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.
Going Wild on Mull and Iona
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A personal note to start off this blog, and that is at this time of year I am really missing being out on the sea, with many days of calm weather and good sightings to report I hope it's not long until I'm out there myself.The weather although not perfect has been much better than May and the...
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It’s been almost a month since my last update and what a month it’s been. Usually this phrase suggests a positive experience but unfortunately not in this case. May usually one of the best months for weather off the West coast has been plagued by high winds and often very wet weather.This has...
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May started off on an exciting foot as we had the first sighting of Orca this year plus numerous Basking Sharks and Common Dolphins all within 2 days. Since then Basking Sharks and Minke Whales have been seen regularly and we’re hoping this will set the precedent for the coming months. The recent...
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Well it’s been a couple of weeks since I last wrote anything and what a fabulous time it’s been. The island has been getting increasingly busier, which mean there are a greater number of people out looking for our returning wildlife. The fantastic weather has also surprised and delighted both...
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Yesterday saw the warmest and sunniest day of the year so far for Mull and I was lucky enough to have a day off. Deciding to forgo the usual mundane day-off tasks, we decided to get out and enjoy the sunshine. Having heard about the Pied-Billed Grebe seen in Salen Bay and not yet having had a...
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team
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We intend to use this section of the site to post news about the team and mountain rescue. We also plan to blow the dust off some of the old gems from the LMRT vaults. Watch this space! The post Welcome to our new blog appeared first on Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team.
Glencoe Independent Hostel
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One of the great things about being self employed is that when things go a little quiet you can take off and we recently managed to squeeze in a trip to Davina's cousins in Orkney. A quick 4 hours from Glencoe and we were at Gills Bay ferry terminal, and an extremely windy hour after that we...
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I've been out on the bike a lot recently and it's suddenly hit home that this has got be one of the best areas for riding there is. There's Laggan Wolftrax and Nevis Range within striking distance plus the fantastic trails up at Glencoe Mountain Resort. Add in the Devils Staircase,...
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The title of my last blog (is it really 2 months ago?!) was prophetic - there definitely has been too much to do.Not having family ourselves yet we haven't sampled much of the family activies on offer in the area but we had a ball with our 3 young nieces on a week long visit in early August. The...
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Sometimes there's just too much to do in the area. Bored with world class climbing, scrambling, walking and kayaking in the summer, or with skiing and snowboarding in the winter? Can't be bothered taking it easy and soaking in the views and atmosphere or indluging in some photography? A pint of...
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This is a blatant plug! Thinking of coming to Glencoe and don't want to stay in any of our fantastic accommodation? A new website has just launched allowing you to search from amongst almost 100 campsites/hostels/B&Bs/guesthouses/cottages and hotels in the area. There's lots more too - what's...
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There's a fair bit of wildlife here around Glencoe - Golden Eagle (still to be spotted by me), buzzards, barn and tawny owls, dippers, pine marten, roe and red deer, salmon and trout in the river and even some highland cows. But my recent favourite is this wee guy here, a palmate newt I think?I...
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We undertook a big caravan refurbishment over the winter period in order to be up and running for Easter. Our local joiner redid some of the floors for us and we have had new carpets, vinyl and curtains fitted throughout. We also touched up the interior - putting on all those wee bits and pieces...
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We are nothing if not socially minded here at the hostel. So much so that we are doing our bit to pull the UK out of the economic doldrums by increasing our workforce by 50%. Yes - that's right, we have 1 new member of staff!Monika has been with us for a few weeks now and is helping out with the...
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Fresh from the reports of the two lucky skiers in Glencoe on Saturday I've just noticed this out of the living room window. I've never seen an avalance before but guess I just missed a BIG one...The line at the top is where the snowpack must have fractured. Ouch...
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After a LOT of hard work by a few people on the committee the new Scottish Independent Hostels website is up and running. There's still a fair bit of snagging to be done however it's a huge improvement on our old site, which in turn was much better than the one before. Time to hand it over to the...
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The weather here has been absolutely phenomenal again, with freezing temperatures and crystal clear skies since last week. We've felt privileged to have world class views from our sitting room window with the cliffs of Aonach Dubh, Sgor nam Fiannaidh and the Pap all looking amazing. We've had...
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This might not look like much to you but it's the end of 3 years of talking to the local landowner.We own the hostel and surrounding land ourselves but our old sign stood on the neighbours land. Now, thanks to Davina's persistence, Hugh and Kathleen have given their permission for us to erect...
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I don't know what happened on the Aonach Eagach tonight and hope everyone got off safely, but have a look at this..The helicopter seemed to be illuminating the hillside to allow the MRT to reach a few climbers who appeared to be in difficulty higher up.I think they show the risks the mountain...
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We've had a good time away recently - a week each in Norfolk and Yorkshire followed by a few days at home catching up and preparing for Christmas before a dash up to Gills Bay for the ferry over to Orkney to visit Davina's cousin and family there. We were due to stay until Tuesday of this week but...
