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		<title>A bonny view and some balls on sticks</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2012/01/a-bonny-view-and-some-balls-on-sticks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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Nosy Norris and I followed the Pack Leader up the Ullapool Hill paths this morning and as usual his choice of route didn&#8217;t disappoint. Nosy got the chance to bounce around in the heather and chase snowballs (puny wee things, but still fun) and I got my first view of bonny Loch Achall.
A great walk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last of the Two Mile Jam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;ve just used the last of this year&#8217;s batch of Two Mile Jam. I used to make this in late summer or autumn, using fruit grown or foraged within a two mile radius of our garden in Nairnshire, and every time I spread it on my toast I was transported back to the favourite haunts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voices from the dark loch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[An inside view of the Highlands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A wee gang of wigeon have been gathering by the shore of the loch over the past few days. There were about a dozen when the PL first noticed them, increasing to thirty-one last time we were able to count them.
The reason we can&#8217;t always count them is that sometimes we walk past that spot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wildlife showing off</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2011/06/wildlife-showing-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gallivanting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some days you can sit for hours waiting for some wild furry or feathery thing to grace you with a glimpse of its rear end disappearing over the hill, but now and again they all seem to come out and show off. Maybe just for a minute &#8211; a quick &#8216;Yoohoo, now you see me&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House martins v midgies</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2011/05/house-martins-v-midgies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 18:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The midges may have driven us indoors the other day but they brought the house martins out in force. A few have been swooping over the garden for a couple of weeks now, but when their favourite mobile snack arrived on the scene they brought some more pals along for the party.
There were at least thirty of them today, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wagtails everywhere</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2011/05/wagtails-everywhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 16:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I write a weekly nature column in the local paper and over the past three summers this has always featured the pied wagtails that have taken to nesting on a shelf in the old stone shed. They always get in there early, make a flattish nest (full of Nosy Norris&#8217;s hairs this year, of course), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living with midges &#8211; the Wee Beasties</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2011/05/living-with-midges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 15:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dreaded midges are back. Today is damp, a wee bit warmer than of late and perfect for the tiny tormentors. It&#8217;s the first day this year that they&#8217;ve been bad enough to drive us indoors, and from now until October our lives will be permeated by the smell of midgie repellant.
The PL goes for the serious, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I blame Chris Packham</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2011/04/i-blame-chris-packham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I blame Chris Packham.
The Pack Leader has always been an interesting companion on country walks; he has the gift of noticing things that most people miss. So, over the years I&#8217;ve seen countless birds, tracks, squashed down bits of undergrowth where wild things have recently lurked&#8230; all things I would have missed on my own. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tadpoles, and the mystery of the squashed frogs</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2011/04/tadpoles-and-the-mystery-of-the-squashed-frogs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2011/04/tadpoles-and-the-mystery-of-the-squashed-frogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The PL and I spent a ridiculous amount of time yesterday hanging over the wall that runs along one end of the loch. We were watching tadpoles flitting across a rock that lay in a patch of sunlight; every so often a taddy would wriggle out of the marsh marigold stems, casting its tiny shadow on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hairy moments with a chaffinch</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2011/04/helpful-chaffinch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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Nosy Norris is a very hairy dog indeed. You might think that the reason a very hairy dog has that much fluff is because it needs it all to keep it warm. Apparently not. The hair is designed to shed and Nosy Norris could shed for Britain in 2012. I&#8217;ve come to believe that she [...]]]></description>
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