Anyone would have thought that five alien invaders from space had arrived in Kilchoan yesterday, but this was members of the bee-keeping course doing their practical. The course, run by Kilchoan's West Highland College, website here, took place during the winter, when the bees were inactive.
Kate Atchley from Acharacle came over to lead the course, and together they worked on two bee hives, one in a garden in Kilchoan's Old Golf Course, the other at Craigard croft in Ormsaigbeg. The Golf Course hive is probably best sited as it is surrounded by trees and protected from our strong westerly winds, while the Craigard colony is a new one.So, can Kilchoan now look forward to a steady supply of local honey?
Many thanks to Tom Bryson for story & pictures
I was intrigued to read of the old golf course. Can you tell me where it was please. Having visited Ardnamurchan and particularly Kilchoan over many years, I didn't realise that there had been a golf course.
ReplyDeleteKind regards
Dave.
ps. I follow "The Diary" dailly and thoroughly enjoy it.
D.
Hi Dave -
ReplyDeleteI know nothing of the history of the Old Golf Course - will have to ask someone and reply in fuller detail.
It's a small development of houses immediately north of what used to be the Post Office, the one Gillespie & Catriona MacMillan ran, Dorlinn House. If you go on Google maps and type in Kilchoan, the road leading up to the development looks like a back-to-front question mark.
So pleased you read The Diary regularly and enjoy it. Knowing there are people like you 'out there' gives me great pleasure.
With best wishes
Jon
Thank you for your prompt reply John.
ReplyDeleteBest regards
Dave.
Hi Dave -
ReplyDeleteJacqui Chapple, who runs Steading Holidays, tells me that the hillside which is now 'The Old Golf Course' was owned by the then proprietor of the Kilchoan House Hotel, a Mr Taylor. He began to develop it as a golf course but changed it to build log houses.
I will find out more.
Jon
Interesting piece, but the title might more correctly read "Space Aliens Return". Regular readers may be aware that following the discovery of a boot print in volcanic rock near Ormsaigbeg in 2010, Kilchoan is now considered to have been a top destination for prehistoric ET space tourists:
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilchoan#Tourism
Didn't know anything about a boot print - tell me more.
ReplyDeleteUpdate: It seems that the Wikipedia editors have removed all reference to the boot print since I posted here yesterday. Of course, I'm not suggesting a high level Westminster government cover-up, but it's a curious coincidence that this happened only hours after I posted the link here.
ReplyDeleteFor those who are not afraid of the truth, however, the evidence can still be seen online here.
Perhaps it's no surprise that HMG should want to keep this under wraps, though, since not only is it potentially hugely more significant than previous discoveries of ancient human footprints in Mexico and Italy, it may challenge our entire view of the universe.
This is very convincing but does not surprise me at all - we already have the Centre of the Universe at Portuairk.
ReplyDeleteCan you tell me where the boot print is so I can look at it? If you want to keep it confidential, my blog email address is kilchoandiary@btinternet.com
Jon