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 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...
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Corpach Marina nears completion Northern Light Consulting are delighted that the third and final phase of the Thomas Telford Corpach Marina & Slipway Fort William project has been confirmed. The Corpach Marina is set to receive a cash boost from the Highland Coastal Communities Fund (HCCF) to...
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Are you ready for the launch on 4 April? Lochaber Environmental Group is gearing up for the launch of Hi-Bike, the new electric bike share scheme being introduced in Fort William. The launch of Hi-Bike on Monday 4 April will see 60 electric bikes being made available for hire in the town, with...
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Water Skills Academy Congratulations to Roam West who have launched their Stand Up Paddle School! Roam West Adventure is a Water Skills Academy centre of excellence for SUP. They are offering beginner sessions, half and full day tours as well as overnights. The school also offers and specialises...
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Highland Experiences are offering kayak familiarisation sessions to local businesses at Loch Ness and Skye. Don’t miss this great opportunity! Loch Ness Kayak Join the get to know you session on Thursday 14 April at Loch Ness, Dochgarroch. 3 sessions available at 10:00 – 12:00, 12:...
Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles
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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...
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...
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...
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The Access Rangers will be supporting Location Action Plans (LAP’s) for key tourist ‘hotspot’ destinations including: Road to the Isles – Arisaig/Morar and Glen Brittle - Isle of Skye. The post Visitors to be ‘engaged’ by Outdoor Access Rangers appeared first on The Oban Times.
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New business opportunities available on the popular Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye route. The post Dunvegan business spaces available to lease at prime tourist location appeared first on The Oban Times.
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'Transparency and trust need to be rebuilt, on both sides,' say Islay parents, in a consultation on the council's plan to replace head teachers The post Stop and start again, Islay parents say to council’s school plan appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Saturday's line-up included 16-year-old Ryan Wilson, making his debut for the first team squad. The post Fort suffer double whammy at Keith appeared first on The Oban Times.
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BEAR Scotland, one of the Scotland’s leading road maintenance companies, will continue to manage and maintain trunk roads across the North West of Scotland after being named as the Preferred Bidder of Transport Scotland’s new Network Management Contract. This means BEAR Scotland retains...
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Health chiefs have pledged to continue their work to minimise the number of delayed discharges for patients in Argyll and Bute The post Delayed discharge pledge appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Castlebay's historic Kisimul Castle, the ancestral home of the chiefs of the Clan MacNeil, is 'falling into a dilapidated state under public custody', an Isles MSP has said, echoing the fears of Macneil of Barra The post Closed Kisimul castle crumbling in public care, MSP says appeared first on The...
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The new branding represents the first step towards better engagement, connectivity and enterprising activity. The post New visual identity gives UHI a sense of place appeared first on The Oban Times.
Hunter Mountaineering Courses and Guiding
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Central Left-Hand Beinn an Dothaidh Dorsal Arete Aonach Mor, Nevis Range The Gutter Dorsal Arete Stob Coire nan Lochan Aonach Mor Lorna climbing No.4 Gully Lorna on Ledge Route
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Friday 1st April 2016. Wedding on Ben Nevis Thank you to Lena Brune … Lena Hunter James Bamber, Matt Leggett, Hannah Evans and Matt Lander Thank you to everybody that celebrated the day with us, especially those that travelled so far to join us, from Germany, Wales and England x Matt Lander,...
Treshnish Farm
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The biggest job over the winter was the rebuilding/transformation of the old sunroom to the new Sitooterie! It has huge triple glazed windows, masses of insulation, a lovely tiled floor and a CorTen roof. We are grateful to John and Arran P for all their hard work, to Steve who did the...
