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.
Lochaber Chamber of Commerce
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The Highland Community Waste Partnership has launched its latest intervention to reduce packaging waste and promote more #ConsciousConsumption. Building on the success of the Highland Cup Movement, this pilot will give businesses the chance to try a returnable food and drinks packaging scheme for...
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Ferguson Transport & Shipping’s Biomass Plant Installation on Isle of Jura In 2022, Ferguson Transport & Shipping, in collaboration with Stoddart Crane Hire, undertook a significant project commissioned by Whyte & Mackay to install a new biomass plant on the Isle of Jura. After...
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The New Connections team are excited to announce that they are undergoing a redesign to create a more rustic, shabby chic vibe, and they need your help! To bring their vision to life, they are seeking donations of various types of furniture and decor items. Specifically, they are looking for:...
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A Journey Through Folklore, Myth, and Inspiration Wise woman, spey wife, bana-bhuidsichean, healer… witch. Intuitive women have been labelled many things over the centuries, and a new trail created by UHI’s Centre for Recreation and Tourism Research (CRTR) aims to share stories and sites connected...
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Brand Audits from Aurora North Strategy consultancy Aurora North is promoting a Brand Audit service to SMEs and organisations in Lochaber. In a dynamic, highly competitive market, continually nurturing and developing your brand is essential. However, brand strategy and good brand management is not...
Simon Willis
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It is one of Scotland's most recognisable mountains.The An Sgurr, better known as the Sgurr of Eigg, rises a modest 393m (1289ft) from the Inner Hebridean island off Scotland's west coast.We regularly glimpse the Small Isles as we ride and drive around Ardnamurchan where we live, and it's always...
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I’ve been asked several times whether I thought the Zoe App and testing were worthwhile. The short answer is “yes”. The long answer is more nuanced.Zoe is a system of personalised nutrition. Sign up and you get access to a phone App and a box of stuff comes in the mail....
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Almost two years ago I made a spur of the moment video questioning my generations' attitude to age.It touched a nerve among YouTube viewers and, when I last looked, had over 100,000 views.So I'm launching a new YouTube series looking at how I'm trying to stay fit to cycle, run, swim and more....
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Full video series ▶︎ https://tinyurl.com/OlderAthleteVideos Zoe guide to healthy eating: Zoe.com/freeguide Zoe System: https://zoe.com/Zoe podcast: https://zoe.com/learn/category/podcasts Most useful podcast I've heard: https://zoe.com/learn/podcast-longer-and-healthier-life ...
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Because I run a YouTube channel with a moderate number of subscribers (currently around 30k) I occasionally get offered items to 'test'. That word is often code for "we'll send you some free swag if you make a video about it and post it on your channel". Trouble is, I take...
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The links below are mostly affiliate links which means I receive a small commission if you use them when buying, for which I thank you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. My compliance information regarding review equipment is linked from my websiteGLASSES...
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The links below are mostly affiliate links which means I receive a small commission if you use them when buying, for which I thank you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. My compliance information regarding review equipment is linked from my website I...
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This is a superb book. No wonder Amazon has it as a ‘Best Seller’ already.To assume it’s just a book for cyclists is to miss the point. Although if you are a cyclist, you need to read it and re-calibrate your understanding of the word ‘tough’. You’ll also learn a lot, even if it’s...
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We are sitting like vagrants under the road bridge at Scissors Crossing. Three of us are avoiding the blistering heat of a desert day before a long climb into the San Felipe Hills. One of our small band of hikers, who rejoices in the trail name Pathfinder and who had already...
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I was recently asked "How did you train for the TNR". It's a good question, especially when people in the video say, "you can't train for this!". My reply emphasised that preparation was as important to me as training, so I'll cover both of those here. However, I...
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We like to think we're safe in wild places. Mostly we are, but every now and again someone has an unpleasant experience like the one alongside, shared on our Torino Nice Rally WhatsApp group. This reportedly happened in the town of Tende.I experienced nothing approaching this, but...
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I cycled the Torino Nice Rally in September 2022. I took ten days to complete my ride, which was deliberately slow, as no one ever returned from such an amazing adventure saying "I wish I'd gone faster", it was always the reverse.You can see the Short videos I shot and edited during the ride...
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Organisers of cycling events, an environmentally aware bunch, increasingly insist their competitors reach the start without using aircraft. The Torino Nice Rally might go this way, although the organiser James Olsen tells me he wants to keep it rideable in 5-days (just!) so people can...
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At home in Scotland, I found it hard to get my head around the nature of the Torino Nice Rally. Now I think of it as four, high-level Italian military gravel roads (Strada Assietta, Strada Cannoni, Altiplano della Gardetta and Via del Sale) linked together by a series of road cols, most...
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