Posts by JannaRA
Sound of Iona Breakwaters
In mid-November we were made aware that Argyll & Bute Council has withdrawn its planning application for ‘Construction of rock armour breakwater and steel monopile overnight berthing facility, including walkway, gangway access and associated works’ at Fionnphort Ferry Slip. Many readers will be relieved at this, since the plans appeared to be considerably flawed. It…
Read MoreNew Ferry: Requirements
Mull & Iona Ferry Committee has now delivered the completed Specification of User Requirements (SUR) to the Government department that manages the ferry system, Transport Scotland. The SUR details the key principles that the design of our new ferry needs to follow in order to satisfy the needs of island users. It has been endorsed…
Read MoreReturn of Mull Rally
The Beatsons Building Supplies Mull Rally was back this October with a vengeance, with the weather and the tricky course playing their part. For the first time since it started running as a closed road rally, there was no Muileach in the top 3 – top-seeded local boys Paul Mackinnon and John MacCrone drove the…
Read MoreMull at the National Mòd
This October the National Mòd returned to Inverness, as a “hybrid” mòd – much of it virtual and online, but some of it live in Inverness. Many children from both Còisir Òg Mhuile and Comunn Gaidhealeach Mhuile submitted videos of their songs and poems, receiving online adjudications and placings. Kathryn Dugdale (13) from Tobermory and…
Read MoreNorwegian Ferry Coming to Mull
Transport Scotland have confirmed that a second-hand ferry has been been bought from a Norwegian ferry company. This is the result of a search by CMAL for suitable second-hand vessels for the CalMac fleet (the same search that we attempted to contribute to by proposing the Indonesian catamaran). The MV Utne was built in 2015…
Read MoreFerry News
Meeting with Graeme Dey, Minister for Transport We were very pleased to welcome the new Transport Minister to Mull at the end of August, for a constructive and wide-ranging discussion regarding Mull and Iona’s ferry services. Among the topics of discussion was of course the Mull catamaran, and the disappointing decision not to proceed with…
Read MoreCraignure Improvements
Following a disappointing on-line meeting regarding the Craignure Pier development proposals, and on a beautiful July day, Craignure Bay Community Group were delighted to welcome representatives from Argyll & Bute Council and Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Ltd. to Craignure, for a walk and talk through our village from Java to the Village Hall and all…
Read MoreMull & Morvern Sheepdog Trial
This year’s trial was held on Thursday 26th August. The venue was once again Gruline Field, Knock Farm. The weather was beautiful and attracted a good crowd, despite the Oban ferry being cancelled due to Covid. 31 dogs ran on packets of four Blackface hoggs, which in general ran quite well around the field but…
Read MoreMull Mòd
We were all so excited that the Mull Mòd was going to be going ahead this year. We had received about 200 entries from more than 80 children, as well as a dozen adult competitors. We weren’t going to have adult choirs, but we did have a few children’s groups and a children’s choir on…
Read MoreScarecrow Trail Ross of Mull
It was difficult trying to judge the Scarecrow Trail this year: not everyone who made a scarecrow photographed it and posted on the Gala FB page or sent them to me so I could do so. However, in saying that, I’m very grateful to all of those who created one, they continued to help brighten…
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