Posts by JannaRA
Option agreed for Gribun solution
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 £500,000 required to conduct this…
Read MoreWellness Day in aid of All-Weather Sports Hall
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 many giving a hand. There…
Read MoreRetiring MV Isle of Mull
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 we could lose our boat…
Read MoreFèis Mhuile 2026
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 weekend, and there was also…
Read MoreUlva House: From Ambition to Action
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 journey. While every project is…
Read MoreNew Year Shinty
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 Claxton-Ingham and Rutger Emmelkamp, who…
Read MoreNew Ferries: What is Proposed
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 Fionnphort was well attended, and…
Read MoreRapunzel
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 of Rapunzel to an appreciative…
Read MoreNight Flight ‘75
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 Greg Lawson came to Mull…
Read More‘IKWIG’ 80th Anniversary
From 24th to 26th October the Western Isles Hotel in Tobermory and nearby hotels in the town welcomed 48 fans for a fifth IKWIG reunion, this one the largest of all. “I Know Where I’m Going!”, the masterpiece by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, has been called one of the greatest films ever made. During…
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