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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Simon Willis
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I've seen loads of different bikepacking rigs. I've used different pannier systems and different types of bar bags.But I've never really known where, given the choice, the bulk of the kit should go. Is it better at the back or the front?The answer is probably "the middle" judging by the...
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Komoot is a relatively new mapping app for hikers and cyclists. It hails from Austria/Germany, was started around 2010, and boasts 8m users worldwide. I've had an account for a while - I post my most interesting adventures on it here. So decided to test its ability to map a touring route in a...
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Bikepacking has been around for a few years now and the equipment involved has matured, so I thought I'd give it a try. Scroll down to watch the video of my ride.I didn't head off into the wilds of Scotland. For me that would be too easy, because they're my playground, like a second...
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There is an ancient Scottish belief that evil Spirits cannot cross water. That's why so many important burial places are on islands.The islands in Loch Leven, the Glencoe Islands, may be the best known. But the Island of St Finan in Loch Shiel is surely one of the most beautiful, if only for its...
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Grinduro is not a bike race. Not just a bike race, anyway.Think of it as a long weekend break with decent food, travel to a gorgeous Scottish island, camping, lots of nice people, a bit of a knees-up, a few freebies and some excellent off-road riding. Best of all, it's a social get...
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I recently posted this photo on Instagram. I made the (slightly flippant) comment that a ferry ride to Holy Isle off Arran, then a 3.2km solo swim back, probably wasn't ideal preparation for the next day's cycle race.More on the Grinduro event later.After the swim a few folk were a surprised...
The Sunart Diaries
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The moist and mild climate of Ardnamurchan provides almost ideal conditions for the germination of plants and trees. Wherever you walk, if you look carefully, you can find miniature birch, diminutive rowans or little oak trees. Parts of the peninsula have extensive broadleaved woodland and the area...
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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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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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Wordless Wednesday posts are images from Ardnamurchan and the surrounding regions – Sunart, Morvern, Ardgour, Moidart and the Rough Bounds. They have no accompanying text or description. I will try and ensure they were photographed in the same month, though not necessarily the same year, that they...
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The heady combination of hills, lochs and ever-changing light make for some wonderful views on Ardnamurchan. This is obvious from some of the dawdling rubberneckers on the tortuous B8007. Far better to stop and take in the view properly than to drive with one eye on the scenery and one on the next...
Craigard Croft
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"Bullshit" and it's synonym "bollocks" are common English expletives regularly used in response to nonsensical or misleading statements which have no concern for reality or the truth. Next week we in the UK will have a new Prime Minister, Alexander Boris Pfeffel Johnson, who has built his...
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Somewhere near you?Sixty five years ago I had my first school chemistry lesson with, "Doggy Collins" a scary old Welshman. I clearly remember two topics that are relevant today, the gases comprising the earth's atmosphere and the, "scientific method".The air we breathed then contained...
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At the end of February the UK experienced it's hottest ever winter day. On the same day there was a debate in Parliament on the climate change emergency.I counted 35 of our 650 MPs in the photograph of the debating chamber. The other 625 were probably too busy having lunch with lobbyists or...
West Ardnamurchan Community Council
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MINUTES OF MEETING HELD AT THE KILCHOAN COMMUNITY CENTRE, ON MONDAY 8th JULY 2019 AT 7PM 1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIESPresentGeoff Campbell Chair (GCC)May McNicol Vice Chairperson (MM)Pat MacPhail Treasurer (PM)Stewart Connor Secretary (SC)Gill Calver (GC)Jessie Colquhoun (JC)Kevin...
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MINUTES OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) HELD AT KILCHOAN COMMUNITY CENTRE ON MONDAY 8TH JULY 2019 AT 7PM1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIESPresent: Geoff Campbell (Chair) (GCC) May McNicol (Vice Chairperson) (MM)...
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WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) WILL BE HELD AT KILCHOAN COMMUNITY CENTRE ON MONDAY 8th JULY 2019 AT 7.00PM AGENDA1. Welcome and Apologies2. Minutes of the previous AGM3. Chairman’s report4. Treasurer’s report5. Provisional date for next AGM6....
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WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL A MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE KILCHOAN COMMUNITY CENTRE, ON MONDAY 8TH JULY AT 7PMThe meeting will proceed after the WACC AGM which will commence at 7pmAGENDA1. Welcome & Apologies ...
Ardtornish Estate and Gardens, Self catering holidays Scotland
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‘Ellis O’Connor is a Contemporary Landscape Artist living and working on the Outer Hebridean Island of North Uist. Ellis’ solo exhibition ‘Immersed’ is a collection of mixed medium oil paintings inspired from her time as Artist in Residence on the...
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Leacraithnaich Bothy, Lochaline, Morvern: A new lease of life for an old friend. A report on the renovation of the bothy, April-May, 2019The Leacraithnaich Bothy project has taken approximately two years to complete from the first indication that there was a real issue with the...
