IT'S not quite Christmas but good tidings we have been bringing you, dear readers, in recent editions of this newspaper and, lest you missed the significance of them, allow me to give you a layman's analysis.

In case you think that nothing is really happening at Hunterston - other than the decommissioning and shedding of hundreds of jobs at the nuclear site - a lot is beginning to happen.

Make no mistake, two huge projects are being launched concurrently in the name of the renewables revolution on the vacant Clydeport land, known to the government and North Ayrshire Council as Hunterston Parc (Port and Resource Campus).

When politicians of every hue have been popping up in promotional photos in recent weeks to pronounce the pathway to thousands of jobs for Hunterston in the next five years you know it's for real.

The bad news for those in Fairlie who are of a protesting disposition (God forbid) is that the projects, spearheading Scotland's mission towards Net Zero, will not be stopped.

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First Minister John Swinney risked a nose bleed by travelling way down south to London to welcome the Highview Power plans to create the world's largest liquid air energy facility at Hunterston which will store as much as five times Scotland's current operational battery capacity for locally produced renewable energy.

One thousand jobs in the construction phase and 650 jobs in the local supply chain by its completion in 2030 are the headlines.

Labour's UK Energy Minister and Scottish MP Michael Shanks visited Hunterston this month to see the 'Converter' station at the site of the forthcoming XLCC sub-sea cable production factory which promises 900 permanent well-paid jobs, including, crucially, 200 apprentices. Again, contractors and suppliers will also number hundreds in support work.

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Electricity is being supplied from the local site to Wales by sub-sea cable as a precursor to the XLCC plan to bring renewable energy from the Sahara, via Morocco, once the production factory bursts into action by 2029, work scheduled to start in March. We also carried the story and picture of the first apprentices being trained.

Local SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson visited Clydeport which has released 350 acres of the land, designated as National Development Status by the Scottish Government. He, like myself, does not buy the argument from some quarters, that the value of properties in Fairlie will fall; quite the reverse when staff move into the area.

Incidentally, other industrial projects, including aquaculture, are coming.

It won't entirely be a smooth transition, particularly, with heavy traffic on the A78 but as I've said before on this page this is our biggest industrial revolution since the decades of IBM and nuclear power on our proverbial doorstep.

Thought for the Week: Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Don't wait because right now is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you will ever be again.

I thought my days as a radio sports broadcaster were over but never say never if the Radio Largs project switches on. I could be reporting Largs Thistle matches from Barrfields Park or even further afield.

The new Largs Development Trust which has been given funds to open what they call The Space in Boyd Street plan to launch a radio station alongside a credit union and citizens advice service.

They say that Radio Largs will be 'at the heart of the community'. Not only could it be a sound investment if you pardon the pun but could help offer sound advice on a whole range of subjects.

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Yes, I could see (or hear) myself back on the 'Tranny.' I know that the word may have different connotations to younger folk but us golden oldies remember a 'tranny' as being a radio in the corner of the room. Remember Radio Luxembourg?

I once saw an advert in a window for a radio at £1 but it was stuck at full volume. I couldn't turn it down!

I also remember driving in my car with my young daughter listening to old songs. She asked who I liked and I replied 'Led Zeppelin.' She said, 'Who?' Yes, I liked them too!