SEVERAL CalMac sailings to and from Gourock will be cancelled from this weekend to allow for essential works in Dunoon.

The service will be affected on Sunday and Monday evening while work is carried out on the linkspan, which is maintained by Argyll & Bute Council.

On Sunday, the 7.20pm, 8.20pm, 9.20pm and 10.20pm sailings from Gourock will be cancelled, as well as the 7.50pm, 8.50pm, 9.50pm and 10.50pm from Dunoon.

Monday’s 7.50pm, 8.20pm, 9.10pm, 9.40pm and 10.40pm ferries departing Gourock and 8.20pm, 8.50pm, 9.40pm, 10.10pm and 11.10pm sailings from Dunoon have also been cancelled.

A replacement bus will run as close to timetable as possible during these periods.