Ardnamurchan Area Blogs
Blogs (web logs) provide an ideal opportunity to explore the traditions, culture and wildlife of Wild Lochaber. We have put together a collection of local blogs and provide the titles and text snippets to give a taste of each entry with direct links to the main blog entry on the host website. We hope you will find time to explore the full articles and further information on the host blog sites.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any suggestions for blogs you would like to see here.
The Sunart Diaries
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Wordless Wednesday posts are images from Ardnamurchan and the surrounding regions – Sunart, Morvern, Ardgour, Moidart and the Rough Bounds. No description is necessary but further details may be provided with the linked full-size image. I will try and ensure they were photographed in the same month...
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One of the benefits of the Covid-19 lockdown is the time it has provided to observe the local changes in the season as March segues into April and now May. Virtual meetings provide the opportunity for actual breaks. For the first time in perhaps three decades I can interrupt my writing or take...
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Wordless Wednesday posts are images from Ardnamurchan and the surrounding regions – Sunart, Morvern, Ardgour, Moidart and the Rough Bounds. No description is necessary but further details may be provided with the linked full-size image. I will try and ensure they were photographed in the same month...
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In the future I hope we’ll look back on the Covid-19 pandemic as the threat to global health and economics that could have been much worse. Now, just over a week into a lockdown, we’re still several weeks away from the peak of infections in the UK and it’s beginning to feel like a...
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Wordless Wednesday posts are images from Ardnamurchan and the surrounding regions – Sunart, Morvern, Ardgour, Moidart and the Rough Bounds. No description is necessary but further details may be provided with the linked full-size image. I will try and ensure they were photographed in the same month...
Craigard Croft
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For the last four years I have been trying to work out how and why Donald Trump was elected President of the United States and why Boris A. P. Johnson persuaded more than half of voters that we should leave the EU and that they should elect him as Prime Minister of the UK. For...
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On Saturday Tobermory was still and quiet; we were still keeping our distance there were no visitors, no cruise ships, I had the ferry, "Loch Tarbert" to myself again and the inshore fishing boats were tied up in harbour. The economy is in stasis but we are all trying to stay safe.Back in February...
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First find a mouseHens (chickens in the USA) are highly intelligent, they can negotiate complex mazes in return for rewards, they learn quickly, for example they expect me to be out there in the late afternoon to feed them some grain and as soon as they see me around that time they come running...
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Wild goats where they should be... not in townIt's quiet out there with very few people about and wild animals are moving into urban spaces.Today's "Guardian" newspaper has a photo of a gang of marauding goats taking over Llandudno in N.Wales.......wild goats in town.I have just had a text from my...
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For one passengerWe've been doing self-isolation in the UK for a week now, it's felt like a string of Church of Scotland Sundays.The village shop / post office is doing a sterling job supplying the basics but I had to go to Tobermory yesterday for fresh fruit and veg. On a normal Saturday morning...
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No trees too many Red deer If I look down from my bedroom window in the small hours of a moonlit winter's night there are large grey shapes mooching around in the field that runs down to the sea.During most of the year these red deer are cautious and keep away but tonight they are hungry,...
Simon Willis
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I've added a mini series of videos to my YouTube channel (YouTube.com/AlwaysAnotherAdventure) called What Cylclists Don't Tell You and given it a playlist.I decided that experienced cyclists take lots of 'stuff' for granted, from types of clothing to gear-changing technique to getting comfortable...
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While we can't get out on adventures of our own, I thought I'd bring some to you in a new Podcast.Great adventurers share their great adventures in Always Another Adventure.Updates Tuesdays and Thursdays with occasional extra podcasts for good measure. You can listen on the website's web player,...
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Many swimming pools are closed, or people don't want to go there, during the COVID19 outbreak.Might I encourage you into what we call 'The Big Pool' instead? Here are seven tips to get you started, safely. Please add your own ideas in the comments, there are plenty more I could have...
Ardtornish Estate and Gardens, Self catering holidays Scotland
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Ardtornish Estate – Woodland Creation Programme – Phase 2IntroductionIn accordance with the best practice guidelines relating to stakeholder engagement, Ardtornish Estate hereby invites you to comment on its plans to further increase native woodland cover on the estate,...
The Adventures of Algy
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Algy decided to explore a wee bit further, to see what other flowers he might find, and in a dark, dank, shaded corner he discovered a treasure. As he rested on the ground beside the plant the bitter north wind blasted his hair into his eyes, and he could barely manage to prevent himself being...
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Algy perched on a rock, very close to his home, and watched the rising tide. It was a dim, dreich day, and although the wind was light, the waves swept in against the rocks with considerable force, battering everything they touched and sucking the sand and seaweed back under the foam, while the...
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On St. Patrick’s Day Algy always observes the wearing of the green… in his hair ☘️ ☘️☘️ because the west coast of Scotland is only a short fluffy flight away from the Emerald Isle, and the indigenous language, culture and music of Algy’s adopted home have a very great deal in common with those of...
West Ardnamurchan Community Council
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Dear all,The monthly meetings of West Ardnamurchan Community Council are now cancelled for the foreseeable future. In the meantime, WACC members will remain in contact with each other by e-mail or telephone and will endeavour to continue with community business as far as...
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This resilience plan has been drawn up collectively by WACC, the West Ardnamurchan Community Development Company and members of our local community. Please note that the plan is neither exhaustive nor exclusive, and is not set in stone. It is intended as a ‘living’ document and...
