here are photos of my visits to keil hill!

this one is febuary 2008 when i visited before id bought the plots. canr remember which plot i was stood on.

this one was taken in june when me and my girlfriend camped for 4 days.

here i was stood on the edge of my plot looking back to the tent, you can see about a third of my plots here and the rest is covered in trees.

this is a view across the loche at sunset.

this is looking in the opposite direction to the loche from my plots.

What is your plot number, if I may ask?

i bought plots 50 and 51 so it is a full acre plot, 2 thirds are covered in trees (very densly) also it is easily accessible from the rear tracks so i didnt have to use the track down the middle of the plots which doesnt really exist yet. i might try to get up there this winter to start to clear it..

Wow-it looks fantastic. I can't wait to visit. Thanks for sharing those.

lord collinson wrote:this one was taken in june when me and my girlfriend camped for 4 days.

Not trying to be a trouble starter but just pointing something out:

I'm sent abusive posts and PM's for wanting to build a small hut on my plot (allowed by Scottish Outdoor Access codes and land laws) but Lord Collinson can tear through the plots with a petrol engined 4WD all terrain vehicle (not allowed by Scottish Outdoor Access codes or Land laws)! - And we have a picture as proof - Woohoo!

Sinky

hmm, im not really sure where to start with that.
firstly i have a legal right of access by vehicle when i bought my plot, secondly that quad is a 4x4 utility atv and really isnt capable of tearing anything up.
thirdly and not that it is any of your buisness, when i ride my quad i do it in a respecfull manner and keep to the tracks over which i have legal right of way by vehicle, and a photo of a stationary quad isnt going to prove otherwise, but if you can then go ahead and try.
im not really sure why you are having a go at me but im pretty sure (going by memory) that lochaber estates told me before i purchased that some of the land owners already have huts for storage. really it is up to the highland planning authorities, personally i dont have a problem with it as long as it doesnt interfere with the natural landscape, for example if i put a hut on my plot you would only ever see it if you actually wandered onto my land, even if it was was bright pink, but some plots are out in the open and you would see it from miles away! thats why the planning permission and prior notice are required so people dont go building little huts all over the country side!

i just noticed one of your old posts where you say you have a 1000 square foot plot? if so then what you have bought is part of a nature reserve where you would not get planning permission anyway, i think you need to hold a title deed or permission from the deed holder to a property you are applying for as well which you wont have because the parcel is too small. what you have bought in a simplistic way of explaining it is a novelty, a bit like adopting a seal for charity, youve adopted a piece of land so that it can be looked after, which is a good cause! but if you want to build a hut then you will have purchase something bigger. my land i a full acre which comes with full title deeds and legal rights. hope that explains things for you.

Hi Lord Collinson, I appologise if my comments felt like an attack on yourself, it was not meant like that. I was just looking to see what other people that have attacked me personally in the past on this forum would respond with and see if they had changed their mind about huts, but none of these people have yet.
It was also after posting my message that I read another of your posts stating that you had direct access to your plot which is good. I myself owning just a 1000 foot plot do not have this type of access and I thought you were in a similar position, which would have meant you crossing another owners plot of land to access your own - I appologise once again for this.

Going by Scottish Outdoor Access codes you/I can go ahead and build a hut up to 18x10 foot without permission as long as it is for storage only but we are not allowed to talk about huts on here. Maybe we should give them some sort of code word to use?

Scot-Land wrote:Going by Scottish Outdoor Access codes you/I can go ahead and build a hut up to 18x10 foot without permission as long as it is for storage only

where did you find this information? from the information ive gathered from the government websites- if your land is over an acre you need to apply for planning permission for certain things and others you need to submit prior notice, but you cant build anything without either.
fyi- if your land is less than an acre you need to aplly for full planning permission to builsd anything, prior notice does not apply.

Just confirming that Lord Collinson has full vehicular rights of access to his land which and it totally within his rights to take any vehicle he wants across the tracks that he has access over.

I feel he is being attacked a little bit here when you do not know his position, what he has purchased, or what we have sold him.

I'm sure most of you who own or rent houses have vehicular rights of access to drive down your driveways, and wouldnt expect to be shot down if you mentioned it.

LochaberHighlandEstates wrote:Just confirming that Lord Collinson has full vehicular rights of access to his land which and it totally within his rights to take any vehicle he wants across the tracks that he has access over.

I feel he is being attacked a little bit here when you do not know his position, what he has purchased, or what we have sold him.

I'm sure most of you who own or rent houses have vehicular rights of access to drive down your driveways, and wouldnt expect to be shot down if you mentioned it.

As an ex crofter I'ld like to know all about the law / rules in this area / project (which is obviously not covered by crofting regs) about fencing (to keep livestock away from young trees for example), shelter, etcetera...
The information given above about the significance of 1 acre is interesting. Presumably a holding such as plot1 plus plot34, would exceed 1 acre? There are also numerous 'perks' (grants / loans) available south of the border to promote indigenous woodland planting / management - is there similar in this area?