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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Overnight road closures on the A83 east of Strone Point and Aray Bridge
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The chairman of the Parkinson’s UK board of trustees has completed a three-day, three nation fundraising challenge by kayaking the length of Loch Awe.
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Two members of the Oban lifeboat crew have joined colleagues from across the UK and Ireland at a royal garden party to honour the RNLI.
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The students got a taste of museum curation and medical history
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Campbeltown will join communities across the UK and France in marking the upcoming 80th anniversary of D-Day.
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Argyll and Bute councillors have objected to a wind farm near Inveraray, unless landscaping mitigation is put in place.
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Argyll Rally at the end of June will see cars travelling around the Cowal peninsula
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People in and around Oban can put their questions to the country’s decision-makers and public figures
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Police are appealing for information to help trace Mary Molloy, 68, who is missing on the Isle of Rum
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MSP hails life-changing impact of free bus travel for young people in Argyll & Bute.
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Islanders in this year’s cross party group for islands are calling for less surveys and more self governing.
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Helen Tait has made a huge impact on the local communities through her Bookbug work.
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Learning about the human body and how to keep it healthy was a hit at Kilninver Primary School when a science roadshow stopped off during a Scotland-wide tour
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The group from Orust Rotary Club arrived at the Thomas Telford Marina in Corpach in their forty-foot sailing boat “Spirit of the Deep” on May 21.
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The work is expected to take up to five weeks, starting from Monday June 3.
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Beautiful footage of the new chick hatching courtesy of Woodland Trust.
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Tens of thousands of visitors come to Cruachan each year to see this engineering marvel which is hidden inside a mountain.
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Demand is so big for free breaks at Anam Cara Fasgadh’s respite caravan that a new fundraisers has been launched for a second one to help more bereaved families.
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A full and detailed investigation has been undertaken and a list of potential Common Good property in Fort William has been developed.
Marc Calhoun
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I've just returned from two weeks in the Western Isles to attend the book-launch events for Thirty Years of Adventures in Search of the Past: The Outer Hebrides. We had a good turnout at the Harris Hotel on May 14 and the Uig Community Centre on May 21 - some photos below. I also managed to do...