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.
The Oban Times
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Two friends from Oban High School recently went head to head in the Under 18 Academy Performance League.
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Junior Oban High School students jingled all the way at their Christmas dance.
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Argyll MP Brendan O’Hara MP says the no compensation announcement by the Government is "a complete betrayal."
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Councillors have expressed the opinion that the spend of any visitor levy introduced in Argyll and Bute should be delegated to a local level
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The number of resolved anti-social behaviour cases across the Highlands has halved.
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Generous Tesco customers in Campbeltown have been helping spread festive joy by gifting toys to local children in need this Christmas.
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As protestors urge Argyll and Bute Council to scrap its Visitor Levy ahead of a vote, we ask your local councillors what they think about this controversial issue
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The legislative process has begun to tackle the repeated closure of the A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful.
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An amendment suggesting strengthening the powers of existing local area committees instead won by just five votes.
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I am midway through my term as Provost and it continues to give me great joy and pride as I meet various people and groups across North Ayrshire.
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Oban now has a new Al-Anon group that meets weekly in the town, providing a safe space for people affected by someone else’s drinking to get help.
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The new homes will be the first rental properties to be built on Eigg in 30 years.
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The Kintyre U3A choir brought some festive cheer to Campbeltown’s Argyll Arms Hotel on Thursday December 5, when its annual Christmas carol concert was held.
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Pupils at Campbeltown’s Castlehill and Dalintober primary schools have been getting active in the name of Santa in recent weeks.
Sunart Community Company
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Take a look at our latest newsletter covering many of the different projects that we’ve been working on in 2024. Take a look now! The post Sunart Community Company Newsletter Autumn 2024 appeared first on Sunart Community Company.
Marc Calhoun
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The September 2024 cruise on Hjalmar Bjorge was different than any I’d done before. Due to cancellations, there were only two guests, which made my job as a guide much easier. What made it not so easy was the weather. Force 8 gales were streaming off the Atlantic and had blown away my plans for a...
Abacus Mountain Guides
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Glen Coe has a long tradition of hard mixed climbing. Think of Hamish MacInnes and Chris Bonnington in 1953 climbing Agag's Groove (VI,7), Raven's Gully (V,6) and Crowberry Ridge Direct (VII,6) before front point crampons and leashless technical ice axes had even been thought of. These...
Hunter Mountaineering Courses and Guiding
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Weight training in November – training for the Winter season Weight training in November – training for the Winter season Indoor Climbing in November
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Ready to Rock Ready to Rock Ready to Rock Ready to Rock Ready to Rock Exiting Tower Gap Tower Ridge At the start of Tower Ridge CIC hut at the base of the North Face
Treshnish Farm
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I am writing this in late December, the ground is saturated from a lot of rain, and I had forgotten until I looked through the photographs I had made in November that we actually had some good weather! So much so, there were several days I was able to fly my drone.The annual Scottish...
