Posted on May 9, 2015
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Day 3: Our final day arrived and we headed over to Glencanisp, stag spotting as we went! We arrived at Glencanisp Lodge as the sun came out, couldn’t have asked for better, more inspiring weather for our last day! This final day saw us… Continue Reading “Young Crofters 20:20 Gathering 2015 (Pt. 3) and Further Progress”
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Category: CroftingTags: Assynt, Community, Croft, Crofter, Crofting, Crofting Commission, Cross Party Group, Debate, Discussion, Farming, Glencanisp Lodge, Heritage, Highlands, Holyrood, Infrastructure, Jobs, Lobbying, SCF Young Crofters, Scotland, Scottish Crofting Federation, Scottish Government, Support, YC20:20
Posted on May 9, 2015
by Megan
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Day 2: The next day saw a fresh set of workshops and talks. We kicked off with a talk by Ronnie Eunson, a crofter from Shetland specialising in breeding Shetland Cattle. This was a very engaging talk following Ronnie’s journey from keeping Texel’s and… Continue Reading “Young Crofters 20:20 Gathering 2015 (Pt.2)”
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Category: CroftingTags: Assynt, Community, Conservation, Corncrakes, Croft, Crofter, Crofting, Debate, Discussion, Diversification, Durness, Farming, Glencanisp Lodge, Great-yellow bumblebee, Heritage, High Nature Value farming, Highland Cattle, Highlands, HNV farming, Kylesku, Land use, Machair, Pigs, RSPB, RSPB Scotland, Scotland, Scottish Crofting Federation, Shetland, Shetland cattle, Stewardship, Tamworth, Uist
Posted on May 9, 2015
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Right, I should have got my act together literally months ago and written about this after it happened, however, hindsight is a wonderful thing and I’m writing about it now so we’re all good. I’ve split this summary into three separate posts. Back in… Continue Reading “Young Crofters 20:20 Gathering 2015 (Pt.1)”
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Category: CroftingTags: Assynt, Community, Croft, Crofter, Crofting, Crofting Commission, Discussion, Farming, Glencanisp Lodge, Heritage, Highlands, Imbewu Scotland, Inchnadamph, Infrastructure, Land use, Lifestyle, Lochinver, Scotland, Scottish Crofting Federation, Small holding, SNH, YC20:20, Young Crofters
Posted on May 6, 2015
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I haven’t posted anything for ages (December, how embarrassing), so I thought I’d just give a wee update of what I’ve been up to. January: An interesting way to start the year, the perks included beating on my friends shoot and coming home with a… Continue Reading “A Start of the Year Update”
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Category: Conservation, Crofting, Land and Wildlife Management, NatureTags: Assynt, Beltane, Bird watching, Buzzards, Clay shooting, Crofting, Farming, Farmland waders, Glencanisp Lodge, Godwit, Highlands, Peregrines, Raptors, Scotland, Scottish Crofting Federation, Shooting, Snipe, Snow, Surveying, Update, Waders, Walking, Whooper Swans, YC20:20, Young Crofters
Wayfaring and Wandering 