blue Marine Foundation - he’s submitted a thoughtful, environmentalist's case for objecting to MachairWind. hebrideanhorizon.co.uk/main-…
Main Objectors - Hebridean Horizon

Main Objectors - Hebridean Horizon

Read MachairWind media coverage, reports from experts and research on why a massive wind farm in the Inner Hebrides should not go ahead.

hebrideanhorizon.co.uk
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object.now/machair/
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3 WEEKS left to object to MachairWind. Please visit hebrideanhorizon.co.uk for further information or go direct to object.now/machair/
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object.now/machair/ You can now form an objection to MachairWind via ObjectNow. You can tailor this to reflect the issues most important to you & it'll go direct to the Marine Directorate. Deadline is 15th August for public objections. ANYONE can object! NO MachairWind!
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