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.
West Ardnamurchan Community Council
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WEST ARDNAMURCHAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL A MEETING WILL BE HELD AT KILCHOAN LEARNING CENTRE ON MONDAY 11TH MARCH AT 7PMAGENDA1. Welcome & Apologies ...
Craigard Croft
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Twenty years ago we were staying in a Canadian Alpine Club hut in the Rocky Mountains, the occupants were international but all European. The log hut was situated in a alpine meadow, there were vast supplies of firewood for the stove, rocking chairs and rough hewn tables, it was perfect. Then came...
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These blog posts flit between North Northumberland and Kilchoan. Today it's a possible pine marten sighting in the West Wood between Harbottle and Sharperton. Elliot the Red Squirrel Group trapper and ecologist has a blurred image on one of his camera traps, it might just be a pine marten.Two...
Dave MacLeod
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The second in our 6-part series about interesting folk in the Nevis Area is out. This time about Dave Cuthbertson. I spent most of my youth trying to repeat Cubby’s desperate rock climbs all over Scotland. In recent years, I’ve been in front of Cubby’s lens while he takes his amazing climbing shots...
Scottish Islands Explorer
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Take away the cones and, perhaps, flights may be off from Ashaig Airstrip on Skye to London. Read the item in The Press and Journal and try to calculate when an airstrip becomes an aerodrome and then emerges as an airport.Scottish Islands Explorer - copies to be flown in to keen readersDigital...
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Consider two film compilations featuring life on St Kilda. One was shot in 1908 and the other in 1928. Two years after the images of the latter had been acquired, the island was evacuated.Scottish Islands Explorer - frequently takes in this archipelagoDigital Edition: archive access accelerated
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Take scenic views of the Highlands & Islands through YouTube and consider the possibilities, presented on the BBC Website, of medical supplies being delivered by these devices to remote regions.Scottish Islands Explorer - deliveries by this method may comeDigital Edition: in a way the digital...
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There are similarities between these top two photographs - above of Luskentyre, Harris, and below of Bournemouth, Dorset. The Press and Journal has details of how they rated in a recent survey. However, it could be useful to contrast ….... the numbers of visitors each received. There's no prize for...
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South Ness House is impressive. It is close to the facilities of Lerwick and has uninterrupted views over the Sound of Bressay. Click on its name to see its many features and gallery of images - for it is on the market for offers over £525k. Press here to visit the blog giving details of the...
West Coast Mountain Guides
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Linton and I enjoyed a quiet day on the West Face of Aonach Mor today, where we climbed Western Rib. We started up the flying buttress on the left and gained the main rib after 4 pitches. Conditions on the route were mixed. Some useful patches of frozen ground but there's a glazing of ice...
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Winter has returned to the Highlands, sort of. We had fresh snow yesterday and today, but the freezing levels have still remained quite high, so Michael and I headed up to one of the highest crags in Glencoe; Church Door Buttress on Bidean nam Bian. We didn't encounter the fresh snow until...
Lochaber Chamber of Commerce
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Scottish Chambers of Commerce have announced their latest Quarterly Economics Indicator (QEI) survey. You can join hundreds of businesses each quarter that take part in anonymously sharing their experience of trading in Scotland and add to what is one of Scotland’s most influential business surveys...
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Hot off the heels of the re-launch of the new Kingshouse Hotel in Glencoe, Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels have announced the completion of the refurbishment programme at Isles of Glencoe Hotel in Ballachulish. Perched on its own little cove on Loch Leven, the hotel is all about location, location,...
Highland Titles
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Around 50 million people around the globe claim to have Scottish ancestry, and no matter where they are, they will proudly admit to their Scottish roots and ties. This extreme sense of identity could very likely be connected to the clan concept. As described in Scottish Clans and Families, the word...
Abacus Mountain Guides
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The snow made a very welcome return last night. Over the weekend it cooled down a bit and we got some fresh snow on the tops, but a lot of rain as well! Last night it snowed dopwn to 600m and there was quite a lot of it too. Will, Jonathan and I walked up the Allt a'Mhuilinn through a few...
Nevis Range Blog
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Nevis Range team up with Endura Over the past decade the growth in mountain biking internationally has been huge and it’s no surprise that this has been matched in Scotland! The sport has come a long way since the very first Mountain Bike World Cup graced the Nevis Range in the Scottish Highlands...
Hunter Mountaineering Courses and Guiding
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Martin on Tower Ridge – at the top Myself, Mat and Huw on Crowberry Tower 2 climbers on Curved Ridge continuation Martin on Observatory Ridge Mat and Huw on Castle Ridge John climbing on Ben Nevis Tina on The Gutter Above Moonlight Gully, Ben Nevis Salamander Curved Ridge
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This last week (Monday 25th Feb to Friday 1st March) I was working for Jagged Globe on their Snow and Ice Climbing Course. Simon was working alongside me. We had Martin, Mat and Huw as keen climbers for the week. We were unable to offer our standard winter fayre of climbs but we did have a classic...
wondering wanderers
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I’ve lived here (and by here I am meaning Rum, but actually the same applies for ‘on the planet’) long enough to know that March far from signifies the end of all that winter can bring in terms of weather and temperature challenges but nonetheless March 1st does mark the start of...
Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles
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Quite a long gap really, since I last wrote on this site. However, a review of plant recording in VC104 for July-December 2018 is on my BSBI page. With Jim McIntosh I have recently completed a country round-up for Scotland for the next BSBI News due out in April. I have started on plans for this...
