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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Owners will find out if they have won the gong for Best Country House in Scotland award at a dinner in April.
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Three Tobermory RNLI volunteers attended the charity’s bicentenary celebrations at Westminster Abbey on Monday March 4 to mark two special birthdays.
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The body of a man has been recovered during searches for a missing person in Fort William
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Margaret and Duggie MacNeill who run the Corner House bar were speechless when the race night they organised on Saturday raised £5,000 for Parkinson’s UK Scotland.
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After completing his Modern Apprenticeship Level 3 in Aquaculture at UHI Shetland while working for Scottish Sea Farms, Grounds has now embarked on Level 4.
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Save the date for this year’s event which will take place later this month.
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Due to inclement weather, work on the A82 Ballachulish to Onich has been pushed back by a day.
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Ferry operator CalMac has apologised after cancelling Campbeltown’s ferry service for the entire 2024 season.
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Kintyre Food Bank’s goal of operating more energy efficiently has helped secure funding from an airline’s sustainability fund.
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Scottish Government Deputy First Minister Shona Robison indicated potential Spring Budget funding would only be made available to councils that froze council tax. Argyll and Bute Council increased its by 10 per cent - so could miss out.
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The Oban superstore’s filling station is finally open for business again.
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Oban’s fun World Gaelic Week family ceilidh was a fantastic success, with a mix of native Gaelic speakers, those learning Gaelic through Gaelic Medium education, learners of the Gaelic language and those who were just interested in the Gaelic culture.
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A reminder of the 2010 Equalities Act follows an incident where a medical dog was barred from a hotel in Fort William.
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The Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival is going "from strength to strength" this year as it celebrates its 40th anniversary.
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AIMS Advocacy (AIMS) ceased to provide independent advocacy services on Thursday February 29, and a new provider - VoiceAbility - has taken over the contract in North Ayrshire from Friday March 1.
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The Knoydart Foundation is leading the project to refurbish a former generator shed close to the pier and The Old Forge community owned pub
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Look out for the next book about Shona the Vet’s adventures in towns and cities due to be published in spring while a book based on farms will be out in autumn.
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Sheriff Gary Aitken told offender that he could send him to prison for a long period but had been "narrowly persuaded" to place him on a programme to help him.
Lochaber Chamber of Commerce
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Conference in Portree set to shape future of the west coast economy An event in Portree on 19 March is expected to attract business leaders and policy makers from across the west coast and be a catalyst for shaping the area’s future. The West Coast Vision Conference on Economic Resilience...
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February has been another busy month for the DYW team, who have been out delivering events and activities for young people with employers across the region. The core team started the month off with a meeting of the recently reconvened Employer Forum, the Employer Forum informs the direction and...