Posts by JannaRA
Survey – do you want a new ferry ticketing system?
Recently we wrote to Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth and Islands Minister Mairi Gougeon, urging them to ensure that as is required by the Islands Act, an Island Community Impact Assessment (ICIA) is used to examine CalMac’s booking system. The current first-come-first-served system has unfairness built into it. Island residents cannot plan every shopping trip, family visit,…
Read MoreMull Highland Games SCIO
I am pleased to inform that Mull Highland Games SCIO is now a registered charity; number SC051615 as from 25th February 2022. Our charitable purposes are: F – the advancement of citizenship or community development G the advancement of the arts heritage, culture or science H – the advancement of public participation in sport I…
Read MoreNew Physiotherapist
Meet newly appointed Physiotherapist Fiona Gray The Physiotherapy Team at Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership has recently welcomed physiotherapist Fiona Gray to the team. Fiona will be living and working on the Isle of Mull. Her role will involve assessing and treating patients who have problems relating to pain in muscles, spine…
Read MoreFifty 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…
Read MoreMendelssohn on Mull Spring Music
February 27 – March 1 Mendelssohn on Mull returns for its annual residency in the week beginning September 18th. Following successful events in 2019 and 2020, we have invited four young artists, chosen by the Doric String Quartet, our Artistic Directors, to come to Mull for a week this month. We hope that this may…
Read MoreFrom Tormore to the National Museum
David Faithfull, one of the late Joan Faithfull’s sons, contacted us recently to let us know that her potter’s wheel and a selection of her pottery has been gifted to National Museums Scotland (NMS). Alice Wyllie of NMS says “This is a donation of 24 pots by Joan Faithfull (1923-2017) along with eight maker’s stamps…
Read MoreLooking forward to Winterwatch
Winter can be a challenging season to film wildlife. The days are short, the weather can be bad and some wildlife is generally less active. But it’s a challenge the BBC team behind ‘The Watches’ relishes and can’t wait to get started. Actually, it all started a long time ago… BBC Winterwatch returns to Mull…
Read MoreAn Tobar and Mull Theatre
There has been the most astonishing resurgence of activity at both An Tobar and Mull Theatre. It is so gratifying to see the diverse ventures for our enjoyment and pleasure now available in a live format again. Many people across the island welcomed the return of live theatre with the highly acclaimed production of Every…
Read MoreR&A 30th Anniversary and Sgriob-ruadh Protest!
We are delighted this month to be celebrating Round & About’s 30th anniversary, the magazine having been launched on 1st December 1991, with the slogan: ‘Where, when, who, why? Give us a shout at Round & About’ Leafing through that first publication, we see that some things have not changed much over the years –…
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