The start of another year and the latest episode of the local podcast for the community of Colintraive and Glendaruel  features the remarkable story of Colonel Hardin Burnley Campbell, who lived at Ormidale by Loch Riddon  and who, in  1907,  went around the world in 40 days, 19 hours and 30 minutes , capturing headlines and  a world record which he held for four years.   However his wife and daughter's scrapbook, which Kirsty discovered  when researching  the Colonel's feat ,  opens an even more fascinating window into the local area in the years just before and during the First World War, a time when the first phone came to Glendaruel, when the Glen Hall hosted annual Gaelic Mods with over 250 participants  but also when almost every family in the district suffered heart breaking loss -  including  the Burnley Campbells. Meanwhile Michael has been talking to former Councillor and community activist Alex McNaughton who remains very active in the Colintraive Hall Bowling Club , of which he was a co-founder and which has just celebrated its 30th anniversary, but which now  needs new members if it is to continue for another 30 years.  The podcast also includes the regular "What's On" slot . Email Kirsty & Michael at [email protected] with comments, ideas and suggestion for this local ColGlen Podcast

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