But the 50-year-old maintenance man has to mount his bicycle every day to catch the ferry over to Mull every night, where he lives in a caravan. |
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After seeing an advert, he and his wife, Rose, travelled to the Isle of Mull to look at some Galloways and knew they had found the right breed. |
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I heard it on the grapevine. The Isle of Mull grapevine, but the grapevine all the same. |
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The centre can arrange licences to dive on the two designated historic shipwrecks in the Sound of Mull, the Dartmouth and the Swan. |
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The world's last ocean-going paddle steamer set sail again just hours after it was feared her hull had been damaged off the Mull of Kintrye. |
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Arran, Islay, Bute and Mull all contain lochs full of trout and also boast short spate rivers with good runs of sea-trout and salmon. |
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Yet cargo boats regularly cut through the Sound of Mull, purely to save time and fuel. |
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From my bothy on the west coast I can see the mountains of Mull, and I joke that sometimes I can see New York. |
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For those seeking not only a rural home but one on an island, Assapol House, a former manse near Bunessan on the Isle of Mull, is for sale. |
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But just as dangerous was attempting to land his flying boat in the Sound of Mull without any navigational aids and in complete darkness. |
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After their wild night in the fleshpots and hotspots of Leeds, the boys, together with a trio of female friends head to Mull. |
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Their fleets of ships fought and won battles from the coasts of Kerry to Mizen's wild foreland, to the Mull of Kintyre. |
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On the other hand, I have been invited to fly-fish for pollock and tope off the Mull of Galloway in a couple of weeks. |
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The Mull of Kintyre proper is the lump of the peninsula south of Campbeltown, with the lighthouse at Machrihanish on its north west. |
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One of the things that's become traditional on Mull is an informal ceilidh, where the students do party pieces, something they want to play rather than are scheduled to play. |
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Examination of an 18 ft whale washed up on a beach on Mull earlier this year found its stomach was filled with polythene bags, which may have contributed to its death. |
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It doesn't bode well for an exciting work trip to Mull this week to look for white-tailed eagles. |
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Avoid the expense and regimented meal-times of traditional urban accommodation by self-catering, something most of us assume only happens in a log-cabin in Mull. |
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Colin MacIntyre: Mull Historical Society I love Feist's Metals for its lights and darks. |
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The uplands slope toward the coastal plains along the Solway Firth in the south and to the machair and the Mull of Galloway farther west. |
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On the long haul to Scotland they even attempted to row the 36 ft long boat at a stage when they were becalmed on the east side of the Mull of Galloway. |
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Desserts of chocolate cake and hyper-decadent peach meringue sundae were quickly polished off, followed a fine selection of Isle of Mull cheeses and coffee. |
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The Inner Hebrides lie closer to mainland Scotland and include Islay, Jura, Skye, Mull, Raasay, Staffa and the Small Isles. |
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It stretches from St Bees Head, just south of Whitehaven in Cumbria, to the Mull of Galloway, on the western end of Dumfries and Galloway. |
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Later he made an expedition to the Isle of Mull, where he obtained other manuscripts. |
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Kittiwake, an off-grid cabin on Mull Where to stay Where to stay The accommodation options on Skye are some of the best in Scotland, from gourmet hotels to award-winning hostels. |
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X FACTOR hopeful Geoff Mull performed for fans during an emotional return to his old school. |
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Filming begins in late June on the Isle of Mull, shot by cinematographer Ed Rutherford, who also lensed Joanna Hogg's atmospheric island drama Archipelago. |
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Some, such as Skye and Mull are mountainous, while others like Tiree and Sanday are relatively low lying. |
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He was granted land on the island of Iona off the Isle of Mull which became the centre of his evangelising mission to the Picts. |
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The head of the State Department's political-military affairs bureau, Stephen Mull, told the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee April 30 that international efforts to stamp out piracy are beginning have effect. |
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Clyde Coast guard confirmed that a fishing boat had trawled the body up in its nets and the crew had then taken it to Mull of Kintyre. |
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The Karob was in the Azores, off the coast of Portugal and expected to meet our fleet a few days after Christmas near Mull. |
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Clyde stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime area situated to the north-east of a line drawn between the Mull of Kintyre and Corsewall Point. |
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One possible daytrip is from Oban to Mull and the colourful village of Tobermory. |
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Perhaps I could've hitched a lift on its back – hobbit-like – to Mull. |
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The southern boundary of the strait is a line joining the Mull of Galloway and Ballyquintin Point. |
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The Mull has one of the last remaining sections of natural coastal habitat on the Galloway coast and as such supports a wide variety of plant and animal species. |
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In 2013 there was a community buyout and the Mull of Galloway Trust purchased land and buildings, with the exception of the tower, from Northern Lighthouse Board. |
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The most prominent Scottish tale of the headless horseman concerns a man named Ewen decapitated in a clan battle at Glen Cainnir on the Isle of Mull. |
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Alex Gray Pitch Black, the fifth book in Alex Gray's brilliant DCI Bill Lorimer series, opens as Lorimer is about to board the ferry after a holiday on Mull. |
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There's an enormous variety of cheeses and other dairy products across Scotland, from the Isle of Mull cheddar to Scottish Dolcelatte and delicious ice cream. |
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