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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My wife is selling her little-used road bike which will suit someone 5'7"- 5'10" tall.It's an excellent first road bike or winter bike. In great condition, it was recently serviced with new kit costing £80. This is the 'women’s version' of the legendary Roubaix but that doesn't...
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WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCILMINUTES OF MEETING HELD AT THE KILCHOAN LEARNING CENTRE, ON MONDAY 13th MAY 2019 AT 7PM 1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES PresentGeoff Campbell Chair (GCC)Pat MacPhail Treasurer (PM)Stewart Connor Secretary (SC)Gill Calver (GC)Jessie Colquhoun (JC)...
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This is my new gravel bike, a Sonder Camino Ti. That's the titanium version of Alpkit's popular Sonder gravel bike.Initial impressions are that it is staggeringly good value.I specified the top of the range build and it cost £2349. That's slightly cheaper than listed because I swapped the...
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WACC Meeting Agenda, Monday 13th May, Kilchoan Learning Centre, 7pm (Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 16:20)WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL A MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE KILCHOAN LEARNING CENTRE, ON MONDAY 13TH MAY AT 7PMAGENDA1. Welcome & Apologies ...
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Having discussed the Triffid-like rhododendrons that infest parts of Ardnamurchan and the tools needed to clear them, here’s a further instalment showing how to ensure they don’t re-grow. Rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum) are relatively shallow-rooted woody shrubs. They can spread by...
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We wondered how many people would turn up for Saturday's swim.45 had registered but, after a long period of settled weather, the forecast was not great. Two days before the swim, there was talk of having to call it off.So when 34 people turned up we were slightly surprised and completely...
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WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCILMINUTES OF MEETING HELD AT THE NADURRA NATURE CENTRE, GLENMORE ON MONDAY 8th APRIL 2019 AT 7PM1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIESPresent:Geoff Campbell (Chair) (GCC) May...
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Give us the tools, and we will finish the job … Winston Churchill, 1941. Although this one might take some time … Sunart Diarist, 2019 Whatever the job, having suitable tools usually makes it much easier. And safer. One of my top priority jobs at the moment is clearing a large amount of...
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Buying bike can be a fraught experience. I've previously complained that you're not allowed to test ride bikes which shops don't stock. If you want something that's not in stock, then you have to pay for it before they'll get it in. I understand why they do this, but it's not great from the buyer's...
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Last weekend we went paddling again. This time, however, it was in a canoe. Our friends Colin and Katrina run Source-2-Sea canoe adventures. We introduced Colin to wild swimming and they volunteered to take us paddling. Again. The cross-over between canoeing and kayaking is...
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WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL A MEETING WILL BE HELD AT NADURA NATURE CENTRE, GLENMORE ON MONDAY 8TH APRIL AT 7PM AGENDA 1. Welcome & Apologies ...
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The plot on Ardnamurchan is south facing hillside and was originally probably a mix of scrubby birch and oak woodland with dense ground cover of bracken. Over the years rhododendron have infested the site and, despite being cut back severely 10-15 years ago, still predominate. I’m working...
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I'd thoroughly recommend this trip, provided you understand what it truly is. That's the point of writing this blog and making the videos.Biking Dutchman had no editorial input and I made the videos for myself, not their business. We paid full price and have received no benefit from the...
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As part of a superb swimming holiday in the Galapagos and mountain biking holiday that took in the high volcanoes and Amazon jungle, we stayed in Quito on three separate occasions.Video and story of the mountain biking coming next week.We learnt a few things which I thought it might be helpful to...
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It only happens occasionally, but sometimes I can feel a good photograph going into the camera.I felt it Sunday when I took the shot alongside of a young swimmer, slightly apprehensive perhaps, before the charity swim I'd helped to organise.We did the recce swim back in January so she knew it...
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WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCILMINUTES OF MEETING HELD AT THE KILCHOAN LEARNING CENTRE, KILCHOAN ON MONDAY 11th MARCH 2019 AT 7PM 1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIESPresent: ...
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I have worked with all types of farm animals during the last 60 years and the two most attractive are goats, they are intelligent, clean, efficient milk producers, small, friendly, affectionate and safe around small children. Milking twice a day got too much for me in my seventies...
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Swim with the marine wildlife of the Galapagos and you will never, ever forget it. Our holiday with SwimTrek was not cheap. Yet the experiences of this week will flash across my fading memory years from now.If you're considering it there were a few practical aspects of this ...
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WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL A MEETING WILL BE HELD AT KILCHOAN LEARNING CENTRE ON MONDAY 11TH MARCH AT 7PMAGENDA1. Welcome & Apologies ...
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Twenty years ago we were staying in a Canadian Alpine Club hut in the Rocky Mountains, the occupants were international but all European. The log hut was situated in a alpine meadow, there were vast supplies of firewood for the stove, rocking chairs and rough hewn tables, it was perfect. Then came...
