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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A total of £650 was raised from snack bar sales which will be topped up to £1000 by organisers and donated to the proposed first ever disability shinty festival to be held in Lochaber. The post All conquering Caol take Fraser’s tournament appeared first on The Oban Times.
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June Anfield, 'a good, hard working, loving, and much-loved, woman' who sadly passed away in May, has been remembered by her fellow Oban community councillors with a donation to Oban hospital The post Oban council honours loving mum with hospice donation appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Baffour, who also does one to one analysis with various professional footballers, holds a UEFA C licence and PFSA levels one to three in analysis. The post Ex-Crawley Town coach confirmed as new Fort manager appeared first on The Oban Times.
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All the latest from the Football in Fort William Indoor League. The post Rugby outfit dominate in round ball clash appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Oban's Isobel Hirst celebrated her 102nd birthday on Tuesday June 7, with a wee dance in her garden The post Happy 102nd birthday Isobel appeared first on The Oban Times.
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An exciting new poetry competition has just been announced by A Write Highland Hoolie – the Mallaig Book Festival The post Calling all poets for A Write Highland Hoolie appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Speaking after the decision, the Highland Liberal Democrats said this was an 'indefensible' inflation of Inverness salaries. The post Council pay package ‘indefensible’, say Lib Dems appeared first on The Oban Times.
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A busy month at Dalmally Golf Club, both on the golf and social front. Last Friday saw the welcome return of the club’s quiz night, this year with a twist, quiz and curry. Fifteen teams battled it out, brains and memory taxed by quizmaster Martin O’Keeffe and scorer Catriona O’Keeffe. Lochawe’s Mr...
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Winners of the Tavern Restaurant nominated pairs round robin competition at Fort William Bowling Club’s green at Inverlochy were, Wilson Thain, second right, and his wife Agnes with runners-up Alan MacDonald and Robert Hunter, left. Photograph: Doreen Robertson. NO F24 RBC Taven Restaurant 4-...
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Comunn na Gàidhlig are now preparing for the very first Cuach na Cloinne for high schools, which is set to take place at the end of the month. The post Skye school wins Cuach na Cloinne 2022 appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Competition got under way with the first heat of sprints followed by skipping, a sack race and then the relay heats. The post Glorious weather for Lochaber primary schools sport event appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Governance arrangements for the new local authority, including senior councillor structure and associated remuneration, were agreed last Thursday at The Highland Council meeting. The post Lochaber councillors take on senior local authority roles appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The primary purpose of creating the competition was to encourage more top-class pipers to compete at the Skye Gathering. The post Prestigious Silver Chanter piping competition returns to Skye appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Ben Nevis and Ardnamurchan are two of the possible areas being touted for national park status by new Highland Council leader, Raymond Bremner. Speaking last week, Councillor Bremner (SNP) said he would welcome an opportunity for a new national park in Highland after the Scottish Government’s...
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A plan to build a cafe on a field in Connel, dividing the village into for and against, was debated at a tense meeting in Connel Village Hall The post Divided Connel debates cafe plan appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Projects aim to bring salmon population back from crisis point. The post Funding to support salmon recovery appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Councillors have hit out at the removal of the opportunity for them to ask questions of officials at their area committee – with one branding it 'an attempt to undermine democracy' The post Losing councillors’ question time ‘undermines democracy’ appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Oban war historian Neil Owen commemorates 40 years since Oban lost one of its sons in the Falklands War. Marine Gordon MacPherson is the last name listed on the seafront’s war memorial. On June 12, four decades ago, Marine MacPherson – a rifleman within a section of Zulu Company of 45...
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The society said it was delighted to announce the new date for the recital – originally planned for 2020 and postponed twice due to Covid The post Piping society’s delight as ease of restrictions finally allow recital appeared first on The Oban Times.
West Coast Mountain Guides
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Dave: Ken, Myself and friends have just been way for a week climbing at Fairhead in Northern Ireland. I would like to give a massive thanks to Sean McBride for allowing camping and access to his land, and for making our stay so fantastic, we enjoyed the many interactions and chats all sharing...
