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.
Lochaber Chamber of Commerce
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Caledonian Discovery, after sharing offices with Corpach Boat Building Company from day one in 1995 is moving The office staff numbers of Caledonian Discovery have increased over the years, and there was no extra space within the existing office space. This growth prompted the decision to...
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Much loved by walkers on the West Highland Way, the historic Kingshouse Hotel in the centre of Glencoe is to re-open in February 2019 after a £12m redevelopment programme. Bringing 54 new jobs to the area, the sensitively extended venue is also expected to deliver a significant boost to tourism all...
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Public invited to have their say in Fort William – “Your area – Your views” Residents, organisations and businesses in some areas of Fort William will get their chance over the coming weeks to tell the Lochaber Community Partnership (LCP) how their area can be improved. The Partnership is...
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Gael Force Group announces new company names, logos and jobs for Fusion and Corpach Oban-based Fusion Marine becomes Gael Force Fusion and Corpach Boatbuilding Company is renamed to Gael Force Boatbuilding, positioning both businesses under the Gael Force brand. Trusted supplier of...
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DYW West Highland launch video series showcasing apprenticeships (Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 14:08)The new video series created by DYW West Highland shows the diverse range of apprenticeship opportunities available Apprentices from Lochaber, Skye and Wester Ross are the stars of an initiative being launched to encourage others to follow in their career footsteps. Developing the Young...
Highland Titles
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Photo by Alasdair / CC BY 2.0 Located close to the village of Doune, near to the city of Stirling, and on the banks of the glittering River Teith, lies the 14th century Doune Castle. With its striking 100ft walls and one of the best preserved great halls of all Scotland’s castles, this...
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New year, new adventures – yet the same dedication to conservation, land management and rewilding! We hope you’ve had a wonderful start to the New Year and we can’t wait to share with you the challenges and successes that 2019 will bring us. In this month’s Reserve Update, we bring you some...
Scottish Islands Explorer
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It's Up Helly Aa time again in Shetland and the BBC Website gives prominence to a sequence of striking images of the events. In part, they mark the re-birth of the sun after a long winter.Scottish Islands Explorer - appears regularly every eight weeksDigital Edition: comes to life whenever summoned
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The Hillswick Animal Sanctuary, Shetland, is lined up to receive half-a-million-pounds for upgrading its facilities. Look into the acquisition of funding from two major sources through The Press and Journal. The Sanctuary was founded in 1987 when Jan Bevington, who continues to run the organisation...
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The Lookout Bothy on the Isle of Skye was used as a coastguard station as late as the 1970s, while the Camasunary Bothy to the south of the island is a comparatively new-build. The work of the Mountain Bothies Association is featured in a well-illustrated and highly-informative article in The...
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The top end of Unst, Shetland, has attracted The Press and Journal with its article on one of the more remote and extensive postal rounds in the UK. The 30-mile route of Michelle McCulloch serves about 200 houses and 650 people. She calls at Bordanoost Lodge, recently sold, but having provided much...
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According to the Halifax Bank of Scotland Quality of Life Survey, Orkney is considered the best place to live in the UK. Richmond in North Yorkshire came second and Rutland third. See the details on the BBC Website.Scottish Islands Explorer - the best magazine about the islands?Digital Edition: an...
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Were the figure in this image to be walking on Skye some 56 million years ago - a Luke Skywalker from Star Wars, perhaps - then he may have encountered a vast volcanic eruption which had a profound climactic and geological effect. The details of the major activity are on the BBC website.Scottish...
Marc Calhoun
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My wife and I ended our Hebridean trip last August with a stay on Barra. I had been reading about the new Hebridean Way, a long-distance path that begins on Vatersay, and ends 185 miles north at the Butt of Lewis. While I was on Barra I wanted to walk some of the path, and I also wanted to climb...
Ardtornish Estate and Gardens, Self catering holidays Scotland
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Rich, full of flavour and perfect comfort food. Ingredients 500g of Ardtornish Venison Mince 2 tbsp of olive oil 1 Ardtornish onion, finely chopped 1 Ardtornish carrot, finely chopped 4 rashers of good quality smoked streaky bacon 2 sprigs of rosemary,...
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What better way to kick off the Year than an evening with our national dish and our national poet. No other food can lay such a strong claim as Haggis, Neeps and Tatties to being the soul food of a nation, a meal that binds us together as we celebrate what truly makes us Scottish....
West Coast Mountain Guides
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I was back on the west face of Aonach Mor today, this time with Ollie M, Simon and Ollie. Simon and Ollie are on our Introduction to Winter Climbing Course and Ollie M is a trainee MIC (Mountaineering Instructor Certificate), who is running the show this week, with me providing coaching as Ollie M...
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You couldn't have asked for two more contrasting days this weekend. Yesterday, it was raining well above the summits and much of the snow had been washed away. Today, deep drifts of fresh snow and cold temperatures. I first met Callum in the Indian Himalayas back in 2001, where we climbed...
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Today brought with it a deterioration of the weather, with milder and wetter conditions than of late. I was out with Conrad, who was looking to climb something slightly trickier than Ledge Route, which we did a couple of seasons ago. He's also in training for Mont Blanc, which he'll be...
Hunter Mountaineering Courses and Guiding
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End of 1999? Hell’s Lum on Hell’s Lum Crag with Matt Leggett I only have a few photos of this trip left, and I’m not sure of the date, although I think it was the New Year Holiday at the end of 1999. With a full time job, I didn’t have much time to get away, it was only ever...
