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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Project updates Two large-scale construction projects for Northern Light Consulting’s long-standing Aquaculture clients have gathered pace since their December update with one reaching construction stage at the turn of the year and the other recently submitted for Planning. The Corpach...
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Building a Better Future Together A consultation proposal document titled Building a Better Future Together was published setting out the vision for the UHI merger and the document will form the basis of discussion and comment at a series of open consultation meetings over the next few weeks. It...
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Cycle repair scheme Does your bike need some TLC, but money is tight right now? Get in touch with Off Beat Bikes about free repairs up to £50 thanks to the Scotland Cycle Repair Scheme. Bring your bike in to Off Beat Bikes between 10am and 5pm Tuesday to Saturday. Interest-free loans for an e-...
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Broadcasting careers for young people Nevis Radio has stepped up to provide young people across the Highlands with education in radio and DJ’ing to prevent them from having to leave home to kick-start a career in broadcasting. For young people growing up in the Highlands, a career as a radio...
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Successful fundraiser In October/November 2021 the West Highland Museum completed a successful crowdfunding campaign and thanks to public support raised over £28,000 towards bringing an iconic collection of portraits to Lochaber for Summer 2022. Chair of the Board of Directors, Ian Peter MacDonald...
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Advancing Manufacturing Centre broadcast The team at the Advancing Manufacturing Centre were delighted to welcome BBC Alba along to the Centre recently for a chance to talk about supporting small to medium businesses by offering manufacturing technology and expertise at zero cost. David Campbell,...
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Development strategy in place Scottish law firm Ledingham Chalmers reports increased profits and announces it will invest a six-figure sum over the next 12 months as part of its growth strategy to double revenue to £25million by 2025. For the 2020/2021 financial year, group profit (including...
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Strategic Transport Project Review 2 (STPR2) Formal Consultation Transport Scotland would like to invite you to participate in the formal 12-week Strategic Transport Project Review 2 (STPR2) consultation process. STPR2 sets out recommended transport interventions for the next 20 years and is one of...
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The Scottish Inward Investment Catalyst fund has awarded £60,000 to strengthen ties between overseas businesses and universities in Scotland The fund, launched by Interface and Scottish Government in December, supports Scotland’s ambition to be a leading destination for inward investment aligned...
Anna Raven | Artist's Notes
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Having made a decision not to edit my palette monochromatically, I am selecting the materials by tone. The hue of the material is part of the decision, made differently. I divide an assortment of oil pastels into three tins, Dark, Mid and Light tones, all marked on the lid for identification in...
Highland Titles
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It is the time of year for fresh starts and we have embraced this as we have entered 2022. While many of the animals are hibernating, we have put the time to good use and have some exciting announcements… Read on to learn more! Spring Cleaning We have been busy giving the bird boxes a much...
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Can you imagine the sort of person that would make Hannibal Lecter and Jeffrey Dahmer seem tame? Alexander Sawney Bean – Scotland’s most notorious cannibal – does exactly that. Read on to find out more about this flesh-eating fellon…… Who was Sawney Bean? Born in the late...
Hunter Mountaineering Courses and Guiding
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No. 3 Gully No.3 Gully No.3 Gully Buttress Ben Nevis Ben Nevis Approaching The North Face of Ben Nevis Approaching Broad Gully After the rope-work in Broad Gully Broad Gully Approaching The North Face of Ben Nevis Glencoe Mountain Beautiful sunset approaching. Aonach Mor Nid Ridge. Aonach Mor...
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25th Jan 2009. Winter Season Starts Here is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time: Poor conditions at the beginning of the season led Chris Walker and I to do some dry tooling down the road from Fort William. Fun, but we hope for better conditions soon.. Myself climbing at Onich slabs
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21st January 2010. Scottish Ice This is the original blog This is what I wrote at the time: Today was my first Scottish day of 2010. I joined Chris Walker and his client Kerry. The wind was strong gusting to 75mph and was building slab on NW to NE aspects. So we kept low at about 750m. We found a...
Abacus Mountain Guides
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I wasn't out climbing today, which was a shame because it turned out to be a nice day for ice climbing. Friends of mine were out climbing The Cascade and Green Gully on Ben Nevis. Both were thin but gave good fun ice climbing.After two and a half weeks of soggy, relatively warm...
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After a week of green avalanche forecasts it might not be the best timing to talk about brushing up your knowledge and skills. Then again, the climbing is a bit limited right now so perhaps it is the perfect time to put a bit of effort into understanding how we can avoid being avalanched. We...
The Oban Times
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The dolphin turned out to be a large adult male, showing very little external damage, with worn teeth indicating that it may had been an older individual. The post Scientists to investigate Loch Aline dolphin death appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Hydro scheme developer William Dickins said his understanding of the situation was that there had been an issue with a culvert that failed. The post Hydro firm boss says ‘every care taken’ over Glen Etive scheme appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Three of these deployment zones – N2, N3 and N4 – are located around the Outer Hebrides and Option Agreements have been awarded in all three Hebridean areas. The post Comhairle welcomes offshore wind announcement appeared first on The Oban Times.
