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.
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Craigard Croft
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Over the years the Barrisdale bothy had a bad press....." The worst bothy I've experienced....infested with mice....garbage..... unclean.... blocked up fireplace".http://forums.outdoorsmagic.com/showthread.php/10593-knoydart-barrisdale-bothy-infohttps://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/hilltalk/...
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A little safer nowToday, Friday 27th April 2018 the european Union banned the outdoor use of three neonicotinoid insctcicides. But this still leaves some of them in widespread use including acetamiprid the active ingredient in Gazelle which is used widely in our forests to contol large bark beetle....
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Forest industries in Scotland make a huge annual contribution to our economy through; timber growing, timber processing, employment in forestry, recreation and tourism. The forest industries support 26,000 FTE (Full-time equivalent) jobs and create an estimated Gross Value Added (GVA) in our...
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Back in the depths of winter ( 13th January) I perhaps rashly, posted a blog proposing that I walk from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean through the Pyrenees along the route of the GR 10, Le Sentier de Pyrenees. From Hendaye-Plage to Banyuls-sur-Mer it's a journey of 995 km in 55 daily stages...
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If you have been paying attention to some of the recent posts on this site you will be well informed about squirrels and might now want to see someIt's the school Easter holidays soon and if you are in Scotland you can visit a number of Forestry Commission sites where you can see them close up....
Ardtornish Estate and Gardens, Self catering holidays Scotland
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This recipe is simple to create and makes the most incredibly tasty meal that is bursting with flavour. Ingredients 1kg Ardtornish shin of beef, on the bone 1/4 cup seasoned flour 2.5cm piece cinnamon stick 2 whole cloves 1-star anise 2 strips of pared...
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CEO UPDATE Spring is upon us and after a long hard winter we are looking forward to warmer weather. My team is completing preparations for the new season. DA MacDonald, our main contractor on the hydro work is completing the work programme on the Socaich extension and the estate is...
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In a world where digital entertainment, fast food and exotic foreign holidays are the norm, what place is there for something as unreconstructed and old fashioned as the Highland Games? In a curious contrast to the speed of change in the modern world, the games have in recent years...
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13th – 22nd July 2018Morvern Highland Games is held in the small community of Lochaline across the water from the island of Mull on the beautiful Morvern Peninsula. Held annually on the second Saturday following the first Monday in July at Knock Park, Lochaline, Morvern. The Morvern...
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In any combat scenario it is essential to know your enemy, so here then is the lowdown on that most fearsome of opponents, that fabled beast known for defeating intrepid globetrotters and reducing the most hardened holidaymakers to tears. The Scottish midge. Complaining about the...
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25 years from 2018 – incorporating ecological restorationThis consultation document – which we hope will circulate widely – is intended to gather opinions about plans to change land use at Ardtornish. It proposes, over a long period – perhaps fifty years or more – to restore a more...
The Mingarry Blodge
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To say that Polar Bear cubs are cute would be an understatement. They are very cute indeed. So when we heard that The Highland Wildlife Park's new arrival was venturing out of the den we set off on a day trip to the park at Kincraig near Kingussie to see for ourselves. The cub was born in...
The Adventures of Algy
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Algy hopped back down onto the beach, keen to try as many different kinds of perch as he could find in this exciting new environment. He noticed that the local birds seemed to be masters of all perches, but when he tested some of the more unusual options he discovered that some were a wee bit more...
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As Algy explored the harbour at low tide, he found many unusual perches, of which some were better adapted to the needs of a fluffy bird than others… He was particularly interested to discover that, at intervals along the great wall which contained the sea when the tide came in, wooden structures...
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When he had had a good long rest, Algy hopped up onto the edge of the boat and perched there looking at the spectacle of the harbour at low tide. Bunches of stranded seaweed trailed from all the ropes which were secured to the harbour walls, and the beached boats listed aimlessly to one side, as...
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It was Easter morning, and Algy woke in the temporary nest he had made among the paraphernalia of the fishermen’s pier to find that it was a beautiful, sunny day, although exceedingly chilly. Observing that the tide was going out, he decided to explore the world at the foot of the harbour wall,...
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As the fishermen who were mending their nets at the end of the wharf kept on looking at him, Algy came to the conclusion that his presence must be making them a wee bit nervous. He certainly didn’t want to distract them from their work, or cause them any alarm, so he turned away and moved to the...
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And so, finally, the ferry boat ground to a halt, and after some protracted rumbling and shaking, the din of the many noises it made subsided too. Looking down towards the lower deck, Algy saw that the crew member who had beckoned to him on the other side of the water was waving at him again,...
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The ferry was beginning to make the same strange noises that it had made when it set off, with a great deal of beeping and wailing and flashing of lights as well as a much increased rumbling sound which seemed to cause its entire structure to shudder and shake. Algy guessed that this meant it was...