Autumn on the Ardtornish Estate – a Seasonal Trilogy (part 1)
While our travels around Scotland take us far and wide, they rarely afford us the opportunity to linger long in a place. So, when I was invited to enjoy a taste of autumn, winter and spring on the Ardtornish Estate in Morvern I jumped at the chance. Last weekend, leaving Edinburgh behind we set off to embark on our autumn [...]
Come & Celebrate the Wonderful Autumnal Colours at Ard Daraich
Open Day and Grand Plant Sale Ard Daraich,Ardgour Sunday 22nd October Entrance £3, children free. Teas and Plant Stall (All entries and teas are in aid of the Ardgour Memorial Hall) Ard Daraich Hill Garden and Shrub Nursery are having a Garden Open Day with teas to celebrate the Autumn Colour and Grand Plant Sale before the final closing of [...]
Ardtornish Estate Newsletter August 2017
CEO UPDATE Summer is well underway and Ardtornish has been very busy with visitors in a packed booking schedule for the visitor team. Our energy assets have been working hard with a lot of rainfall. More later. Various people have been visiting during August amongst these were senior buying staff from Waitrose who were introduced to Ardtornish by Dennis Overton. [...]
Rahoy Hills Nature Reserve & Gallery
"The Rahoy Hills Nature Reserve is a wild and remote area of hills, moorland and wood on the Morvern peninsula on the west coast of Scotland. It is owned and managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and Ardtornish and is the most biodiverse of all the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s nature reserves. The reserve is an inspiring place with magnificent hills [...]
Scottish Water Project – Lochaline Water Treatment Works
Ardtornish is working closely with Scottish Water to facilitate the upgrading of the Lochaline Water Treatment Works on the outskirts of the village. This has involved considerable investment of management time and the provision of additional land to Scottish Water for the works by Ardtornish. The project will improve the supply of clean fresh water to the village and [...]
Lochaber Drivers Go Carbon Free
In a new move to tackle climate change and air pollution, Ardtornish Estate in Morvern has introduced an electric vehicle charging point – powered from its own hydro turbine. Seen here in use for the first time, by Ardtornish Estate Company chair Dennis Overton and his BMW I3 electric car, the charger is able to top up an average vehicle [...]
