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		<title>An open letter of thanks to all visitors to this site</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just 17 months ago I started writing about the Achiltibuie area of NW Scotland. I posted my reasons here.
At some point today this blog will receive its 30,000th visit.
I am continually amazed by the number of people who are searching for information about Achiltibuie, Coigach and the Summer Isles and who end up on these pages.
Your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achiltibuiecottages.wordpress.com&blog=3525019&post=562&subd=achiltibuiecottages&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Summer Isles hotel in Achiltibuie &#8211; have you been recently?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we are on holiday in Achiltibuie with friends they are always amazed by the fact that, in the middle of thousands of acres of wilderness, there is a fancy hotel complete with a Michelin starred restaurant. It can seem slightly incongruous.
However, the Summer Isles hotel is no one season wonder. The hotel has been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achiltibuiecottages.wordpress.com&blog=3525019&post=555&subd=achiltibuiecottages&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Special offer for self catering accommodation in Achiltibuie</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Brown</dc:creator>
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Greenhill, Achiltibuie, originally uploaded by Rory Brown.
For the rest of 2009 we are offering a special rate of just £400 per week if you want a holiday in Achiltibuie.
Greenhill is a large and comfortable family house with open fires in the sitting room. It is set in its own grounds and has spectacular direct views [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achiltibuiecottages.wordpress.com&blog=3525019&post=550&subd=achiltibuiecottages&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Loopallu 2009 schedule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Brown</dc:creator>
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Next week (18-19 September) the Loopallu festival takes place in Ullapool.
The detailed schedule is here (courtesy of Ullapool News):
Friday 18th September
16.00              Gates open
16.00 &#8211; 16.20   Ullapool Pipe Band
16.20 &#8211; 16.50   Bronto Skylift
17.00 &#8211; 17.40   Pearl &#38; the Puppets
18.00 &#8211; 18.45   Kid British
19.15 &#8211; 20.00   [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achiltibuiecottages.wordpress.com&blog=3525019&post=534&subd=achiltibuiecottages&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scottish Geology Festival at the North West Highlands Geopark</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, as part of the Scottish Geology Festival there was a lecture in the Coigach Community Hall about the Stac Fada metorite strike by local geologist Fiona Saywell. I&#8217;d have loved to have gone.
Fiona was talking about the largest known meteorite strike in the British Isles &#8211; some 1.2 billion years ago and is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achiltibuiecottages.wordpress.com&blog=3525019&post=525&subd=achiltibuiecottages&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mushroom and funghi hunting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the family holidays of my youth trips to Achiltibuie largely consisted of 3 pastimes &#8211; walking, fishing and (if it was the right time of year) mushroom hunting. I remember whispered conversations about prime locations for chanterelles or cep. Locations that were only shared with a select few. I became adept at spotting the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achiltibuiecottages.wordpress.com&blog=3525019&post=518&subd=achiltibuiecottages&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Late self catering availability in Achiltibuie for September 2009 and bookings now being taken for 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often think that late August &#38; September is the greatest time to visit the Highlands. Most of the holiday-makers have gone &#38; the tourist industry is winding down but the majority of places are still open. The weather is often great as well with that late Indian Summer feel before we plunge into Autumn [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achiltibuiecottages.wordpress.com&blog=3525019&post=514&subd=achiltibuiecottages&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Major feature film &#8211; The Eagle of the Ninth &#8211; to be filmed in Achiltibuie</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a story in the Times today saying that Achiltibuie has been chosen as the location for a major new feature film &#8211; The Eagle of the Ninth &#8211; to be directed by Kevin Macdonald (the director of award winning films including Touching the Void, the Last King of Scotland &#38; State of Play).
The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achiltibuiecottages.wordpress.com&blog=3525019&post=499&subd=achiltibuiecottages&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If Twittering is your thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

 
 
I have recently set up a Twitter account for this blog (@achiltibuie) &#38; you&#8217;ll see a feed from it in the right hand column. It already has over 100 followers.
I&#8217;ll try to tweet interesting links about the area to all followers. If you use Twitter and want to sign up click on the logo above [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achiltibuiecottages.wordpress.com&blog=3525019&post=494&subd=achiltibuiecottages&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How about some video?</title>
		<link>http://achiltibuiecottages.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/how-about-some-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was at Greenhill in Achiltibuie last week &#38; experimenting with a new Flip video camera in the beautiful weather. Here&#8217;s the first one &#8211; a panoramic view from Altandhu Polbain across the Summer Isles to Achiltibuie. Please excuse the &#8216;amateurishness&#8217;&#8230;

Posted in General, Tourist information Tagged: Achiltibuie, altandhu, scotland, summer isles, tanera, video    [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achiltibuiecottages.wordpress.com&blog=3525019&post=490&subd=achiltibuiecottages&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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