Wild Lochaber Blogs
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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.
Craigard Croft
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Stoat in ermine mid-winter camouflageUntil the end of November we were plagued by rats. They are always around when you keep hens. I don't like rat poison, it gets in the food chain, the alternative was to bait some of the squirrel traps , catch the rats alive and then deal with them.In early...
Nevis Range Blog
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This season Nevis Range will be hosting an event every Saturday evening throughout the months of January, February and March. We are hoping that once the snow finally comes and we can open for snowsports that these will be a good way to round off a day on the slopes! However you don’t need...
Scottish Islands Explorer
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The Isle of Raasay Distillery is hosting a rather special Burns Night Supper at 19.30 on Friday 25 January in their atmospheric Gathering Room. Tickets are £25 and there is much on offer. Take a look at the menu by clicking here.Scottish Islands Explorer - can picture comparable events...
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Here's a new year opportunity - a seven double-bedroom property standing on its own peninsula in the busy village of Leverburgh, where the Sound of Harris ferry departs, suitable for self-catering, bed-and-breakfast accommodation or for a large family - on the market for offers over £395k. Take a...
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There are 82 inhabited off-shore British isles in the UK, with the majority of them in Scotland. A BBC item provides interesting insights.Scottish Islands Explorer - looks around many of themDigital Edition: accessed from the vast majority
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Divers working for Scottish Natural Heritage have reported that marine life around St Kilda is 'in good condition'. News of this kind is welcomed at a time when the media appears to relish the pssimistic. So turn with pleasure to the BBC website for a full account and images that make an impact....
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Fidra Lighthouse in the Firth of Forth, photographed by Douglas Law, is a fitting symbol for the end of the year when we reflect and recall. It features in the BBC Your Pictures of Scotland, where there are a few island images, but many photographs displaying water.Scottish Islands Explorer - much...
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An Lanntair, in Stornoway, plans to show films on selected Sundays in 2019 following a trial period earlier this year. Supporters of the local tradition of keeping the Sabbath as free as possible from secular activities have objected. The Press and Journal carries the story. Now that the 'streaming...
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The MS Magellan sets sail from Dundee on Saturday 14 June 2019 for a cruise to Norway and then around several Scottish islands. It's to commemorate the heritage of the newspaper publishers, D C Thomson, (including The Press and Journal and The Courier) with their shipping company established in the...
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"Look out, behind you!" could be applied to these three on Foula, the distant Shetland isle. They may not be aware that in 1582, when Scotland adopted the new Gregorian calendar with the rest of Britain, Foula retained the Julian version. A report in The Scottish Sun, of a year ago, explains what...
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When a photograph of the lighthouse at Lossiemouth, taken by Gillian Brown, looks like an oil painting, then you know the gallery of images in the BBC Your Pictures of Scotland makes excellent viewing. There is, however, a complete absence of island scenes. Maybe the 21 - 28 December selection will...
Hunter Mountaineering Courses and Guiding
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December 2001(about)? Observatory Ridge, Ben Nevis with Ed & Matt On this day in December 2001, Ed Abbley, Matt Leggett and I walked up from the SYHA in Glen Nevis and got to the base of Observatory Ridge as it became light, on one of the shortest days of the year. We enthusiastically tied onto...
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Loch Lomond after sunrise, on 28th December 2018 North Face of Ben Nevis, from the path next to the Allt a Mhuilinn Mike and Kirstin reach the summit of Ben Nevis – a VERY wet day My first snowman of the season – on the summit of Ben Nevis Lena sharing a climb with Nigel, Adele, Karl...
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Dec ’06 to Jan ’07. Ice Climbing in Rjukan, with Matt & Rich Back in 2006, I was working in South Wales, and we usually always had to drove a long way to find ice to climb – this time a small group of us planned a trip to Rjukan for the new year. It was a little pre-season,...
wondering wanderers
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2018 left as all years do, a mix of the mundane and the remarkable. Our nasty colds have lingered and given a soundtrack of coughing and blowing noses to the festive season but I think we are all now over the worst of that. The weather has continued to be kind and we’ve had a few amazing...
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Our round up of 2018 and our hopes for 2019. We are overdue an update post on what our next steps plans are and there are hints of of that from all of us in this post. I will get a proper ‘what’s happening next’ post up in the next few days but for now here is us drawing a line...
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It’s that strange lull time between Christmas and New Year when some people are already back to work but others are still off, TV and radio scheduling is not back to normal and you hit a point where despite the house being filled with all sorts of delicious special food you struggle to pull...
Highland Titles
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And just like that, another exciting year has passed – brimming with intriguing, enthusiastic, and inspiring milestones at the Nature Reserve. These were only possible given your overwhelming loyalty and support, to which we are incredibly grateful. In this Reserve Update, we bring you some...
Volunteer on Eigg
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A very Happy Christmas and all the very best for the New Year! A huge thanks to all those that helped out in 2018 and look forward to another successful volunteer season meeting new faces and hopefully seeing some familiar ones too… See you in 2019!!
Marc Calhoun
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Another island that I've yet to see is Texa. It is a small island that sits a half mile off the south coast of Islay, just opposite the Laphroig distillery. It had a population of 8 in the 18th century, and has been uninhabited since the middle of the 19th.Texa is an intriguing name. Especially in...
