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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New waste strategy to meet Government waste ban The post Working together to get rid of the rubbish appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Oban ladies go the distance to raise awareness. The post Quartet are in the swim for diabetes appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Ian MacPhee spoke to the Lochaber Times about his new book celebrating the history of Ballachulish Camanachd Club. The post WATCH: Author discusses Ballachulish Camanachd Club 125th anniversary book appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Duncan Sinclair left to take up a new role at Elgin High School The post Oban maths teacher heads off on new tangent appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Business Gateway offered support while navigating a way through a competitive gin marketplace. The post Advisers are just the tonic for gin women appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Campaign aims to encourage businesses to prepare themselves now for the changes that may come. The post Businesses urged to prepare for Brexit appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland consultation will run until May 20. The post Consultation on electoral arrangements for islands begins appeared first on The Oban Times.
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When he was named winner of last year's Lochaber Times Bonnie Babies competition, Kai Duncan Laverty of Caol proved a star performer in front of the camera for our photographer. The post Mum of Bonnie Babies winner 2018 says ‘go for it!’ appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Duo found safe and well not long after crew arrived on the scene. The post Oban lifeboat launches in hunt for missing divers appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The annual Oban High School Reunion Dinner Dance took place this month The post Former Oban pupils enjoy a night of reminiscing appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Fort William & District Branch, Royal British Legion Scotland presented a cheque for £200 to Sharon Wigley The post Fort Legion branch support Sharon’s speed march effort appeared first on The Oban Times.
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South Island Development would welcome more ideas from the community. The post Plans progressing for Port Ellen playing fields appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Scottish Sea Farms hosts Scotland's Biggest Parents' Evening The post Nationwide event opens pathway to aquaculture careers appeared first on The Oban Times.
Scottish Islands Explorer
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Whalsay is a prosperous and well-populated Shetland isle of 7.6 square miles. It is dependent on a ferry service, but there is talk of a fixed link in the form of a tunnel. See The Press and Journal.Scottish Islands Explorer - aware of 'two-ferry destinations'Digital Edition: fixed links are minimal
wondering wanderers
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It’s ten days since we were sitting on the ferry heading away from Rum. We had our cat, our dog, as many possessions as we could pack in and a whole load of hopes, wishes, frets and crossed fingers in the car on the car deck. Ten days later we’re back in the caravan on Rum again for...
Abacus Mountain Guides
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Ruth and I had a very nice, dry day on Buachaille Etive Mor yesterday. We climbed North Buttress with some useful firm snow and found the top section, and the top of Coire na Tullach, scoured clear of soft snow. It warmed up gently during the day and carried on doing so last night so this...
West Coast Mountain Guides
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Yesterday, Phil took Diggy and Devon up Tower Ridge, whilst I was on Castle Ridge with Linnea and Andrew. Castle Ridge was covered in deep snow, and the first crux groove was only a couple of metres rather than its usual eight. We descended the northern flanks of Carn Dearg, which was very easy...
Lochaber Chamber of Commerce
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The clock is ticking…with only 10 days to go until what is still the official ‘Brexit’ date, there continues to be massive uncertainty about what our position as a country will be in relation to the rest of Europe. How can I plan for Brexit when I don’t know what it looks like? With so much in flux...
Simon Willis
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It only happens occasionally, but sometimes I can feel a good photograph going into the camera.I felt it Sunday when I took the shot alongside of a young swimmer, slightly apprehensive perhaps, before the charity swim I'd helped to organise.We did the recce swim back in January so she knew it...
Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles
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Taxa per tetrad recorded from 2000 to 2018 are shown here: Some of those red squares really do have no plants, the only land being bare rock just above the high water line. More usefully, in terms of targets, the following tetrads have >5% land and <50 taxa recorded post-1999 : Tetrad...
