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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On Wednesday it was first light at about 6.00 am when we parked the truck, set off into the woods and the wind looking for roe deer. My guide Tony had been out scouting the area the previous evening when he had seen red and roe deer, he was confident and optimistic. We followed a well...
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Think of it as a mid-life crisis motorbike, but without the motor. Actually, don't. I've already had several of them and I'm probably past mid-life now. Just think of it as a treat to myself. My excellent road bike is showing its age. My gravel bike is great, but a...
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In June/July 2021 Hannah and Frodo completed the whole trail in under two weeks. They have some great advice for doing the shuttle at the end of the trip, and some warnings for anyone thinking portages around tricky bits might be easy - they're not. Hannah has kindly...
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How big is kayak fishing in the UK? More to the point - how big will it become? Because in the US it is big.Pesda Press (who also publish my book) clearly think there is potential to grow. Hence this new publication in their Practical Manual series. It's the first on the subject this side of the...
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A delicious side dish for any meal. Ingredients 500g Ardtornish Kitchen Garden kale 40g butter 1 Ardtornish Kitchen Garden garlic clove, sliced MethodTrim and discard the tough stalks from the kale and roughly chop the leaves. Rinse well, then shake dry. Melt the butter in a frying pan and gently...
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Formal gardens Grass cutting is now well underway and some of the larger lower lawns are being converted to native wildflower meadows where appropriate. This will increase biodiversity of the gardens encouraging wildlife and increasing pollinators which are sadly in decline. Paths, edges and picnic...
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The Caledonia Way is a somewhat unusual long distance cycling route. While it's mostly on minor roads, you can't ride the whole thing on a road bike. There are at least three sections where it heads into distinctly off-road territory. Not full mountain bike...
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The Kintyre Way was ahead of its time. Established in 2006, it's a good 100 mile walking route, usually split over seven days. However, since its inception a new breed of outdoor transport has appeared, the gravel bike. It's a hybrid of road and mountain bikes,...
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photoblogdujour:Pinkie finger rosesThis one goes out to @adventuresofalgy the fluffiest, and his...
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Algy and his little dragon friend were both so exhausted by the... (Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - 14:16)Algy and his little dragon friend were both so exhausted by the dragon’s exhilarating performance - albeit for somewhat different reasons - that they just curled up together at the foot of the rocks and slept until dawn… and what a dawn it was: cold, grey, and forbidding…But despite the weather,...
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It took a wee while, but Algy finally managed to comfort his agitated little dragon friend by promising that if it settled down again and stopped leaping about, they could talk its problems over quietly and thoroughly, and he would do his very best to help it find a happy solution.So, glowing with...
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It's the open season for hunting Roe bucks , it starts on April Fools day and ends on 31st October Halloween. So tomorrow morning out in the woods along the loch there'll be a stalker hoping to shoot one, perhaps for a trophy head, to top up the freezer or to keep the deer population under...
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When Algy finally woke up, he found that evening was falling; it was the time of the gloaming. His little dragon friend was slowing waking up too, rumbling very quietly and wriggling to and fro, just a wee bit here and there, stretching his wings and his legs as most creatures do when they wake....
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Oakwood now has it’s own website, with a selection of items from the shop that can be posted to you or you can buy online and pick up in the shop. You can also buy gift cards or make a donation to the community fund. Visit www.oakwoodtourismandcrafts.co.uk to view it.
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photosworthseeing:Algy had heard that his good friends @photosworthseeing were running a special Star Wars event for May 4th, and as he slept curled up beside his dragon friend in deepest Patadragonia, he dreamed the strangest dream… May the 4th - and lots of very fluffy hugs - be with you all...
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When the dragon joined Algy on the grassy plain, it explained, in a surprisingly deferential manner, that it had come to ask him whether he might possibly like to visit its home.Naturally Algy felt that it would be very rude and rather unkind to refuse, so, with the dragon leading the way, they...
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Algy had seen little of the landscape in the vicinity of the stream, beside which he had spent the night, as it had been almost dark by the time he had chosen a suitable spot for repose, and although the moonlight had been bright, it had only provided a strangely unreal view of his environment.So...
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The constant, biting wind chilled Algy to such an extent that he could not stop shivering, and he realised that he must look for a more sheltered spot without further delay. As the country was entirely new to him, Algy had no idea what he might find by setting off in any particular direction, but...
