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 Chamber hosted its second Business Breakfast this week, at Highland Soap Company Visitor Centre & Larder Café, with excellent service, tasty breakfast rolls and a hot brew to round things off. It’s great to see local businesses looking for ways to collaborate, innovate and remain as...
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Muthu Fort William Hotel have a range of vacancies available this season. Roles: Receptionist housekeeper Kitchen porter kitchen assistance To apply, email mfw.manager@muthuhotelsmgm.com or call 07880523725. The post Muthu Fort William Hotel is hiring! appeared first on Lochaber Chamber of...
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The new financial year is underway at Lochaber Chamber of Commerce and with it brings the opportunity to push ahead, realise goals and objectives, track performance and motivate all levels of the organisation to build on the momentum of the previous year. With this new start comes the...
Glenloy Wildlife
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Here in the West Highlands the weather has been capricious as ever during March and early April. In our Winter Wildlife break it was hot and sunny, reaching a heady 18oC. Conversely another week later it was freezing and as I write today (8th April) it snowed overnight and sleeted during the...
Hunter Mountaineering Courses and Guiding
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6th April 2012. Castell Helen with Lena This is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time: On the 6th April, the weather again suggested that Gogarth was a good place to be for climbing – so Lena started with Lighthouse Arete (VS 4c). The wind did pick up, and it turned out to be a cold...
Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles
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Seth has been busy, finding a host of garden throw-outs and planted specimens in Kyleakin including the following that are new to the vice-county: Brassica oleracea cultivated variant, Hyacinthus orientalis (Hyacinth) and Levisticum officinale (Lovage). Cabbage or similar Lovage He has...
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Recent attractions have been some large fish (by rockpool standards) including a covey of 5-bearded Rockling and a very fine Shanny/Common Blenny. On a much smaller scale, Warren Maguire has determined some Sea-lice I sent him as the Speckled Sea-louse (Eurydice pulchra) There are three species...
The Oban Times
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Liam Sumpter, Network Rail route director for Scotland, said the investment programme is vital for the future of Scotland’s railway. The post £7m improvement project completed on West Highland Line appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Home-Start Lorn needs you - volunteers are all ages, male and female, with many different backgrounds and experiences - you don't need to be a parent to help make a difference to families needing support The post Family support charity needs 20 extra volunteers appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Link Housing Association said it had raised the the complaint about dust being created with the contractor and instructed the Clerk of Works to review site conditions. The post Developer orders review of Upper Achintore site conditions after dust complaints appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Four fire engines were sent to the scene at 6.18pm on Saturday April 2 The post Grass fire blazes near Nant Drive appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Findings from the commission also revealed there was 'universal support' for a similar probe into how 'negative, mis-informed and ill-judged' comments on social media are causing reputational damage to Oban High School and are having a detrimental impact on some staff's welfare. The post OHS...
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Seven well-known personalities with differing faiths and beliefs, put on their backpacks and waterproofs and travel more than 1,600km on foot, by road and sea, to learn about a key figure in early British Christianity, St Columba: an Irish monk born 1500 years ago who helped spread the faith from...
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The replica of the original bronze Kilbride Belll was safely secured in place by Treeworks Oban who donated their time and skills for free The post Kilbride bell back at Lerags appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Eco-pupils from Oban High School are planting ideas with bees and insects in mind. Senior and junior pupils have been learning about positioning, planting and protecting trees as part of the school’s eco-group work. A mix of fruit trees came free from the Tree Council’s Orchards for...
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Royal British Legion Scotland’s Easdale branch welcomed Depute Lieutenant Jamie Mellor and Mrs Morag Mellor to a special lunch to celebrate 100 years since its inauguration. Members and guests enjoyed the meal at the Tigh an Truish Inn, heard of the long history of the Easdale branch from...
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Schools throughout Argyll and Bute are encouraged to contact the education team if they would like a visit on education@kilmartin.org The post Kilmartin Museum gets out and about appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Applications for the next round of the Sustainable Communities Fund will open in summer 2022. The post Island projects receive a boost through community fund appeared first on The Oban Times.
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New light will be shed on the key role of Scottish regiments on Saturday (April 9), in the one of the 20th century’s least known but most successful military campaigns, in a talk at Stirling Castle. The lecture, entitled Logistics, Manoeuvre, Success: Allenby’s Palestine Campaign, is the last in a...
Nevis Range Blog
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With great regret we must now officially close the ski season. The conditions have finally beaten us. The only thing we would be able to offer is a tower four get-on on the Goose and we don’t have enough snow to properly build that. We have some great memories from this winter including our busiest...
