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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The proposal by Pi and Lynton Davidson is for a site south of Arturas at the hamlet of Knockrome, near Craighouse.
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Founder’s of Lochailort based Kirsty’s Kids walked the West Highland Way pushing a wheelbarrow to help people in Ukraine.
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The Electoral Commission is to look into a count of votes that continued into Saturday as part of routine research of the running of 2024 UK general election.
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Today Transport Scotland and CalMac announced a six-month extension to the charter of MV Alfred, meaning the vessel will remain with the ferry operator until March 2025.
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A rubbish situation looms for Port Ellen due to fears of bin removal (Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - 12:09)As bags and rubbish spill out of public bins in Port Ellen, locals want the town cleaned up.
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Former warden's office to be redeveloped as part of new housing plan (Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - 11:34)The Lochgilphead building in McCracken Court has been given change of use permission.
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The youngsters, who will begin secondary school together at Campbeltown Grammar School (CGS) in August, have enjoyed a united celebration of the end of their primary school years.
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The seat, which includes Fort William and north Lochaber was the last in the UK to be called following anomalies at the count in Inverness.
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A Scottish Sea Farms Processing Supervisor recently won the inaugural Emerging Talent award at the M&S Select Farm Awards 2024.
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Modifications to the Screen Machine mean the mobile cinema is able to return to Gigha this month.
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Ardnamurchan High School student Jack Bungey won the accolade of Lochaber Rotary Young Musician of the Year back in March.
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Ariane Burgess has asked the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Angela Constance, about the potential impact of BT’s Digital Voice roll-out.
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Glencoe and Kinlochleven have welcomed the arrival of two new Scottish Water Top up Taps as the school summer holidays get under way.
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Concerns have been raised over the pavements in Oban town centre and how there is currently not enough room for mobility scooters to travel on them.
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"I wish he’d died in England," said partner of tragic fish farm worker, branding the Fatal Accident Inquiry into his death "a sham".
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A cyclist suffering a fractured arm in a road incident near Seil and a hit and run at Lochawe feature in this week’s police news round-up.
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Police officers have reported one incident of alleged stalking in their latest news round-up.
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A motorcyclist is in critical condition after a crash on the Bealach-an-Righ in Oban.
Ardtornish Estate and Gardens, Self catering holidays Scotland
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We’ve planted around 200ha of native woodlands in the last 6 years, in 2 phases: phase 1 in 2018 and phase 2 in 2021. Phases 1 and 2 focused on planting sites that were treeless but had good potential for woodland. Phase 3 aims to enhance the condition of and expand existing mature woodland....
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We are excited to announce the upcoming installation of large woody debris (windblown tree stumps!) on the River Aline, an exciting initiative to restore and enhance our local ecosystems and improve the catchment’s climate resilience! The work is being undertaken as part of the Aline...
