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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From eco-engineering to ballet enchantment, explore cinematic adventures this April at the Highland Cinema! It’ll Never Work. Saturday 13th April, 3:15pm + Sunday 14th April, 3pm + Thursday 18 April, 12pm A documentary following the build and challenges of the first and only fishing boat...
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DYW West Highland Thrives Despite Enrollment Dip The Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) programme is bucking the trend of declining school enrollment in the area. Despite a 3% drop, DYW has seen a 41% increase in student engagement, reaching over 6,400 young people this year. Employer...
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Alvance British Aluminium’s Apprenticeship Success In celebration of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, Alvance British Aluminium and JAHAMA Highland Estates hosted ‘Your Future Career in Lochaber’, joining forces with neighbouring industrial giants, MOWI Scotland, BSW Timber, and Ferguson...
The Oban Times
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Scottish Government’s dentistry minister and Argyll MSP Jenni Minto has written to the region’s health bosses to find out what is being done to resume the suspended services in Oban and Tobermory.
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Arran author Diana Dunn and local illustrator Jill Hargan will release their children’s book, Hullabaloo on Arran, this weekend.
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Our Oban action group’s first public consultation, teaming up with the town’s Spring Clean weekend, asked people to have their say on five topics; natural spaces, community gardening, flooding, moving around and public transport.
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In a shock announcement, the ferry operator has revelaed its chief executive officer has resigned with immediate effect.
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Following the success of last year’s initiative to protect an area of beach for ground nesting birds in front of Drimla Lodge in Kildonan, Nature Scot and North Ayrshire Council have approved the scheme again for this year.
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The west coast of Scotland is an important centre for the commercial diving sector worth tens of millions of pounds to the area’s economy, but that will be jeopardised if there is not a decompression chamber within a legally required time and distance from any incident, warns Argyll MP Brendan O’...
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Argyll and Bute Council will have to spend a huge sum to implement the reversal of its 10 per cent hike in council tax, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
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UHI North, West and Hebrides is working with trade unions and staff to reduce costs by a further £1.4 million through vacancy management, a voluntary severance scheme and non-staff savings.
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A group of youngsters who started out at Kilchoan Primary School have been scoping out career opportunities. Local businessman and farmer Donald Houston took them on a tour of some modern sustainable businesses. Here is the story in their own words.
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Big demand for four days of classes from shinty to bagpipes has made this Oban’s biggest Easter Fèis yet, spanning three decades.
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A group of women hold monthly vigils in Brodick to show their opposition to all forms of violence.
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Arran Trust has launched its Make Arran a Million campaign which is aimed at fundraising to help support community and business projects that keep Arran’s natural assets beautiful.
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Arrochar primary received a glowing report from HM Inspectors of education
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The new requirements will help with disease control in face of ongoing Avian Influenza threat.
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The children of Rhunahaorine Primary School and Early Learning Centre brought the story of Jesus’ resurrection to life as they celebrated Easter at their end-of-term service
Marc Calhoun
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I am pleased to announce that the Islands Book Trust is now offering an Advance Order option for my new book - Thirty Years of Adventures in Search of the Past: The Outer Hebrides. Advance orders will be filled after the book launch in May.https://islandsbooktrust.org/products/thirty-years-of-...
Treshnish Farm
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From the office windowGolden hour round the farmhouseThe trough and the daffodils Down in the woodland gardenA gateway in the stone dyke First sightingsMarsh marigoldLarch floweringArums have been flowering since FebruaryFirst Coltsfoot, bedraggledThese 4 ewe hoggs have gone to live on a...