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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Two bids to create national parks in Lochaber and Loch Awe - which may include Oban - will be submitted to the Scottish Government before its deadline on February 29.
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The "beacon of community life" says she is now looking forward to caring for her animals and meeting up with her many friends and neighbours.
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If you are on Luing or Seil this Sunday, head to Cuan Ferry for 8.30pm to wave off six charity champs heading to Rome to raise funds and awareness of the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.
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State-owned ScotRail is finally set to take action after a spike of complaints by shivering customers and a "tough" investigation by a watchdog.
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Locals from Kinlochleven are ready to take the next step towards turning their dreams for the village into a reality.
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Appliance of science as pupils unlock new career opportunties (Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - 06:19)More than 140 budding engineers and scientists from Mid Argyll and Kintyre took part in the first MAK STEM Fest careers event.
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Lengthy waits have been reported at Boots the Chemist pharmacy counter in George Street after the company shut its busy Soroba Road branch.
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With Argyll and Bute facing a £40 million gap in its budgets for services and crucial infrastructure such as roads, bridges and buildings, the funding available from the Scottish Government (SG), based on freezing council tax, would have meant cuts to the services people use every day, says the...
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A provisional premises licence has been granted for a café and farm shop on Mull, despite the objection of a nearby hotelier.
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Competitors wishing to take part in this year’s event, taking place from 11-19 October in Oban, have until midnight on May 31 to submit their entries.
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The sizeable increase has been confirmed for Argyll and Bute households after the council’s ruling group’s budget motion prevailed by two votes.
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A wide-ranging plan to strengthen rural and outlying communities facing a forecast exodus of people has been published by the Scottish Government.
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Lochaber Rural Education Trust have been busy raising funds for the charity.
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Dramatic scenes as crew race to save four people before vessel goes down.
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The area will play host to significant elements of Exercise Steadfast Defender which will continue until the end of March - with almost every allied nation taking part.
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A fault in the new pay lock system was taking people’s money, while not granting access to the “conveniences”.
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A drugs swoop, an appeal for information after an suspected assault and an attempted housebreaking feature in this week’s police round-up.
Treshnish Farm
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What I am noticing more and more is how right it is that we read the landscape through the eyes of the people who lived here before us. When I started the Fangan project, I was looking at it from my viewpoint today. But while they mean something to me - now - they represent something far...
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Suddenly we are at the end of February. Ben More with a dusting of late February snow. The Lagganulva cows were on the move on Sunday. They like to lick the road salt (the road had just been gritted). It's not just the Herdwicks who get a bit of feeding in the mornings,...
Marc Calhoun
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The Islands Book Trust will be hosting two events for the launch my new book Thirty Years of Adventures in Search of the Past: The Outer Hebrides. The first will be at the Harris Hotel on May 14th (5 pm). The second event will be at the Uig Community Centre on May 21 (5:30 pm). Please stop by if...