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.
Sunart Community Company
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Sunart Community Benefit Fund: APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW! The Sunart Community Benefit Fund is accepting grant applications ahead of our Autumn 2023 grant round. The fund supports community projects benefiting those living in Sunart, and has previously supported projects such as MaAD Pipe Band,...
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Sunart Community Benefit Fund: APPLICATIONS CLOSE IN 2 WEEKS! The Sunart Community Benefit Fund is accepting grant applications for the Autumn 2023 grant round. If you have a community project you are seeking funding for, don’t miss out – submit your application now! The fund supports community...
Lochaber Chamber of Commerce
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Tricks and Treats ahead… With the first leaves falling from the trees and the nights closing in, Autumn is very much upon us, and for everyone at the Nevis Centre, that signals the start of a very busy and packed period ahead, with school holidays and spooky goings-on dominating the coming weeks....
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Balfour Beatty expands supply chain engagement in North Scotland in partnership with the Supplier Development Programme. In recent months, Balfour Beatty staff have engaged with businesses across the North of Scotland through participation in recent Supplier Development Programme (SDP) regional...
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Get ready for the Outward Bound Trust’s ‘Let Us Out’ campaign… WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? ‘Let Us Out’ is the Outward Bound Trust’s campaign to raise awareness of the Outdoor Education Bills in Scotland, England and Wales. But it’s so much more than that, it’s about...
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Businesses across the Highlands & Islands were recognised for their contribution to a prosperous Scotland at the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) Highlands & Islands Business Excellence Awards recently. Nearly 300 finalists, local business and SCDI members gathered at...
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‘Welcome to Ardgour’: Creating opportunity from the Corran Ferry crisis Five ‘Welcome to Ardgour’ videos have been created by the local community to encourage tourism and hospitality in Ardgour, Lochaber. The community and hospitality businesses of Ardgour, Lochaber, have...
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UHI North, West and Hebrides publicly celebrated its launch as Scotland’s newest college in September, following the merger of UHI North Highland, UHI Outer Hebrides and UHI West Highland. The new college will create an anchor institution connecting rural and island communities through distinctive...
The Oban Times
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The police are appealing for the public's assistance after an elderly man from Tarbet was reported missing. The post Police appeal after Tarbet man goes missing appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Inner Wheel of Oban club had its Annual General General Meeting in June when its officers for 2023 were voted in and the president's chosen charity for the year was announced The post RNLI is Inner Wheel’s chosen charity appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The Oban RNLI Lifeboat was called-out on Saturday afternoon to aid a yacht with engine failure at Craignish Point. The post Oban RNLI assist yacht after engine failure appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Oban Fire Station's community car wash raised £1,000 for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance and The Firefighters Charity The post Car wash benefits rescue charities appeared first on The Oban Times.
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BIRTH DUNLOP – At the Princess Royal, Glasgow on Friday, September 22, 2023, to Callum and Fiona (Johnston), the gift of a beautiful 8lb 7oz boy, Charlie Alexander John. First grandchild for Sandy and Moira (Connel) and fourth grandchild for Faye and Drew (Lenzie). All well and safely home. DEATH...
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Bob says he will be 'back tomorrow' - and is ready to celebrate incredible Ryder Cup victory. The post ‘I’m just a wee lad from Oban’ – Bob MacIntyre set for hero’s welcome appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The service was awarded the classification of a grade of five, meaning ‘very good’ across the assessed areas. The post Positive report for Barra Care at Home service appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Gary Innes and Ewen Henderson will be playing a string of dates in Appin, Taynuilt, Oban, Roybridge, Kilmallie and Ballachulish this November The post Live dates taking Argyll and Lochaber by storm appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Next year Skipinnish will celebrate 25 years of their musical voyage with an anniversary concert on Saturday July 6 at the Big Top under canvas, Bught Park, Inverness. The post Skipinnish 25 years concert appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Are you sitting comfortably? Scottish International Storytelling Festival is heading to Argyll with performances in Lochawe, Bunessan on Mull and at The Rockfield Centre The post Storytime for Argyll appeared first on The Oban Times.
Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles
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Yesterday I went measuring Wych Elms on Raasay for Euan’s project at the University of the Highlands and Islands, based in Inverness. I was interested to note that the two probably native trees that have their roots right on the river bank are multi-trunked, whereas the probably planted ones...
Treshnish Farm
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We had a trip planned to Iona to celebrate our wedding anniversary and just as we had the tailend of a hurricane blowing the day we got married at Gruline, there was a hooley blowing the day we were meant to go. We decided to chance the Threat of Disruption Calmac alert that we picked up at...
