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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Building back skills post COVID-19 – Dr Liz Cameron OBE 25-05-2021 Dr Liz Cameron OBE, Chief Executive of SCC highlights the skills challenges ahead and how apprenticeships form a vital part of the solution. The pandemic has brought to the forefront skills challenges that existed pre-...
The Oban Times
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Centre staff have a ready moved into their new office inside the former school building and online clubs and activities will also take up residence when Covid restrictions allow. The post Rockfield Centre takes next step in transformation journey appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Jeweller Adam McIntosh was tasked by P&O Cruises to make a bracelet featuring Iona's rare green marble in time for the the naming of its newest ship also called Iona. The post Iona’s rare marble celebrates namesake cruise ship appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Harry stopped off at Mallaig lifeboat station before catching the ferry over to Skye to get to Portree, cycling back over the bridge and into the wilds and up to Thurso. The post Cyclist takes on epic adventure in aid of the RNLI appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Volunteers will get all the equipment they need such as litter pickers, bags and hi-vis jackets from the cafe as well as being rewarded for their efforts with free tea, coffee and biscuits plus servings of the its award-winning fish and chips. The post Free fish and chips for litter pickers...
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Cameron Square will be coming alive this weekend, so do not miss it. The post Mountain Festival 2021 comes to the heart of Fort William appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The group is part of the newly named Argyll Wellbeing Hub, formerly Martyn's Monday Club, and the first session is on Wednesday June 2. The post New group gives menopause support appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Latest report from Oban police The post Police files – 27.5.21 appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The Trees for Primary Schools project is a contribution to Rotary International’s seventh area of focus – supporting the environment – and forms part of the Croft Woodlands project to plant native trees on croft land across the Western Isles. The post Schools embark on Rotary tree planting project...
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And following the exercise, the UK’s two aircraft carriers - HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales - were able to meet each other at sea for the very first time. The post Massive military exercise takes place off Scotland’s west coast appeared first on The Oban Times.
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People as young as nine to 55-years-old have been getting involved and the offer is open to all with no requirement to be a resident of Barcaldine. The post Boot camp proves a hit appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Mr Cameron was appointed to the new role in a post-election reshuffle by Mr Ross, and will lead the party’s work in opposing the distraction of a second independence referendum. The post Clan Cameron chief’s heir to lead Tory fight against any second Scottish independence referendum appeared...
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'This is a fantastic donation that will benefit so many young people,' says Argyll and Bute MP. The post Power giant’s laptop offer appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Since 2016, these two individual males John Coe and Aquarius have not been seen with any other killer whales, and no calves have been recorded in recent years and, tragically, scientists fear this unique group of killer whales may well die out in our lifetime. The post Famous Hebridean killer...
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A number of years ago I was writing a study on leadership for a dissertation. Within that there was some discussion of leadership style, particularly reflecting on the different theological emphases likely to be predominant in the different expectations. Whilst not wanting to be slavish, it was...
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Kathie catches up in Oban with endurance cyclist Harry Lidgley who is on a 7,000km mission to wheel his way round all the UK mainland lifeboat stations raising funds for the RNLI. Celebrity Robson Green's been in town making a new TV show and a new friend after meeting Ellis and we have some...
Marc Calhoun
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Sunday morning, after leaving Eilean Righ, we motor down to the Dorus Mor to set course to the northwest. Our destination: The Gulf of Corryvreakan. After rounding Carrig Mhor, the north tip of Jura, we enter the Gulf itself where, a mile in we enter a vast area of turbulent sea. There is not just...
West Coast Mountain Guides
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Dave was out today in Glen Nevis climbing some of the classic routes of Pol Dubh. The objective of the day was millage and some coaching in context with presenting situations. We climbed 7 pitches up to VS 4c, talked about different master point belays and refined some abseiling setup skills...
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Today Dave and Mike were on the Aonach Eagach with a very competent team of hill walkers. Some of the team were there for achieving the Munros, some as preparation for the Cuillin and some just for a good time. We were very fortunate with weather, despit a dusting of fresh snow on many Lochaber...
Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles
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It is still cold so plants are late in flowering and insects on the wing are few in number much of the time. However, it has still been possible to find interesting things….. A single leaf of Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens) from Gualann na Leac on Raasay had a gall and leaf spots....
