Wild Lochaber Blogs
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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.
Scottish Islands Explorer
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The Imperial German High Fleet in Scapa Flow has been fully scrutinised in a recent project. The details are supplied by The Press and Journal.Scottish Islands Explorer - worth submerging yourself in itDigital Edition: the waves above are on the internet
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If you have that get-away-from-it-all-feeling plus the capacity to-do-it-up and around £150k for the purchase price, you could consider The Marchto be found on the edge of Vidlin, Shetland. If so, take a look at what's on offer by clicking on Harper Macleod. The aerial view and the Google tracking...
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The Press and Journal directs readers towards some interesting insights about St Kilda - pictured here from a glass plate negative of the 19th Century.Scottish Islands Explorer - often features the archipelagoDigital Edition: reaches most parts in split-seconds
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There has been a proliferation of gin-making in Britain since changes to the taxation laws were introduced. So Orkney Gin, from Burray, has done well against the competition to come first in a national award with its Johnsmas brand and second with its Rhubarb Old Tom. The Orcadian has the details....
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When attention is drawn to an item on Highlanders - architects re-defining Scotland's northern reaches - it's easy to move on to the property at Tigh Port na Long, Skye. Living in a minimalist home and looking onto an elemental scene have, for some, an enormous appeal.Scottish Islands Explorer -...
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Stroma, the Caithness (mainland in the distance) island that is very much part of the Orkney group, saw a decline from 375 residents in 1901 to none in 1997. Some 20 years later, The Scotsman ran an article by Alison Campsie on the former Pentland Firth settlement accompanied by 'eerie' photographs...
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Canon Angus MacQueen (1923 - 2019), who died last Saturday, was ordained in 1951 and served parishes on the West Coast and Western Isles, including his final ministry at St Barr's Church, in the north of Barra. A tribute to this legendary figure appears in The Press and Journal.Scottish Islands...
wondering wanderers
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We’ve been away. Away from Rum and back visiting old lives, old friends and family. Poor weather meant we ended up away for even longer than we’d first planned but it’s not a bad time of year to be away from our caravan. It was a shame to have missed some heavy snow here for the...
Treshnish Farm
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We had a spell of clear skies coinciding with some solar activity. One display was bright enough to see with the naked eye, as we did driving down the Sound of Mull taking a friend home to Salen after Film Club. I had left my camera running at home, so I did get some photographs of it, which...
Wild About Lochaber
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Are you Wild About Ardnamurchan? Surrounded by sea on three sides, this remote and rugged peninsula is a haven for wildlife including otter, golden eagle, pine marten, red squirrel and many a winged wee beastie. A great destination for a Slow Adventure, a family holiday or even a day trip from Fort...
West Coast Mountain Guides
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For Andrew's final day, we felt that we had got every last drop of winter out of Ben Nevis, so we changed tack slightly and enjoyed a springlike ascent of North Buttress on Buachaille Etive Mor. It's a great route at any time of the year, with plenty of mountaineering to get to the 3 or...
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For our fourth day, Andrew and I found winter on Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis. We put crampons on at the foot of the Douglas Boulder and required them for the whole ascent. The East Gully of the Douglas Boulder was still complete, the steep pitch out was on bare rock and we were on a fair bit of snow...
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Despite a bit of thaw happening the Highlands right now, there's still a reasonable amount of snow and climbing to be had. Andrew and I made a bee-line for the SW Ridge of the Douglas Boulder, which seems to have been a popular options over the past few days, as the snow has clearly been...
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Today brought with it a rise in the temperatures, but at least the day started off dry. The great thing about turf is that whilst it can take some time to freeze, once it is frozen, it takes a little while to become soggy again once a thaw sets in. With that in mind, Andrew and I headed to Stob...
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With views up to the summits for much of the day and with cold, calm conditions, it was a great day to be out on Ben Nevis today. I was out with Andrew, who is looking to develop his winter climbing. With the forecast looking to deteriorate a bit over the next couple days, we decided to make the...
Hunter Mountaineering Courses and Guiding
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27th February 2013. Solo on Ben Nevis. Photo taken by Zac Poulton. Sometimes the weather and conditions are terrific and it all comes together. On this day in 2013, I was able to solo Tower Ridge, No.4 Gully, Central Gully and Ledge Route. Brilliant. What will 2019 hold for us all? This is what I...
Abacus Mountain Guides
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After an amazing day on Monday, the temperature rose and it started to rain at all levels. We've had two wet days with the freezing level above the tops and we have lost a lot of ice and all the rime that was on the rocks. It was a bit drier today and it was nice to get back up Ben Nevis to...
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What a wonderful day to be on Ben Nevis. There were lots of people out enjoying a really nice day of weather and climbing conditions on the North Face and Rob, Ali and I had a fantastic time climbing Ledge Route. This was a wee step up for them, something more "ropey" than what they have done...
Lochaber Chamber of Commerce
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You might have noticed that the possible introduction of a tourist tax – or Transient Visitor Levy (TVL) – is back in the news. The Scottish Government’s proposed Transient Visitor Levy (TVL) aims to allow local councils to raise additional income directly from visitors to help address local...
