Wild Lochaber Blogs
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.
Treshnish Farm
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This is a lovely walk just over the hill from Treshnish. Look for Dun Aisgain on the OS Map, near Burg.
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The young stock over on the rented fields at Ensay have to come back to Treshnish for a few days at the end of the grazing agreement each year, so Farmer has to entice them up to the Ensay farm yard where he has erected a corral of flakes and gates to lead them in to, so he can load them into the...
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These extraordinary clouds are Nacreous clouds. They are formed in the lower stratosphere over polar regions - so very unusual here, so far south. A bit like Noctiulcent clouds the clouds are illuminated by the sun which is just below the horizon. The colour is formed by the sun...
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This panorama was taken on December 1st, with an almost full moon. The activity was strong enough to beat the brightness of the moon. All the above taken the same night. The moon light alters the cloud colours, I wasn't sure how to edit out the purple! There has been quite a...
Lochaber Chamber of Commerce
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Bleak Budget for Scottish Economy Commenting on the Scottish Budget delivered by the Deputy First Minister & Finance Secretary, Shona Robison MSP, Dr Liz Cameron CBE, Chief Executive, Scottish Chambers of Commerce, said: “We wanted to see a Scottish Government Budget that prioritised...
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Scotland’s ambitious climate change legislation sets a target date for net zero emissions of all greenhouse gases by 2045. In this news article, Scottish Chambers’ Chief Executive Dr Liz Cameron, discusses ways to approach net zero for business: “There has rightly been a growing...
Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles
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Seth has sent nearly 1,000 records from August onwards, which made me realise that I never mentioned here his finds of Geranium psilostemon (Armenian Crane’s-bill) and Inula racemosa (Indian Elecampane) from Kyleakin in August, both new to VC 104. Geranium psilostemon Image S Gibson...
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Back in 2015, I was asked by the Botany team at the Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley to provide samples of naturalised Gunnera plants for DNA analysis. I have just received the results and the two from Sleat are G. tinctoria. However, two others, from Waternish and the Dunvegan area, turn out to...
Abacus Mountain Guides
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Water freezes into very different forms of ice. Here we look at three that affect winter climbers very much.Rime is what normally makes mixed climbs white enough to go and climb.Hoar Frost grows on horizontal surfaces in a cold, clear night and can create a very weak layer in the snowpack. Verglas...
Marc Calhoun
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You may have noticed I have been neglecting the blog for a few months. The reason is that I've been preoccupied with completing my next book: Thirty Years of Adventures in Search of the Past: The Outer Hebrides. Book design is underway, with publication by the Islands Book Trust tentatively set for...
Ardtornish Estate and Gardens, Self catering holidays Scotland
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A freshly butchered supply of Ardtornish Venison arrived into the shop this week and we love the sound of this Venison & Apple Burger made from Ardtornish mince. Why not top yours with leftovers from the Festive Cheese Board? (Makes 4 portions) Ingredients 1 Onion, finely chopped 1 Garlic...
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Hate them or love them, pound for pound the humble Brussel Sprout has four times the amount of Vitamin D as an Orange and so we are lucky that they are in abundance in Ardtornish Kitchen Garden at this time of year. Add these healthy greens to your Christmas table this festive period a a perfect...
Hunter Mountaineering Courses and Guiding
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Ben Nevis Ben Nevis Ben Nevis Buachaille Etive Mor Buachaille Etive Mor Practicing night navigation skills Practicing night navigation skills Night Navigation The summit of Cairngorm The SMART weekend at Glenmore Lodge
The Oban Times
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From Monday, December 11, local authorities can begin enforcing the law. This means drivers could be fined £100 for these parking behaviours; reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days. The post Pavement parking ban appeared first on The Oban Times.
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An architect from Kinlocheil has won the Best Building in Scotland award for its ‘building within a ruin’ The post Lochaber architect wins Best Building in Scotland Award appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Bob MacIntyre made time to visit Oban High School on Friday, giving Oban's youngsters an insight into his life as a professional golfer. The post Bob inspires the younger generations appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Raft building, rope bridge building, canoeing, a rock scramble, the crate stack challenge and a zip line were just some of the challenges encountered by a group of S6 pupils from Oban High School on a trip to the Outward Bound Trust's Loch Eil centre in Lochaber The post Follow the leader at Loch...
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Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal crash on the A83 near Tarbert. The post Woman dies after two vehicle crash appeared first on The Oban Times.
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A Homes For Luing campaign launched earlier this year by the community council and the island's community Trust has yieled responses from people interested in looking at longterm-letting their homes on Luing or considering other options to help fill the need. There may be a re-launch of the...