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The latest news from the sheep on the street

The latest bleats from the sheep on the street...

Blogs (web logs) and blogspots provide a unique insight into Highland life and nature in Lochaber and The West Highlands.

We have put together a collection of Lochaber blogs to highlight the traditions, culture and wildlife in the various regions, including the West Coast Islands.

We show entries from the last 100 days, organised by region, topic and blog.  The titles and text snippets 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.

 



Hunter Mountaineering Courses and Guiding

  • Flashback Friday 229 (Saturday, February 25, 2023 - 16:08)
    26th February 2011. Number 4 Gully Here is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time: Friday was the last day of the Intro to Winter Mountaineering course working for Jagged Globe. We decided to all go to the Ben and do No. 4 gully… It was an awesome day. It was the first day on the Ben...
  • Flashback Friday 228 (Saturday, February 18, 2023 - 13:15)
    19th February 2010. Beinn a Chaorainn, East Ridge This is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time: Working with Zac and Chris again. We decided to finish our mountaineering course with an ascent of the East Ridge of Beinn a Chaorainn. We all had our shades packed. But nobody had...
  • Flashback Friday 227 (Saturday, February 11, 2023 - 17:46)
    14th Feb 2009. Happy Valentine’s Day – Boomerang Arete This is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time: Today working for Adventure Peaks. I met Alan and Majella (Jelly). They’d booked onto an Improvers Snow and Ice climbing weekend, so we were on the search for some III+ climbing. The...
  • My favourite photos from January 2023 (Friday, February 3, 2023 - 17:44)
    Curved Ridge Buachaille Etive Mor Aonach Mor Winter Mountaineering School House Ridge School House Ridge School House Ridge School House Ridge Glencoe Buachaille
  • Flashback Friday 226 (Friday, February 3, 2023 - 16:48)
    1st February 2009. NC Gully – Adventure Peaks Meets Jagged Globe This is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time : Again with Radim and James, working for Adventure Peaks, we head into Stob Coire nan Lochan. The intention is to build on the teaching from yesterday when they were learinng...
  • Flashback Friday 225 (Saturday, January 28, 2023 - 18:38)
    14th January 2012. Comb Gully with Lena This is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time: Today I went climbing with Lena on the Ben. We had some plans, but decided eventually to get onto Comb Gully (IV,4***). The neve and ice again were excellent. Tony and Hannah had a good time on The...
  • Flashback Friday 224 (Friday, January 20, 2023 - 21:43)
    27th Jan 2010. Ice On Stob Coire Nam Beith This is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time: I joined Jagged Globe today. Ed Chard was taking out Tony for a day of guiding, so we had an instructor ratio of 2:1 ! Looking for ice, but not exposed to the winds high up, we decided to head...
  • Flashback Friday 223 (Thursday, January 12, 2023 - 18:47)
    21st Jan 2010. Scottish Ice This is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time: Today was my first Scottish day of 2010. I joined Chris Walker and his client Kerry. The wind was strong gusting to 75mph and was building slab on NW to NE aspects. So we kept low at about 750m. We found a large...
  • Flashback Friday 222 (Wednesday, January 4, 2023 - 19:04)
    7th January 2010. RAC Corner, in ‘Nick’ This is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time: I had to go canoeing today and these guys went ice climbing ! But thanks for the report anyway – I gave them my camera, so I was kinda there – not. From the photos and from their reports...
  • My favourite photos from December 2022 (Wednesday, January 4, 2023 - 11:58)
    Lena Hunter Ed Chard Max Hunter Lena Hunter Lena Hunter Calpe in Spain Calpe in Spain Lena after her 6a climb Lena Hunter Lena Hunter
  • Flashback Friday 221 (Tuesday, January 3, 2023 - 17:53)
    1st Dec 2012. Friday In Coire an t-Sneachda, with Jonny This is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time: On Friday I got a chance to get out and have a quick climb with Jonny Hawkins, who I met in South Wales (Woodlands OEC and Kilvrough Manor OEC) about 4 years ago, before I was in the...

The Oban Times

  • Record-breaking year for FilmG (Monday, January 2, 2023 - 11:35)
    Eights schools in Argyll hope to be among winners of the 2022 Gaelic short-film festival FilmG competition - a shortlist will be announced in January The post Record-breaking year for FilmG appeared first on The Oban Times.
  • Climber dies after avalanche on north face of Ben Nevis (Sunday, January 1, 2023 - 15:26)
    Emergency services were alerted at about 3.35pm and the 48-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. The post Climber dies after avalanche on north face of Ben Nevis appeared first on The Oban Times.
  • Gold mine ramps it up for 2023 (Sunday, January 1, 2023 - 14:51)
    Scotgold Resources who run a working mine at Cononish near Tyndrum, plan to open others making Scotland 'a new gold mining province' The post Gold mine ramps it up for 2023 appeared first on The Oban Times.
  • CalMac summer timetables to be released in January (Sunday, January 1, 2023 - 10:23)
    Finalised timetables will be issued when Transport Scotland confirms the 2023 fare levels, which is expected to happen in early January. The post CalMac summer timetables to be released in January appeared first on The Oban Times.
  • New app helps police officers identify lost and stolen bikes (Sunday, January 1, 2023 - 10:19)
    Anyone who has purchased or received a new bike, either for recreation, fitness or commuting, is urged to ensure they upload their details to the Bike Register database. The post New app helps police officers identify lost and stolen bikes appeared first on The Oban Times.
  • Rising numbers of flu cases being admitted to hospital (Friday, December 30, 2022 - 16:17)
    Dr Adam Brown, Consultant Microbiologist with NHS Highland, said there are also more cases of other respiratory illnesses such as Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), while Covid-19 is still circulating within communities.  The post Rising numbers of flu cases being admitted to hospital appeared...
  • Graham Mackenzie celebrates Scottish landscape with new album, The Dawning (Friday, December 30, 2022 - 10:24)
    The Inverness composer and fiddle player, Graham Mackenzie will launch his second album called 'The Dawning' on Friday January 27. The post Graham Mackenzie celebrates Scottish landscape with new album, The Dawning appeared first on The Oban Times.
  • Auchindrain township featured on Countryfile (Friday, December 30, 2022 - 06:51)
    A Mid Argyll working museum was the star of the show on Tuesday evening after being featured on the BBC’s flagship farming programme. As part of the BBC’s Countryfile’s New Year-themed episode, presenter Margherita Taylor and camera crew gathered at the category-A listed...

Treshnish Farm

  • A New Year begins (Sunday, January 1, 2023 - 13:17)
    Happy New Year! Another year begins at Treshnish.  Christmas is past and the decorations are back in the attic (bar the one or two I always forget).   Last night we said goodbye to the old year and greeted the new one.  Moon, stars and fireworks in Tobermory. December...

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