Your Lochaber Times this week is replete with upbeat, positive, happy festive news and photographs, as might well be expected given the time of year.
All across Fort William, Lochaber and the Isles, selThess individuals have worked away by themselves or coalesced with likeminded souls to help others.
Among the splendid events being held in recent days are the Lochaber Showstoppers panto Beauty and the Beast at Ballachulish Village Hall, a great charity effort by staThat the Fort William off ce of Gallagher which raised more than £5,000, and the inaugural BIG lunch held on Benbecula that drew people from around the Uists.