Posts by JannaRA
Òrain Teonaidh Chailein
Wednesday the 5th of June saw a great night of local Gaelic music and song in Bunessan Hall. At the helm was Dr Alasdair Whyte of Salen as well as other local musicians Sorren Maclean, Ross Wilson and Hannah Fisher. Alasdair is currently involved in a three year project – Iona’s Namescape – based in…
Read MoreHelipad Official Opening
The opening of the Wilson-Thomson Helipad at Craignure hospital took place on 29th May. We were blessed with a dry and sometimes sunny morning for the event. The formalities of the day were opened by piper Calum MacDougall of Fionnphort, who led everyone up onto the helipad with some beautiful local tunes. Iain Erskine was…
Read MoreGymnastics in Mull & Morvern
When word got out about new gymnastics instructors who recently moved to the beautiful Island of Mull, I knew I had to touch base with them. Lochaline, just a short ferry trip from Fishnish, is a thriving village but lacks on-site extra curricular activities for the children. Gymnastics has been sought after for many years…
Read MoreBunessan 11s
Saturday 4th May saw competitive 11-aside football return to the Ross of Mull as Bunessan FC hosted a men’s tournament comprising of teams from Bunessan, Tobermory, Islay and two from Oban. This festival of football had been organised to celebrate the arrival of two sets of 11-aside goals and a line marker which were purchased…
Read MoreAMAZE Project Update
Working together to decarbonise our islands! The AMAZE project (Archipelago of Mull Actions for Zero Emissions) launched a survey at the beginning of March – six weeks later we have received 122 replies. As most of the returns are one per household, this means we have replies from approx. 8% of all dwellings, which we…
Read MoreEaster Runs 2024
This year’s annual Easter Run in Bunessan was a great success, helped along by the weather, which was dry with some sunshine. And a cooling breeze! Runners converged on the Fire station in Bunessan from all over Scotland (Well, Oban and the Borders!), and included some holidaymakers from even further afield, including Leeds. There was…
Read MoreDisc Golf
Disc golf started on Mull in 1992 at Fanmore Croft, and being one of a handful of courses in the UK, over the years Fanmore hosted the Scottish Open, British Open and part of the Euro tour in 2017, when Fanmore held its last event. After the covid pandemic a friend of mine suggested we…
Read MoreNew Bridge for Centre
The Ross of Mull Historical Centre is delighted with its new bridge, ready in time for this year’s opening on April 1st. The wood of the old bridge was in need of repair so all the wood was replaced and the supporting metal structure repaired and repainted. The new wood is larch supplied by Tiroran…
Read MoreUlva Ferry Shore Building
On a beautiful sunny day, on February 24th, a “locals” opening event took place at the new Ulva Ferry Shore Facilities building. Over 150 people from all over Mull and Iona came to join the celebrations to open the building, which will welcome both the local community and visitors in the coming season. The building…
Read MoreHelipad
Health professionals gathered recently to celebrate the opening of the new helipad at Mull & Iona Community Hospital. Readers will recall that the helipad has been entirely funded by the ‘HELP Appeal’ charity, on land adjacent to the hospital, which was kindly donated by Andy and Naomi Knight. The helipad will mean critically ill patients…
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