Wild Lochaber Blogs
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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.
Sunart Community Company
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Annual General Meeting Tuesday October 23rd, at 7.00pm in the Village Hall is the time and date for our Annual General Meeting. This is a time to review all the assets and activities which the Company has looked after over the last year. It is a good event for newcomers and others not yet familiar...
Ardtornish Estate and Gardens, Self catering holidays Scotland
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Scotland has a rich and varied Halloween tradition. Over the years, traditional pagan rituals have largely been forgotten or adapted by the Christian church, into what we are familiar with today. But as this most mysterious of days approaches, there is no better time to have a closer...
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A good old classic loved by everyone. Ingredients 500g Ardtornish beef mince 1 diced Ardtornish onion 2 peeled and chopped carrots 1/2 tablespoon of flour 1 cup of beef stock 4 potatoes 100g milk 50g unsalted butter Salt and pepper 1 teaspoon of...
Simon Willis
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On the 8th July 2018 Colleen Blair swam into history. You can watch it sixteen minutes into this episode of The Adventure Show on the BBC iPlayer.Others had tried and failed to swim The Minch, from the Isle of Lewis to the Scottish mainland. The 'Little Minch' between Harris and Skye had been swam...
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Visitors on Sanna BeachSome of this year's challenges I've had to go looking for. Others have just found me. September has been one of those months. It started great with a campervan trip to Benbecula, North Uist and South Uist. I spent two days as part of the team filming The Heb...
Treshnish Farm
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September slipped by in a haze of storms punctuated with sunshine, weeks split into pieces with new and familiar guests arriving and leaving. And suddenly it is the end of the month. Here are a few photographs from the month. A few calm days, great for drone practise!The Rowans are...
Minch Adventures
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Fishing at loch Scavaig with time a shore on Coruisk at the foot of the Cullin mountain range on the Isle of Skye is a new trip we have on offer. Great opportunities to catch larger fish when tides are suitable, when the weather is in our favour this is an excellent trip and not to be missed. Skye...
Volunteer on Eigg
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The Isle of Eigg Tree Nursery project so far….
Craigard Croft
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Press & Journal 22nd August 2018While I was away in France a photograph taken by a holiday maker appeared in the Press & Journal of a pine marten and a "wildcat" together. The pine marten appears to be retreating and we ( my neighbours and I) are pretty sure that the photograph was...
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I found a dead, male barn owl this morning, under the beam in the barn where they normally perch and roost. It was so light weight almost as it were only feathers. When I weighed it on my kitchen scales it was a mere 216g a healthy adult male should weigh 360g.All white breast without any spots of...
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House sparrows There has been a steady decline in the population of UK house sparrows during the last 100 years, probably since the motorcar replaced horses on our streets. Changes in farming practice have had an effect too, particularly the lack of winter stubble after a swing to autumn sown...
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Fifty years ago I read a short account of a two person expedition into a remote and then inaccessible region of the Pyrenees, " the Enchanted Mountains" by Robin Fedden", then " The Pyrenees" by Hillaire Belloc and " Backpacking and Camping in the Pyrenees" my imagination was captured.When I...
Otter Adventures
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As the summer season tails off, it is time to rest the arms and exercise the leg. Time to head back into the mountains and explore ready for next year. This is when I hope to be offering more guided family mountain walking adventures. Stunning location for a family mountain walking experience For...
Marc Calhoun
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While researching the locations of beehive cells on Lewis I came across a reference to a linear layout of three cells on the north side of Eilean Chaluim Chille. I had been to the island, which lies near the mouth of Loch Eireasort (eastern Lewis), a couple of times. Those visits had been made to...
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Ten months and counting. That's when I hope to return to Rona on Hjalmar Bjorge. I was fortunate, back in 2011, to have visited the island on Hjalmar Bjorge for two consecutive days of perfect weather (see Chapter 29 of Book 2).There is only one spot left on our 2019 cruise to Rona (for a male...
Highland Titles
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From fairytale castles and fascinating stately homes to eerie ruins and haunted rooms, Scotland is fortunate to boast well over 2000 historic castles. As it would take anyone a considerable time to visit them all, we have compiled a list of our must-see castles in Scotland. Once you’ve...
Alan Kimber Mountaineering
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Getting home from Durness might be the trickiest part of this wonderful trip. Try these links before you travel. Fortunately, I imposed on a good friend to take my bicycle back to Fort William, whilst I took the Durness Bus to Lairg, followed by the train to Inverness and a Citylink coach to Fort...
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A welcome rest day at the hostel on day 10, waiting for two friends to come along with me on the final couple of short days to Cape Wrath. A night in Kearvaig bothy had always been in my plan and I was fortunate to stay in this idyllic, sandy bay, surrounded by vertical sea cliffs in good...
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A short sunny day, only blighted by a strong headwind going south around Loch Eriboll on the A838, after climbing over the ridge to the west of Loch Hope. The gravel track over to Eriboll enjoys some great scenery and views toward the Pentland Firth. From the previous day this link might be...
The Rum Ranger Diaries
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Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum - some of the many sculptures are being photographed as part of the Art UK Sculpture Project. The project hopes to find out a little more about them at the same time. https://www.artuk.org/about/projects For more information about the castle visit the...
