Blog Entries from A Kilchoan Diary
Blogs (web logs) and blogspots provide a unique insight into Highland life and nature in Lochaber and The West Highlands.
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Last Update: Monday, September 28, 2020 - 18:44
We have been on very intimate terms with some of the local insects. Having always assumed that ticks are only carried by animals such as deer and sheep, we discovered that birds must also carry them...
Plocaig, Bourblaige & Camas Nan Geall, Ardnamurchan from FourK Media on Vimeo.Many thanks indeed to Ross Gilfillan for another super video.
The following items are available, prices negotiable:Dehumidifier, hardly used - £30Office Chair, good quality, swivel - £25B&W Laser Printer - £5Magimix Food Processor - £10Silver & Bone...
For the past twelve years we have lived in a house which faces southeast and which has a view which extends some twenty miles down the Sound of Mull. One of the joys of this view is that we have seen...
There's almost always a ship or a boat out in the Sound at any time of day or night, and we have spent hours over the years watching them from our house. The Lord of the Glens, a small cruise ship...
The summits of most of Western Ardnamurchan's hills offer magnificent panoramas, not least because the place is a peninsula so there are always combinations of land, sea and sky. This view is from...
Mingary Castle had been abandoned for over 150 years when, in 2013, the Mingary Castle Preservation & Restoration Trust was set up to save the castle from imminent collapse and give it a modern...
From Dale Meegan:The West Ardnamurchan Community Development Company and Community Council have received the final report following the Lottery funded community consultation which was held earlier...
Ardnamurchan's small and scattered population has meant that there are relatively few artificial lights at night. This gives it a night sky, when it's clear and the moon is new, which is genuinely...
Thank you for all the very generous comments and good wishes which have appeared on recent posts. I wish I had time to respond individually but our days are filled with the wearying task of packing...
