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Very Very noisy down Town at the harbor !?!!!?
Amazing how it also echos from the surrounding hills...

It's fairly making my windows rattle. I just wish they'd get on with it, and less of the dribs and drabs.

Wow one hell of a lot of lurkers on this forum...101 views in only a few hours!
For these ...what are they doing?
Pile driving for the new longer harbor quayside

The noise o that pile driver is so annoying this morning and eerie!!

It must be pretty loud down Hall St/Kilkerran etc - I can hear it in the house at Millknowe!

Just experienced this noise for the first time.What a racket!As Niander said,the echoing makes it worse.

To be honest it is horrendous but you somehow get used to it. Can't believe they are allowed to start at 8am some mornings. Imagine paying £100 (or more) for a hotel room to hear that first thing in the morninG!!

Some alarm clock for holiday folk wanting a lie in! They've got nae chance!!!

Moan moan moan! It's for the greaater good of the town, just shut up and put up with it, small
price to pay, plus it's nothing compared to the noise of 30 years ago.

petewick wrote:Moan moan moan! It's for the greaater good of the town, just shut up and put up with it, small
price to pay, plus it's nothing compared to the noise of 30 years ago.

Do you live/work around the harbour ? Or staying in the Royal Hotel at £100+ per night ?

No one is saying it shouldn't be done, just that it's very loud.


You'll all be pleased to know there a piles now resting at the top of the Old quay, beside the tourist info. office. So be prepared for it being a wee bit louder over the next days.

Piles have always been a pain in the a""e. Never heard of them being noisy though.

If the noise gets too bad, complain to Environmental Health. That's what they are there for.

gizmo wrote:Piles have always been a pain in the a""e. Never heard of them being noisy though.

Mr.Everready wrote:

petewick wrote:Moan moan moan! It's for the greaater good of the town, just shut up and put up with it, small
price to pay, plus it's nothing compared to the noise of 30 years ago.

Do you live/work around the harbour ? Or staying in the Royal Hotel at £100+ per night ?

No one is saying it shouldn't be done, just that it's very loud.


You'll all be pleased to know there a piles now resting at the top of the Old quay, beside the tourist info. office. So be prepared for it being a wee bit louder over the next days.

Eh, no Jake, am back in Oban, need to be hoora loud before I hear it

The noise of the piling is pretty bad, though I don't mind them starting at 8.00. The log boats make a lot of serious noise when they're loading and they sometimes go on till one in the morning or start at six (4.50 am on one notorious occasion).