8th November 2006
It's been a while I know but it's been hectic up here in the West.


I'll start with the progress on Kilchoan Farmhouse & just remind visitors to our web-site that bookings for the Farmhouse can be taken for May onwards. The house itself has been totally ripped out inside and the new floor plan installed, along with an extension on the west-end. This new area will be the lounge & what a room it's turning out to be! It now has a solid oak construction inside (Like a Tudor House), huge oak beams & uprights with a vaulted ceiling. An additional sun-lounge now exists on the front of the building which you'll see by the photograph. You will be able just to kick-back & relax in this room, take in the wonderful view out the loch with a large dram in your hand. (Bliss!!)


What's been happening locally?
Knoydart Forest Trust are proposing to extract thousands of tonnes of Sitka Spruce from behind the village which will clearly cause restictions around the place & also around our new pier. Work is hoping to start later this month so keep your eyes on the Knoydart Foundation web-site for what's happening on that score.
Evelyn, Lara & Hugh have vacated the Foundation's Farm-Bothy so it now goes up for grabs on the housing list for locals to squabble over.
Hugh has headed to Palma to try & get on a yacht which will hopefully take him off to exciting horizons across the pond. Gives him a break from felling "Roddies".
KAP (Knoydart Arts Promotions) Hosted an end of season ceilidh in the village, with all donations for admission being gifted to the up keep of the hall. It was a fantastic night, with a kids ceilidh-dance starting early on and then adults attending from 10pm onwards. The band for the night was the Goat Island Big Band, consisting of Ross (Guitar) Gabe & Fiona (Fiddle) Kirsty (Box) Angus (Pipes) Tam-the-Banjo, plus a wonderful gaelic singer. As you can imagine, things ran into the wee small hours of the morining.

On different occassions recently, visitors to the area have consisted of Lochaber, Oban, Glenelg Mountain Rescue Teams on exercise, The Lifeboat, RAF & Coastguard Helicopters, 2 Pinkfoot Geese, a Sea Eagle, a Sika Deer & even more rare ??? The doctor from Mallaig.
I've attached a picture of the young Sika deer which must have swam across the loch from Morar. He'd have been shoved out by older mature stags.


That's your lot for now, hope this finds you all in great form. Visit us soon, Drew & Jacqui.