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.
Arisaig Community Trust
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You can see our revised concept layout over on the Shorefront Project page. Feedback on this is requested by 6th September to info@arisaigcommunitytrust.org.uk
wondering wanderers
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I do not need to introduce this blog post really. 2020 has been the most dramatic year the world has seen in any of our lifetimes. We have lurched from one gripping news story to the next. Every single life has been affected in some way, some forever changed, some beginning to return to some...
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Along with most of the country / world we have begun to tentatively come out of lockdown. Adhering to the ever changing guidelines, and sometimes even deciphering them has proven quite tricky at times so like everyone else we have been using common sense and our own risk assessments to decide how...
West Coast Mountain Guides
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Dave: I’ve just had a brilliant couple of days out with these guys, we were supposed to be doing a traverse but decided the weather wasn’t ideal, so we had 3 fantastic individual days. www.WestCoast-MountainGuides.co.uk New… More window.fbAsyncInit = function() {FB.init({...
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Ken: Despite the weather once again not quite playing ball, I was out newly weds Fiona and Peter who were keen for a bit of an adventure to build on their day on the In Pinn with Sam yesterday. We decided to go for one of the most involved and… More The post Pinnacle Ridge, Sgurr nan...
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We have a had a last-minute cancelation from our 4 day course running next week, the 1st to the 4th. This 4 day course is for hillwalkers looking to complete all 11 Munros along the Cuillin Ridge. Our guides know the Skye Cuillin extensively, and will… More The post Cuillin Munro...
West Highland Museum
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90 years ago today, at 8am on 29th August 1930 the evacuation of the far flung island archipelago of St Kilda began. The HMS Harebell pulled away from the harbour on the main island of Hirta; and with it, at least 2,000 years of human occupation, courage, fortitude, suffering and a unique lifestyle...
Marc Calhoun
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I recently received an irate comment on an old post. It was a post that described my one, and only, visit to one of those small Hebridean islands whose owners consider it their private kingdom. That visit was back in 1998, and I was only able to find a boatman willing to take me there on a day when...
The Oban Times
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Ellis, Steevie and Fiona are have a not to serious chat about ideas of things to do – Its "Something For the Weekend" from The Oban Times with the usual banter 28th August 2020 The post Something for the Weekend 28th August 2020 appeared first on The Oban Times.
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There is a wide cross-party consensus that things need to move forward quickly given the urgency of the situation. The post Pledge on Gaelic ‘summit’ sought by Cameron appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Discussion centres on council’s community services committee approval the annual education plan for 2020/21. The post Teachers, pupils and parents praised for adaptability during lockdown appeared first on The Oban Times.
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BEAR Scotland to act after 'amateurish' road signs criticised as a potential threat to businesses and a discouragement to A828 road users. The post ‘Amateurish’ roadworks signs could hit trade appeared first on The Oban Times.
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'I believe the future of the language is, ultimately, in the hands of the remaining Gaelic-speaking communities and, in particular, the younger generation.' The post Pledge on Gaelic ‘summit’ sought by Cameron appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Of the 200 boats owned in Argyll and Bute, less than half have registered as food businesses to date, according to Argyll and Bute Council. The post Fishing vessels must be registered to export catch by December 31 appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The freedom of the open road makes motorcycling an exhilarating way to travel and enjoy magnificent scenery, however collisions involving motorcyclists are disproportionate to the number of riders using our roads. The post Motorcycle safety campaign launched appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Communities are being urged to complete an online application form detailing the support that they would like to be considered. The post Council procurement scheme to benefit community projects appeared first on The Oban Times.
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But investigation into OpenRent finds landlords in Argyll and Bute to welcome tenants. The post No DSS rental ads are ‘discriminatory’ appeared first on The Oban Times.
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When she stepped up to become chief executive of Argyll and Bute Council in January 2020, little did Pippa Milne know what was coming. The post A year like no other – running a council during a pandemic appeared first on The Oban Times.
Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles
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A family expedition to Brochel at low tide produced this fine fish under a rock: Shore Clingfish Lepadogaster lepadogaster Yesterday, walking to the south of the River Drynoch I spotted this proliferative Dactylis glomerata (Cock’s-foot). This is a known phenomenon in this grass...
Craigard Croft
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Last week the "Daily Mail" broke the story that our Prime Minister, Alexander Boris de Pfefell Johnson was hiding from the chaos his lack of competent governance has created in a cottage by the sea on the Applecross Peninsula. I may be wrong but it looks like the former Scottish...
