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.
Craigard Croft
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Lynx kittenFifty years ago on a hot, still, blackfly and mosquito infested afternoon in northern Quebec I came across two lynx kittens sleeping in the sun on a big flat rock beside the Tonnancourt river. They were about two metres away. I watched them briefly and moved on, not wanting to...
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Last week the "Daily Mail" broke the story that our Prime Minister, Alexander Boris de Pfefell Johnson was hiding from the chaos his lack of competent governance has created in a cottage by the sea on the Applecross Peninsula. I may be wrong but it looks like the former Scottish...
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One of the unexpected side effects of Covid19 lockdown here on the peninsula is that many of us have learned to use video conferencing. So, next week we have a ZOOM meeting with Kate Forbes our local MSP and Scottish Minister for finance."Scottish farming will be in dire straits if we...
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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...
The Sunart Diaries
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Scotland has a well-documented series of core paths that are designed to give the public reasonable access to the ‘area’ . These are maintained – sometimes in the very loosest possible sense of the word – and are the responsibility of the local councils. Many of these core...
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Ben Laga is a rocky peak on the northern shore of Loch Sunart in Ardnamurchan. At 512 metres it’s the second highest top (after Ben Hiant, 528 m) on Ardnamurchan proper . As such, it gets far fewer visitors than Ben Hiant, a fact reflected in the absence of erosion on the paths to the [...
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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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Ardnamurchan has had fabulous Spring weather during the Covid-19 lockdown, with day after day of sunshine and blue skies. Mid-March to mid-May were particularly fine. All good things must come to an end and there has been some wet and windy weather more recently. During the most recent...
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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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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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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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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...
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,...
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,...
