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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Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL), the company that operates Campbeltown Airport, has won an award for its use of an artificial intelligence (AI) video generation software.
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Funding for the the interpretation boards on a trail to the original Dalmally at Barr a Chaistelain came from Dalmally Community Company, Green Power and National Lottery.
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A motorcylist has been charged with dangerous driving after allegedly causing a road accident on the A85 near Arinabea Cottage.
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A crackdown by the Highland and Islands Road Policing Team saw a number of people charged with speeding, careless driving, use of a mobile phone and other traffic offences.
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A fraud involving alleged bogus workmen is among the incidents being investigated this week by police.
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Lochgilphead’s Christmas Lights Committee have been pounding the streets asking local businesses for help to boost the town’s Christmas lights display.
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Renamed the Innes MacCol, after the last descendant of the area’s clan, the former Scottish Sea Farms’ workboat boat has been donated to the community-led MaCCOLL conservation group.
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Fifty dogs under the control of some of Scotland’s top handlers were put to the test at the annual Skipness and District Sheepdog Trial.
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Two witnesses who respectively failed to turn up to Campbeltown Sheriff Court to give evidence in scheduled trials found themselves in the dock at the court’s September sitting.
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The popular CalMac apprenticeship programme is back and and amongst the new cohort of sea-farers are apprentices from Oban, Barra, and Islay.
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There were games galore for people young and old at the annual Clachan Smallholders Gathering.
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Oban u3a’s open morning on September 10 at the Corran Halls was a great opportunity to welcome new members, under u3a’s maxim ’Learn, Laugh, Live’.
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A man on his way to a family funeral in Campbeltown was stopped by police for driving at speed and too closely to a woman out walking her dog.
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A man who travelled to Campbeltown to attend a festival found himself appearing in the dock at the town’s sheriff court.
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Plockton correspondent Charlie M MacRae reports on the latest news from the village and its surrounding area.
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Priorities and plans have been set up to keep Argyll and Bute open for business over the coming winter.
Ardtornish Estate and Gardens, Self catering holidays Scotland
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In my earlier blogs, I mentioned that I would try to explain how my wife Lynne and I go about photographing particular wildlife species when we are on holiday. This article looks at our techniques for capturing the Pine Marten, one of the key species that keeps drawing us back to Ardtornish year...
Lochaber Chamber of Commerce
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Lochaber Chamber of Commerce calls for the Scottish and UK Governments and Transport Scotland to take urgent action on traffic congestion in Fort William that has been strangling businesses and the community for years. Traffic congestion in and around Fort William is at crisis point. With no...
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Interface has welcomed new members to its Strategic Board, from business and academic backgrounds, with a focus on supporting business-academic collaborations. Professor Wayne Powell, Principal and Chief Executive of Scotland’s Rural College, will succeed Professor Andrea Nolan, Principal and Vice-...
Marc Calhoun
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During my visit to Lewis and Harris in May I set out one Sunday to revisit the stellar beehive cell of Sron Smearasmal. Eleven years had passed since I was last there, and I was curious to see if it was still intact. Another site I wanted to visit was the North Harris Eagle Observatory.The walk...
