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We now have a timetable!! Interesting timing; planning has just gone in for the terminal building and no work (other than paper) has happened. These (there are several) are proposed timetables, not actual, and we are asked to comment on them. I didn’t think it was possible to make sense out of the coloured sheets, but I persevered and may have made some progress. There is a basic, an intermediate and an advanced. No flights on Thursday and no flights after dark, which is a bit limiting in the winter. In theory there will be two return trips at least twice a week, but as the maximum time between flights at Connel is 3 hours and I don’t know what the check-in times are it will limit time in Oban, probably not much use for hospital appointments, although we might squeeze a dentist trip in. Obviously more useful for ‘experts’ coming to Coll. Some flights link with Tiree, although never a double call. I haven’t worked out how it will link up with the boat, but by the time this starts the second linkspan will be up and running and boat times will be completely different. The school kids get priority on some flights, but no word on the size of plane.
Last night Coll had one of its irregular fire festivals. How far away were we visible?