“The most hotly anticipated reboot in history”, said the Scotsman. Yes, back by popular demand is the classic children’s tv series, Balamory. Filming took place over a very wet couple of weeks last summer, and on 17th April production company Lion TV were back to premier Balamory 2 in Tobermory, Read More

The Isle of Mull Gaelic Choir travelled to Carlow, Ireland, the week after Easter this year, to attend and compete at the Pan Celtic International Festival. The five-day annual festival celebrates the music and culture of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Brittany and Cornwall, with competitions, workshops, displays, ceilidhs Read More

The Council’s Environment, Development and Infrastructure committee agreed on 19th March that the preferred option for making the B8035 at Gribun safe to re-open would be to scale the rockface at the areas most prone to rockfall.
Members also agreed to recommend to the Policy and Resources Committee that the Read More

A-WISH for Mull Campaign
Monthly Update
Island Wellness Day
Our first big fundraising event in the campaign for an All-Weather Indoor Sports Hall was an Island Wellness Day. Very many thanks to all those who helped with the organising. Our apologies for not mentioning people individually, there were just so Read More

As we have reported in the past, CalMac is of a mind to retire our main vessel, MV Isle of Mull, as soon as the long-awaited Glen Rosa finally escapes from Fergusons shipyard and is put into service. This is currently expected to happen in the autumn of 2026, so Read More

This year’s Fèis weekend was held in Bunessan from 5th-8th February. The event was the biggest we can remember – with 67 children participating.
The event caters for all ages with Fèis Bheag for 3- to 7-year-olds, children from P3 upwards being offered two choices of music lessons over the Read More

Since Ulva House came into community ownership as part of the Ulva buyout in 2018, North West Mull Community Woodland Company (NWMCWC) has been working to bring this important historic building back into use.
The recent BBC Scotland programme Banjo and Ro’s Grand Island Hotel has prompted reflection on that Read More

This year’s shinty on Ardalanish Beach attracted a good crowd in spite of the bitterly cold wind on New Year’s Day – around 80 folk gathered for hot soup and cake, and around half of these took part in the shinty match. Team captains as in previous years were Rob Read More

December saw the first round in CMAL’s ‘community engagement’ regarding new vessels for the Oban-Craignure route.
In spite of the weather meaning multiple changes to the day/time for the drop-ins on Iona and the Ross of Mull (which incidentally was not initially intended to have a drop-in!), the event in Read More

The Show Must Go On… Must Go On!
What a start for the 2025 panto! Storm Bram meant that the dress rehearsal had to be cancelled; and the cast were plunged on to the stage on the first night, overcoming this hitch to bring the laughter, magic, song and dance Read More

50 years ago on Christmas Eve ’75 a plane took off from Glenforsa airstrip on the Isle of Mull and disappeared. The pilot, Peter Gibbs, was a WWII Spitfire pilot and later a renowned first violin in the London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Donald Shaw and Read More