Lochaber Blogs
Blogs (web logs) provide an ideal opportunity to explore the traditions, culture and wildlife of Wild Lochaber. We have put together a collection of local blogs and provide the titles and text snippets to 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.
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A £25 million whisky distillery is planned at Inveraray Castle, seat of the Duke of Argyll, creating 20 jobs.
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Local candidates from each of the 4 major parties will be attending the event.
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A 21-year-old Lochgilphead student has been helping to support refugees in Lesvos, Greece, after “deciding to do something worthwhile” with his summer.
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Sport Climbing in the Highlands Sunny climbing in Glen Nevis Ledge Route The Great Tower The Tower Gap Traverse to the Gap The fallen block pitch Tower Ridge The CIC hut of Ben Nevis The water supply at the CIC hut
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Mallaig RNLI held its annual Gala Day on Saturday May 25, raising in excess of £8000 for the lifeboat organisation.
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Coffee and creativity on Arran is helping take art to poor communities across Nepal.
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The village of Plockton will always be indebted to Geoff for his dedication and voluntary service.
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Mowi Scotland and Scottish Sea Farms were celebrating after winning awards at The Aquaculture Awards recently.
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The £418,000 project saw the ribbon officially cut on Wednesday
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Lochgilhead’s Blarbuie Woodlands, once a fine community asset, are now in a sad state of repair.
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A man from Islay has been sentenced to eight months in prison after assaulting hospital staff in the course of their duties.
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Oban’s Phoenix Cinema closed after becoming insolvent, the Scottish Charity Regulator says
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Rain could have ruined last week’s Campbeltown Malts Festival but it seems nothing could dampen the spirits of whisky enthusiasts from around the world who waited all year for the annual event.
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There is ‘no credible plan’ to meet the additional £26m cuts that Ayrshire & Arran NHS needs to make.
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The Scottish Government has extended CalMac’s Clyde and Hebrides ferry services (CHFS) contract for a further year.
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Lochaber Chamber of Commerce will be hosting an Election Hustings event for local business and the wider community on Tuesday June 18 from 7-9pm at the Ben Nevis Hotel and Leisure Club in Fort William.
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The landlord of a Campbeltown bar made a very short and very expensive car journey, the May sitting of the town’s sheriff court heard.
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Two stalwarts of the RNLI’s Campbeltown fundraising branch attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace in celebration of the charity’s 200th anniversary.
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The 18-tonne interactive mobile museum stopped off on its travels across Scotland as part of the charity’s learning work.
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The New York performance, featuring Oban High School Band, in the Carnegie Hall will be part of Tartan Week.