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.
Highland Titles
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How To Create a Permaculture Pond We know from our experience of creating a 3-acre lochan on the Highland Titles Nature Reserve that one of the very best things you can do to attract a range of beneficial local wildlife to your garden is to create a permaculture pond. A permaculture pond is simply...
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A Guide to ‘No Dig’ Gardening One of the most important things to understand when designing and preparing a permaculture garden is the role that the soil has to play in the growing of our food. The soil ecosystem is vitally important, and in ‘no dig’ gardening, you have to...
The Oban Times
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Traffic problems at one of Skye’s most famous tourist spots could soon be a thing of the past as Highland Council announce more parking space are to be built. Work is about to start to create an extra layby parking area for 20 cars on the A855 at the popular Old Man of Storr site after...
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The Rotary Club of Lochaber hosted a new style ‘Young Artist’ challenge for local high school pupils interested in an art-related career. The event took the form of a mini master class in portrait painting led by Alastair Smyth, retired Principal of Art at Lochaber High School. The...
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A wildfire on Rum last April has been assessed as having a low to medium impact, according to a report published by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) this week. The fire, which began at about 1pm on April 4, raised concerns about the impact it would have on the habitat and animals in the area. A...
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Youngsters from Banavie Primary School visited the Co-op store in nearby Corpach last week to learn about Fairtrade Fortnight, as well as have some pancake-flipping fun for Shrove Tuesday. All photographs: Abrightside Photography. PreviousNext var pw_check = document.createElement( 'script...
Scottish Islands Explorer
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Panter & Hall, Pall Mall, London, will have a new exhibition opening next week - Painting the Light - featuring the work of Charles Simpson. Click here to view and to see how he has captured many island scenes, including Iona Light (above) and Distant Ferry (below).Scottish Islands Explorer -...
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Although it's only March, perhaps the time of the year has come to consider camping in the spring, summer and autumn months? Campsites in Scotland gives insights and ideas. Eviedale in Orkney is above and Skye Camping below.Scottish Islands Explorer - likes tents, pods and caravans for authentic...
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As 2019 has progressed, residents of North Hoy and Graemsay, Orkney, have been enjoying the benefits of the treatment, enhanced by new technologies, of their water supplies. Read about this vital issue in The Press and Journal.Scottish Islands Explorer - its supplies come from various...
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Take away the cones and, perhaps, flights may be off from Ashaig Airstrip on Skye to London. Read the item in The Press and Journal and try to calculate when an airstrip becomes an aerodrome and then emerges as an airport.Scottish Islands Explorer - copies to be flown in to keen readersDigital...
Marc Calhoun
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When first he rounded Pabay MorAnd met the mountain waves aloneThere was fear till there was fear no moreWild Atlantic sonThis is the first verse of Pabay Mor; a beautiful song that eloquently invokes the ever-present challenge of the sea in the lives of the Hebrideans. I have been to this...
Abacus Mountain Guides
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Bob and I went back up to Coire na Ciste again today after a frost in the glen. Clouds had already built up though and it snowed on the walk in, down to around 500m or so. We went to climb Pinnacle Arete on South Trident Buttress, a really good fun route. It starts at the right end of the...
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The wind turned round to the North and we were forecast a very cold day today so Bob and I headed up to Ben Nevis. It turned out not to be so cold on the walk in and we scratched our heads a bit about what to climb. Rain last night made the ground very wet and fresh snow on top was all a bit...
Hunter Mountaineering Courses and Guiding
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Early Winter Season of 1999. Hell’s Lum Crag with Matt Back in 1999 I made a quick visit to Hell’s Lum crag with Matt Leggett. We did a couple of routes in great icy conditions, including Hell’s Lum, which was in great early season Grade IV condition. This was back when I was...
West Coast Mountain Guides
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Today was day 3 of Linton and Chris' Introduction to Winter Climbing course and we headed to Glencoe to tackle Dorsal Arete. Linton led the first three pitches before I took over to lead the guys over the fin and to the top. Conditions were better than expected, with plenty of useful snow...
Lochaber Chamber of Commerce
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This week is Scottish Apprenticeship Week when we celebrate the achievements of individual apprentices and all those who contribute to their success. Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) West Highland is a Scottish government-funded programme hosted by Lochaber Chamber of Commerce that works to...
wondering wanderers
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I had thought I would wait until we are actually settled, but there is every chance we will be internet-less for a few weeks so better to blog now. Last Thursday evening I spotted a house to rent on the local-ish facebook buy/ sell / swap group so I got in touch with the landlord and after a bit...
West Ardnamurchan Community Council
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WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL A MEETING WILL BE HELD AT KILCHOAN LEARNING CENTRE ON MONDAY 11TH MARCH AT 7PMAGENDA1. Welcome & Apologies ...
Craigard Croft
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Twenty years ago we were staying in a Canadian Alpine Club hut in the Rocky Mountains, the occupants were international but all European. The log hut was situated in a alpine meadow, there were vast supplies of firewood for the stove, rocking chairs and rough hewn tables, it was perfect. Then came...
Dave MacLeod
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The second in our 6-part series about interesting folk in the Nevis Area is out. This time about Dave Cuthbertson. I spent most of my youth trying to repeat Cubby’s desperate rock climbs all over Scotland. In recent years, I’ve been in front of Cubby’s lens while he takes his amazing climbing shots...
