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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.

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Arisaig Community Trust

  • Shorefront Project January 2021 (Monday, January 18, 2021 - 14:06)
    Shorefront Update – January 2021FAO of Arisaig residents and businesses – we have been disappointed to hear that our grant application to the Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fund has been unsuccessful. On the positive side...
  • Heritage Emergency Fund (Monday, November 9, 2020 - 11:34)
    The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest dedicated funder of heritage in the UK. Arisaig Community Trust has received funding from the Heritage Emergency Fund to support us during the current Covid pandemic. The funding has...
  • Shorefront Project Update 21st October (Monday, October 26, 2020 - 12:28)
    The final design has now been submitted to the Highland Council for planning approval.  The reference is 20/03984/FUL and if you wish to comment on the application you can do so either by logging into the HC website or in writing.  The...
  • Shorefront update 21st September (Monday, September 28, 2020 - 14:42)
    The latest draft of the Shorefront concept layout is available to view in the projects section:Shorefront Project
  • Shorefront Update 28th August (Monday, August 31, 2020 - 11:59)
    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
  • Shorefront Project (Thursday, August 13, 2020 - 11:08)
    Thank You to all the Arisaig residents who took the time and trouble to respond to our survey on the shorefront project.  These responses varied from simple, short answers to the survey questions to comprehensive reviews of the proposals...
  • Shorefront Project (Tuesday, July 28, 2020 - 13:24)
    The next submission deadline for the Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fund (RTIF), to whom we will be applying in order to fund the Shorefront Project, is the 25th Sept 2020. We had hoped to hold a community consultation in the Astley Hall...
  • Plans for the orchard (Friday, February 7, 2020 - 10:35)
    This week our new fruit trees arrived from Shielfoot Organics and we visited the site behind the playing field this week to see where would be best to plant them. A lot of clearing and deer-proofing will be needed before the trees can go in the ground so we are hoping to organise 2 community work...
  • Successful Scottish Land Fund Award! (Monday, January 20, 2020 - 16:35)
    We are delighted to announce the successful award of £258,150 from the Scottish Land Fund to enable us to buy the site for community housing and two areas of amenity land in the village. Negotiations are now underway with the sellers and plans are ongoing for both projects. Within the village,...

Arisaig House - News

  • Christie’s Real Estate Feature (Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 10:09)
      We are thrilled to be listed on Christies Real Estate’s blog as a “foodie delight” alongside some great champions of Scottish cuisine. “Its inventive kitchen has a well-earned reputation for championing the freshest regional and hyper-local ingredients including scallops,...
  • Katrina Mather – The Body Toolkit @ Arisaig House (Wednesday, January 29, 2020 - 11:43)
    We have been delighted to welcome The Body Toolkit Retreats back to Arisaig House this winter. Run by Katrina Mather, her award-winning 7-day programmes teach simple techniques to nourish the body, reduce stress and ultimately help ourselves to thrive. Consistently described as ‘life changing’,...
  • Tunes in the Bar with Casey Driessen, Eilidh Shaw and Ross Martin (Monday, January 27, 2020 - 10:28)
    Last month our bar had a few unexpected but wonderful visitors as Casey, Eilidh and Ross gathered to play and record some tunes. “Otherlands: A Global Music Exploration follows GRAMMY nominated 5-string American fiddler Casey Driessen as he travels with his family to various countries across...
  • Penelope Anstice Painting Week 2020 (Monday, January 6, 2020 - 12:14)
    We are delighted to be welcoming Penelope Anstice back for her TENTH year from the 10th-17th May 2020. During the week you will have ample opportunity to paint outside directly from the landscape.  The area is one of outstanding beauty with its dramatic coastline  and views to the islands of Rhum,...
  • The Body Tool Kit Retreats 2019/2020 (Sunday, October 6, 2019 - 10:46)
      We are delighted to be welcoming The Body Toolkit Retreats back to Arisaig House this winter. Run by Katrina Mather, her award-winning 7-day programmes teach simple techniques to nourish the body, reduce stress and ultimately help ourselves to thrive. Consistently described as ‘life changing’,...

Minch Adventures

  • Waters of Na Garbh Chriochan (Monday, January 20, 2020 - 12:44)
    Check the horizon, for word has been received that the nightmare of the longboat has been seen sailing down the coast. Feared by all, the Vikings would eventually land. Following these incursions around the shores of Loch Hourn and Loch Nevis – Garbh Chriochan, The Rough Bounds would become...
  • Rum, Fishing and Whisky (Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 15:39)
    Out on the horizon when looking slightly South of West the peaks of the Isle of Rum, an island in the Small Isles, stand tall. The background can be everything. A magnificent sunset of blazing oranges and reds with the island silhouetted against in stark relief, or the island might disappear into...
  • Sound of Sleat (Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 16:35)
    The Sound of Sleat, a hidden waterway between the Isle of Skye and the remote An Garbh Criochan. Mountainous backdrops and complex coastlines provide the perfect canvas to Slowly Adventure in this western isles landscape. From the Sound of Sleat – deep, fjord like sea lochs stretch far...
  • Camusfearna Experience (Thursday, May 9, 2019 - 15:20)
    As some of the visitors to the area may already know, Gavin Maxwell, author of several books including the three books beginning with Ring of Bright Water which comprise his autobiography, he lived here for some time following the Second World War. Something of Sandaig Bay and the surrounding area...
  • Brown Trout Season (Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 10:08)
    The start of the brown trout season has us venturing up into the lochans of the isle of Eigg, an Island formed from a volcanic eruption many millions of years ago….  The journey itself to these wild trout lochs is just as rewarding, the winding trail taking you to the foot of the well-known Sgurr...

Loch Shiel Highland Cruises

  • New Loch Shiel Cruises Promotional Film….. (Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - 13:49)
    https://www.highlandcruises.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Loch-Shiel-Cruises-v2-grade-and-music.mp4

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