February 4, 2023
Soon it will be spring and already our April Calendar is almost fully booked. April is a wonderful month as everything bursts into life.
Read More...January 25, 2023
The Tireragan Trust Peat Restoration Project is looking for volunteers March 2023
Read More...October 15, 2022
Whole Cottage Winter Opening: Special Rate for 1 – 8 guests
Read More...May 3, 2021
We have been busy making major improvements to the Bunkrooms as well as undertaking our normal annual maintenance and decorating.
Read More...June 29, 2020
We are delighted to be welcoming guests to the Bunkrooms once more and have availability for new bookings from Tuesday August 25th for whole cottage only.
Read More...February 2, 2020
In around two months time, thousands of puffins will be heading to the Treshnish Isles
Read More...September 8, 2019
Mussels are cheap, easy to cook and very delicious. If you are arriving by car, you can pick up fresh mussels from Inverlussa, located just outside Craignure and cook them up in the Bunkrooms kitchen
Read More...August 24, 2019
Most people may not immediately associate bunkrooms holiday accommodation with luxury dining, unlike our guests, the d’Avellas from Italy.
Read More...July 23, 2019
A new 1.6 km path has been opened from Fionnphort to Creich around picturesque Loch Pottie, allowing locals and visitors to walk safely and with a lot more enjoyment.
Read More...July 10, 2019
So many of our guests, as they leave, say they wish they had planned to stay longer. The Ross of Mull, and its offshore islands, offers plenty of opportunities for exhilarating days out.
Read More...June 11, 2019
The weather in the Ross of Mull can be variable, in particular it can be windy, (which has the benefit of keeping the midgies at bay). However, recently we experienced a most unusual evening mist which gave an ethereal light over the moor.
Read More...March 3, 2019
March has arrived and the landscape is starting to burst into colour, with primroses, daffodils, gorse and willow catkins adding a welcome splash of bright yellow everywhere. The sounds of spring are in the air, especially the birdsong which is increasing by the day in the trees around the bunkhouse.
Read More...September 26, 2018
One of the pleasures of staying in Fionnphort is to be able to pop over to Iona, such a tiny island but with a massive appeal. The silver-sand beaches of Iona are legendary, but in complete contrast, and with a fascination all of its own, is St Columba’s Bay.
Read More...July 28, 2018
Inch Kenneth: Fionnphort is one of the special places on the west coast of Scotland which offers the opportunity to visit fascinating offshore islands. Iona, Staffa and Treshnish each have their own very distinct unique character and are the most well-known and popular of the offshore islands of Mull and fairly easily reached, with a bit of forward planning.
Read More...July 6, 2018
If you want to experience a slice of a natural heaven, try Traigh Gheal beach, accessed through the Tireragan Nature Reserve. The walk, which starts at Knockvologan, is one of the most challenging on the Ross of Mull as the terrain is rough and can be very boggy. However, with the exceptional dry weather for the past two months, this is a great time to take the walk to Triagh Gheal as the going is easier as it is less wet underfoot.
Read More...April 4, 2018
Our intrepid cyclist guest Marianne left us this morning, heading back to Craignure. She arrived two days ago, having first completed two sections of the “Wild About Argyll” bikepacking trail, with some family members, around 570K in total. Having found herself in Oban with a couple of days to spare, she decided to head to Mull and cycle the length of the south of the island from west to east; Craignure to Fionnphort.
Read More...January 21, 2018
Today we were blessed with one of those windless winter days with clear blue skies where the only place to be is the Ross of Mull. The day started off well with a great view of an otter in Loch Pottie, the v-shaped wake clearly visible on the otherwise smooth surface of the water. However there was a need to gather seaweed to fertilise the lazy beds in the newly created allotment and it was decided this was the perfect day for it. Uisken was the chosen destination as it has a handy small car park right on the beach and the winter storms had provided a large deposit of seaweed
Read More...May 13, 2017
The popularity of wild swimming has grown over the past few years and on the 6th of May this year an open water swim across the Sound of Mull was the great finale to a series of four swims for 2017 organised by Highland Water Swim. Our own Rachel Ball, manager of Ross of Mull Bunkhouse took part in the swim, with her friends Marianne and Kristen.
Read More...January 11, 2017
We are always amazed at the amount of wildlife around in the winter months. We are extremely privileged to have daily visits from hen harriers, which hunt over the moor directly behind the bunkhouse and regularly quarter the grounds in search of a tasty vole. The spring can't come soon enough when we will hopefully be treated to the male sky dancing, and this pair raising young through the summer
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