Archive for March 2022
Fifty Years of Mull Museum
On 2nd February 1972, a group of about twenty people gathered in the Spinning Wheel Café in Tobermory to discuss the possibility of starting a museum. An encouraging speech from the chairman for the evening, Angus MacIntyre got things underway. It was agreed to form the Mull & Iona Folklore Museum and Duncan MacQuarrie was…
Read MoreTurtle Travels
By Moira Kerr A tropical turtle embarked on a second incredible journey after it had travelled 4000 miles off course to the Isle of Iona. Walker Jane Kindlen began a rescue mission when she found the loggerhead turtle, more normally found in warmer climes around Florida, on a deserted beach. After seeking advice from British…
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