Posts by JannaRA
Next Stage for Craignure Terminal
Argyll and Bute Harbour Board has agreed funding of £3 million, over the next two years, to progress the next phase of work to replace Craignure Ferry Terminal, Mull, and support wider plans to improve island connectivity. This will help bring the project to its construction stage by funding the completion of business cases, Environmental…
Read More‘Visitor Levy’
Visit Mull and Iona DMO response to the Visitor Levy Visit Mull and Iona is the Destination Marketing Organisation for the islands with a membership of 153 representing 190 Mull and Iona businesses across all hospitality sectors. There is deep concern amongst our members that the Visitor Levy is not only bad for our vital…
Read MoreCraignure Tapestry Project
Back in 2019 in the city of Dundee, John Fyffe MBE of the Weaver Incorporation of Dundee and Dr. Frances Stevenson, senior lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, conceived and developed the idea of creating a series of tapestries depicting Dundee’s heritage and culture. Around 140 volunteer stitchers worked on 35…
Read MoreFèis Mhuile 2025
This year’s Fèis weekend was held in Bunessan from 7th-9th February. The event was one of the biggest we’ve hosted in a number of years – with over 60 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…
Read MoreVisitor Levy Consultation Opens
Argyll & Bute Council has now opened its promised consultation on the proposed Visitor Levy, which we covered in detail in last month’s issue. We urge you to give your views at www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/visitor-levy . The consultation will be open until 10th April 2025. The council seems very keen to push this through, so if you…
Read MoreNew Year’s Day Shinty
What luck to have brilliant sunshine and a very low tide at lunchtime on New Year’s Day for the shinty on Ardalanish Beach – the weather prior to that had really not looked hopeful. A good number of players turned out, the 2 teams captained by Rob Claxton-Ingham of Lee and Michael Ritchie of Ardtun.…
Read MoreMull Campus: Site Decision Postponed
With plans to build a new school campus on Mull progressing, the Council will meet in February 2025 to consider options and make a final decision on a preferred site. The cost of building the campus is Argyll and Bute Council’s single biggest investment estimated at £43 million. Following a ‘call for sites’ appeal, a…
Read MoreCinderella
NOMADS’ 2024 pantomime, Cinderella, was eagerly anticipated, with tickets selling out at lightning speed. And it was a truly magical production. Fairy Godmother Kirsty Newbigging sprinkled fairydust to ensure that feisty Cinderella (Natalie Livingstone) married her Prince Charming (Gracie-Anne Whittaker). Wicked stepsisters Denise Baxter and Alastair Bancroft were quite terrifying, and Tobermory’s keep-fit classes will…
Read MoreTwo from Mull nominated for Nature of Scotland Awards
‘Nature Scotland ~ Isle of Mull ~ Wildlife Tours’ has been shortlisted for the RSPB Nature of Scotland Nature Tourism Award 2024 ‘Dave Sexton – White-tailed Eagles’ has been shortlisted for the RSPB Nature of Scotland Species Champion Award 2024 Nature Scotland and Dave Sexton were announced as finalists at the Nature of Scotland Awards…
Read MoreWest over Sea 2024
The Tobermory Book Festival, which took place in the Western Isles Hotel in October, brought authors and audiences together to discuss everything from the medicinal powers of seaweed and the extraordinary journeys of the Manx Shearwater to the challenges of land ownership in Scotland and the beauty of winter storms viewed from a croft in…
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