I have been out and about across both the Islay and mainland side of my ward the past few days doing my upmost to visit every corner of Kintyre and the Islands.

I was delighted to attend the latest East Kintyre Community Council meeting yesterday and hear about numerous issues from local members including: Saddell signage, The water problem at the harbour's man-hole cover, Brackley Cemetery concerns, the need for new speed limit signs for Shore Road and the Brae and the need for larger bins at the harbour.

I also spoke directly to my constituents including many business owners in Tarbert, Grogport and Carradale. The problems with blocked drains continues in East Kintyre with many individual drains still to be fixed even though myself and others have raised this matters with our roads department many times before. Some of these drains have now shockingly become overgrown. I will press this matter yet again to make sure the drains across my council ward are not left in disrepair in the future.

Today I was back on Islay putting out Ruth's latest No to Indyref2 leaflet in Bowmore while speaking to my constituents. It's always great to hear directly from my fellow Ileachs and I will do all that I can to address whatever issue that is brought to me.

Cllr Alastair Redman