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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A wide-ranging plan to strengthen rural and outlying communities facing a forecast exodus of people has been published by the Scottish Government.
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Lochaber Rural Education Trust have been busy raising funds for the charity.
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Dramatic scenes as crew race to save four people before vessel goes down.
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The area will play host to significant elements of Exercise Steadfast Defender which will continue until the end of March - with almost every allied nation taking part.
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A fault in the new pay lock system was taking people’s money, while not granting access to the “conveniences”.
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A drugs swoop, an appeal for information after an suspected assault and an attempted housebreaking feature in this week’s police round-up.
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The teenager spent more than two hours in the water after capsizing off Broadford on the Isle of Skye.
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The clan heritage artefact will be repaired with a variety of funding streams and public sponsorship.
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Campbeltown bowler Craig Kerr was part of the team that lifted the prestigious international trophy.
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The world famous aerial display team are training ahead of their summer schedule.
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News of potentially putting the campus decision on hold until more information is available and reported back to the council for consideration in April, comes as communities on Mull and Iona mobilise to save the chance of a long-awaited new build.
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Keeping a secret in a small town is never easy, but when filming a big budget production started, it proved impossible.
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A picture that hung in the Sunday school room of a Campbeltown church for almost 20 years has been reunited with its creator.
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A fit-for-purpose school for the children of Mull is the council’s fundamental responsibility the island’s community council insisted today.
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“Luckily Dom Adams managed to get the sea creatures back into the loch before they died."
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Machrihanish mecca for wildlife fans is in need to repairs after suffering storm damage.
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The eagerly-awaited annual event on Saturday March 9 from 10am-2pm sees spaces both inside Craignish Village Hall and its car park filled with essential boat paraphanalia.
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Environmental charity Arran Eco Savvy will be hosting three events to help residents take advantage of hints and tips to save cash, as well as access available grants.
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A hotel general manager and his chef conspired to defraud the owner of thousands of pounds by paying a fake employee and steering money to a relative.
Treshnish Farm
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Ensay. Across the Ensay burn from us. We rent the fields between the road and the Ensay Burn on a 364 day grazing agreement. This gives us the use of the beautiful fank there.