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50 Year Celebrations for Crafts & Things : 1969 – 2019

50 Year Celebrations for Crafts & Things: The current building housing the shop was at one time a byre for human and animal habitation. In 1…

The Ballachulish Goddess

In November 1880 the “Ballachulish Goddess” aka the “Goddess of the Straits” was discovered while digging foundations of a house in North Ball…

Chosen Moments

The beauty spot we find ourselves occupying can only exist as the playground we might like it to be if certain essentials are in place. 'Playtime and…

VIDEO : Drone hiking guide to Scotland’s highest peaks – Part One by Mark Spence

  Part One of the hiking guide to Scotland's highest peaks as featured in the Press and Journal  …

Ride Across Britain 2016

Important information if you are travelling on the A82 on Friday the 16 and 17th. PRESS RELEASE THE A82 PARTNERSHIP A82 CHAOS WARNING 800 plus Cyc…

Lochaber Geopark – Glencoe

Glencoe – a landscape fashioned by Geology Glen Coe is a strikingly dramatic glen which contrasts starkly with the flat and desolate Rannoch Moo…

Conservation: Our bug, bee, bat and bird boxes at Highland Titles Nature Reserve, Duror

Providing habitats for wildlife on the reserve is vital to the conservation efforts, we initially started this process after purchasing the land howev…

Wild about Swimming

Do you suffer from that ‘Monday morning feeling’? I don't.  My week usually starts with a feeling of invincibility, of being able to tackle anyth…

Walks with the Dogs

  Before we moved into the Glencoe area full time we holidayed here several times, mainly because we became dog owners and would not kennel fo…

Blog – Slip-Sliding into the White Stuff

  There comes a time when the Parisian must visit the top of the Eiffel. Two Ski resorts 20 odd minutes drive up the way and have we be…