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.
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The council heard that assurances had been given by Police Scotland that the two police properties are going to be undergoing some renovation work which was welcomed as a demonstration of Police Scotland being committed to having officers based in Strontian for the long term. The post Strontian...
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Inspector Campbell first took the top job at Fort William back in 2017 when she replaced Inspector Donald Campbell, a native of Barra, who retired that year. The post Familiar face back in top cop job at Fort William station appeared first on The Oban Times.
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After the service, which was conducted by Father David Connor, the children, families, friends and some staff from the school, led by piper Ronnie McIntosh, marched from the church to the nearby Alexandra Hotel for lunch and cutting a cake which was specially made for the celebration. The post St...
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The largest sawmiller in the country and a subsidiary of BSW Group, BSW Timber has a strong history of apprenticeships, with 22 of the 25 taken on in the last 10 years still working for the business. The post Fort sawmill highlights timber industry skills shortage during MSP’s visit appeared...
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The Mantrap in Argyll Street has been empty for about 20 years, in other lives it has been used by Hope Kitchen and as a cat cafe but this week it was granted approval to serve alcohol again The post Licence approved for return of The Mantrap appeared first on The Oban Times.
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To see more pictures turn to page 4. The post Ahoy matey! Treasured Mull Music Festival returns appeared first on The Oban Times.
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OCHDA wants more clarity and answers to questions including will the limits of the new harbour authority include the North entrance to the bay and will the existing vessel safety regulations be kept. The post Clarity needed over ‘updated’ harbour report appeared first on The Oban Times.
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What a difference a month makes! With Spring bringing its gifts of brighter evenings and warmer temperatures, we’ve been enjoying afresh the wonderful part of the world we live in of late. Meanwhile, back in the centre, spring has just as big an impact. Read on to find out what we’ve been up to...
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Revellers descended on the harbour town for live music and good craic starting last Thursday and ending on Sunday. The post Mull Music Festival parties on appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The Dove Centre is one of the latest charities across Scotland to benefit from a Youth and Philanthropy Initiative competition involving Oban High School pupils The post Dove Centre celebrating thanks to Oban High School appeared first on The Oban Times.
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2022 Season off to a busy start! The season has begun and many new and old faces have already visited us for some sunny cruises down the loch, there have been a couple of wet ones too but mainly glorious sunshine to get things going for 2022. Private charters are also underway again, it is...
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Dave: Spring and early summer really is the best time to rock climb in Scotland and over the last two days I have been sharing this pleasure with our guest Martin. Day 1 we travelled to the Etive Slabs enjoying the long drive down the Glen whilst it is still reasonably quiet and a fairly dry...
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Last night I had 76 moths in and around my moth trap. There were two Brindled Ochres, which I have not had before and an Angle Shades, which I have had as an imago in May, September, October and November, but not previously in April. Brindled Ochre A week previously the moth trap had...
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21st April 2014. Sunny Lakes Holiday This is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time: After a week of admin and work researching D of E routes in Glen Calvie, Glen Feshie and Rothiemurchus, it was time for a quick holiday – Lena and I headed off to the Lakes for a few days before a busy...
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By exploring the mountains that surround us in Scotland we get to feel the immense scale of the landscape, the power of the weather, and the never-ending nature of wildness, that can give us a proper sense of scale as well as our vulnerability in it.In his book Beyond Adventure, Colin...
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We had a great turn out for our Easter Egg Hunt at the top gondola station! Participants took a ride on the mountain gondola to the top station where the Easter Bunny had hidden 10 wooden eggs ready to be found! Each egg had a stamp attached and once all 10 stamps were collected the participants...
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Dave: Great conditions on Tower Ridge today, after the snow approach we had dry rock with no crampons or ice axes needed until two steps below the Eastern Traverse, the thin slithers of snow in the corners and grooves up to the traverse gave great placements and easy climbing. The traverse was easy...
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MacAvalance 2022 was a great success! We had over 300 entries for this event and a great day was had by all who attended! Anticipation had been brewing since the last MacAvalanche event in 2019 and Saturday’s conditions gave a good challenge to those coming down the hill with areas of snow...
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15th April 2012. Craig Y Castell with Lena This is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time: At last in the uncertain North Wales weather there was a day of sun and clear skies and it was initially warm. At last a good day to get out and climb. It was however still too cold for the higher...
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Premium Business Club Member UHI West Highland is delighted to have recently achieved two prestigious awards: Investors in People Gold and accreditation as a Living Wage employer. Vicky Ferguson, Head of HR and Organisational Development at UHI West Highland explained: We’ve been involved in the...
