Blog Entries from The Oban Times
Blogs (web logs) and blogspots provide a unique insight into Highland life and nature in Lochaber and The West Highlands.
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.
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Last Update: Monday, January 2, 2023 - 11:35
Rufus Hughes is part of the North Argyll Wildcat Explorer Unit based at Oban's Scout Hall in Oban. if you are aged 14 to 18 you could join too.
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‘Benighted on the Moor 1889’ is scheduled to be launched when ScotRail introduces its summer train timetable in May 2023.
The post Glenfinnan studio hosts production of new Victorian rail-themed...
In the remake, it looks like the Glenfinnan Monument is sinking into the freshwater Loch Shiel, the longest loch in Scotland to have retained a natural overflow without any regulation of its water...
In 2021, Scotland’s first low-carbon new-build hospital was officially opened. The Balfour Hospital, at Kirkwall in Orkney, is fully electric, with air-to-water heat pumps generating all heating and...
The Nevis Range Hub Development project – a 26-bedroom hotel, bar and restaurant, bike shop, gift shop, and a covered courtyard with event space – is due for completion in early 2023.
The post Nevis...
Regardless, it is certainly a time of year when a sense of place, and of remoteness from elsewhere, can be felt keenly.
The post Focus on living in the Lochaber landscape appeared first on The Oban...
Many will have read John Buchan’s epic John Macnab, but few know that the novel was based on the real-life poaching escapades of three high-falutin’ gents, including an ancestor of writer Angus...
For the first time in years, Seil and Easdale Community Council has eight members ready to represent people living and working on the two islands.
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Following council approval of BID4Oban’s business proposals in September, local businesses were balloted to gain support. The result was a clear majority meaning that businesses will invest and work...
While most RNLI crew will jump in their car or run through the streets to reach the lifeboat station when their pagers go off, Andy Lockwood will climb aboard his fast rib to cross from Kerrera.
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