Hi All, Stay where you are are. Weather here not that good unless you are looking for rain. Last Sunday I went for a walk to Gualacholish which is near Killean burial ground. You might member that there was a message posted on the list last Sunday (UK) requesting photographs of the burial ground as part of a PhD thesis. I read this message about ten minutes before I went on the walk. What timing ! Have to say that I would have taken photographs anyway. Great walk and got to see sea eagles, seals, otters, deer and adders (UK's only poisonous snake). Also got good views over Eilean Amalaig on which a castle is indicated on current maps. A good while ago I had a request for confirmation that the castle exits. I can only report that I could not see any trace of the castle. I have photographs and would be happy to send them to whoever it was that made the request if they contact me off list. On Monday I had a gentle walk along Loch na Keil. Nothing much to report from here apart from a pair of golden eagles. Tuesday was the day that I subjected list member Jacqueline Archibald and a friend of hers to a day trip round the island. Not sure whether she has recovered from my driving but she left the island the next morning. I hope there is no connection between the two events. Like many visitors to the island Jacqueline was surprised how big it is and how long it takes to go right round. As a guide to those thinking of visiting the island a trip from Tobermory I take the road to Dervaig, then on to Calgary, Torloisk, Ulva Ferry, Gruline, Gribun, Kinloch, Bunessan and Fionnphort for Iona. Return run is via Glen More, Craignure and Salen. Allowing for the ferry across to Iona, the walk to and round the Abbey the whole trip takes around 8 or 9 hours. It was good to meet Jacqueline. Wednesday was a nothing day. Not much point in going out to get wet though and I have walking weatherproofs. It was that bad. Thursday took me down to the Maclean Chapel at Laggan. Unfortunately my camera batteries went on this trip so only got one photograph on the outside of the chapel. Can report that preservation work at Moy Castle is well under way. On Friday I went with the local historical society to the Scottish Crannog Centre (see www.crannog.org) where an old crannog dwelling has been reconstructed. As part of their exhibition they had a map of know crannog sites which did not show the best known Mull crannog in Glen More. This one is shown as such on current maps. On the way back we stopped at the Ben Curachan Hydro Power station at Loch Awe. Like many I have passed the station many times on the road to or from Oban but never been in. An interesting place to visit but be prepared to have facts and figures thrown at you all the time. Yesterday was then second day of the Mull Mod. It was good to see all the competitors in highland gear and hear the singing. Would have been better if the weather was better. When it's nice the choirs practice all along Main Street. Site and sounds to behold. I'm afraid to report that the Isle of Mull Gaelic Choir did not do that well. I'm hoping that the weather will improve as I would like to get to the old settlement of Inivea above Calgary Bay today. Take care, Ian -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE

Hi Ian, Sorry to hear that the weather is bad. Hope it brightens up for your second week as it did for us. Keep smiling, June. >From: "ian.phillips@ukonline.co.uk" <ian.phillips@ukonline.co.uk> >Reply-To: ian.phillips@ukonline.co.uk, sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com >To: sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com >Subject: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Greetings from Tobermory, Mull >Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 03:33:41 -0400 > >Hi All, > >Stay where you are are. Weather here not that good unless you are looking >for rain. > >Last Sunday I went for a walk to Gualacholish which is near Killean burial >ground. You might member that there was a message posted on the list last >Sunday (UK) requesting photographs of the burial ground as part of a PhD >thesis. I read this message about ten minutes before I went on the walk. >What timing ! Have to say that I would have taken photographs anyway. Great >walk and got to see sea eagles, seals, otters, deer and adders (UK's only >poisonous snake). > >Also got good views over Eilean Amalaig on which a castle is indicated on >current maps. A good while ago I had a request for confirmation that the >castle exits. I can only report that I could not see any trace of the >castle. I have photographs and would be happy to send them to whoever it >was that made the request if they contact me off list. > >On Monday I had a gentle walk along Loch na Keil. Nothing much to report >from here apart from a pair of golden eagles. > >Tuesday was the day that I subjected list member Jacqueline Archibald and a >friend of hers to a day trip round the island. Not sure whether she has >recovered from my driving but she left the island the next morning. I hope >there is no connection between the two events. Like many visitors to the >island Jacqueline was surprised how big it is and how long it takes to go >right round. As a guide to those thinking of visiting the island a trip >from Tobermory I take the road to Dervaig, then on to Calgary, Torloisk, >Ulva Ferry, Gruline, Gribun, Kinloch, Bunessan and Fionnphort for Iona. >Return run is via Glen More, Craignure and Salen. Allowing for the ferry >across to Iona, the walk to and round the Abbey the whole trip takes around >8 or 9 hours. It was good to meet Jacqueline. > >Wednesday was a nothing day. Not much point in going out to get wet though >and I have walking weatherproofs. It was that bad. > >Thursday took me down to the Maclean Chapel at Laggan. Unfortunately my >camera batteries went on this trip so only got one photograph on the >outside of the chapel. Can report that preservation work at Moy Castle is >well under way. > >On Friday I went with the local historical society to the Scottish Crannog >Centre (see www.crannog.org) where an old crannog dwelling has been >reconstructed. As part of their exhibition they had a map of know crannog >sites which did not show the best known Mull crannog in Glen More. This one >is shown as such on current maps. On the way back we stopped at the Ben >Curachan Hydro Power station at Loch Awe. Like many I have passed the >station many times on the road to or from Oban but never been in. An >interesting place to visit but be prepared to have facts and figures thrown >at you all the time. > >Yesterday was then second day of the Mull Mod. It was good to see all the >competitors in highland gear and hear the singing. Would have been better >if the weather was better. When it's nice the choirs practice all along >Main Street. Site and sounds to behold. I'm afraid to report that the Isle >of Mull Gaelic Choir did not do that well. > >I'm hoping that the weather will improve as I would like to get to the old >settlement of Inivea above Calgary Bay today. > >Take care, > >Ian > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - >http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of Hotmail is here! http://www.newhotmail.co.uk