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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Storms Ciara, Dennis and now Jorge have rather interrupted my early spring tasks and I’ve been trapped indoors as the wind howls and the rain hammers down. In between the weather I’ve been tree planting and rhododendron bashing but I’ve also had ample time to complete a solar...
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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...
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Many years ago we used to holiday year after year in rental cottages on the banks of Loch Sunart. If the weather is fair – and in May and late September it often is – it’s a great place for a family holiday. One of my lasting memories is sitting on the terrace enjoying 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...
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...
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WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL (WACC)DRAFT MINUTE OF THE MEETING HELD AT KILCHOAN COMMUNITY CENTREON MONDAY 09 MARCH 2020 AT 7PM 1. Welcome and apologies Present: ...
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WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL (WACC) DRAFT MINUTE OF THE MEETING HELD AT KILCHOAN COMMUNITY CENTRE ON MONDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2020 AT 7PM 1. Welcome and apologies Present: Rosie Curtis (RC), Chair; Jessie Colquhoun (JC), Vice...
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WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL (WACC)DRAFT MINUTE OF THE INAUGURAL MEETING HELD AT KILCHOAN COMMUNITY CENTRE ON TUESDAY 29 JANUARY 2020 AT 7PMIntroduction:This meeting started with the formal convening of the new session of WACC, following the usual 4-yearly disbandment and re-election of CC...
Simon Willis
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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...
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Summary: the stem is superb; the seat post is either brilliant or a drag, depending on the type of riding you do. Here's why.Last year I wrote to Redshift sports and asked if I could demo their Shockstop stem, make some videos and take some photos. Off-road riding gives me pain in my...
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I was recently asked to explain the different types of social media to a friend who wants to start using it to promote aspects of his business. This is what I wrote. Social Media’ is a catch-all term for very different types of media, each of which needs a specific approach.1. Twitter -...
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Borrowed, Lynskey Helix“…and if so why?” A pair of questions I was recently asked on my YouTube channel.Good questions and the answer was too long for a comment. Two years ago we visited my friends in Frances. He allowed me to ride his winter bike - a Lynskey Helix - during our...
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This is an old idea, rejuvenated for a new era of cycling. My initial thoughts are that its pretty good.Redshift Sports make a few niche cycling products and have sent me a couple of them to test. You can see the first test in the video below.The first is this suspension stem - a stem...
Craigard Croft
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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,...
The Adventures of Algy
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After a seemingly endless winter of perpetual sleet, hail and snow, not to mention constant storms and permanently grey skies, Algy woke on his 8th birthday to find that it was a beautiful sunny day. The crocuses were happily opening their faces to greet the sunshine, and - as they could depend...
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8 years ago today, on 13th March 2012, Algy presented his very first adventure here on Tumblr.And today, 8 years later, after an extended gap owing to the indisposition of his assistant, Algy is back once again! This time he hopes to continue his adventures regularly.So please stand by to help Algy...
Otter Adventures
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Sea kayaking around Ardnamurchan Point is, occasionally, a calm affair and a trip to be savoured. Mostly it is a rough, wild place exposed to the ravages of the North Atlantic storms. Picking the right day to kayak around ‘The Point’ is crucial unless you like your paddling to be...
Ardtornish Estate and Gardens, Self catering holidays Scotland
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Scottish Government under fire for “empty rhetoric” on green energy Small hydro operators have warned that they are facing major economic uncertainty unless Scottish ministers take urgent and permanent action to reduce punitive business rates being imposed on the sector. Operators...
