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16 October 2014

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Hi Buzz
John Fraser won the East End fishing (of course). There were more crew than boats, but 3 from the village entered and I gather it was a successful day. All the mackerel were sardine-sized, but in large shoals so catch weights were better than the village competition.
The East End won the tug of war at the show. They beat the Airport crew in three pulls. It is the first time I saw two grown men play 'paper scissors stone' to decide who called when the coin was tossed. Ewan won 'paper scissors stone' (with stone, of course), lost the toss and got the losing end, and then won the first pull. However, determination and stubbornness are valued characteristics up east, and with the majority of Coll cheering on the home team the East won the next 2 pulls.
The road race was re-routed (to find a road) and Ben from project came in first. All the kids got Magnums for running, I might take part next year. The crowd got more colourful as the new hall fundraising team sold very bright orange, yellow and blue pirate T-shirts. The beer tent steadily sold Piper's Gold and Somerled and also five boxes of Magners, which has become this year's drink, and will have been responsible for doubling our recycled glass. Angus MacPhail and the band got a bit held up on Mull, but the kids played the fiddles and boxes, and Stuart played the pipes, and the band played on past 2-30 and I didn't get to bed until four so it was a cracking day and night. The only disappointed person was my mum, who carefully dug up her spuds, selected the show entries, put the discards in the sink to eat and the good ones aside, and discovered Martin had cooked the wrong ones!
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Been enjoying reading your blog for some time. I see the airport crew are still at work on the island, when is the air link due to begin running and which airline do I need to contact to book? I have wanted to visit Coll for some time but I am hopeless on boats (seasick just thinking about it!)

Geordie fae Fife from mevagissey


Hi Nic. Thanks for the update on the east end fishing comp. I should have checked your blog before I saw you in the pub on Saturday night... decided to come over at the last minute. I was at the Show so I saw the tug of war. I did think the east end boys would lose up until the point that John James was giving them tips on their technique and some guy was standing right next to them shouting '1,2,3, 4'... apparently it's all in the rhythm. Beating the airport boys with their 2 huge anchors was no easy job. Really enjoyed the dance. It's much easier to get a lift back when your friend and sister decide to call it a night before midnight and you're left with only one of you! Must go. I only got back to the mainland last night and already I'm on here... fairly sure it's not what my boss is paying me for. I don't think I'll be back over now until after the New Year... not unless I can swing some time off for study leave.

Buzz from Glasgow


Before I forget, I don't know who designed the t-shirts but I work for one of Glasgow's nightclubs that's full of trendies (with a little bit of kitsch), and several people have commented on how fabulous they think the t-shirt is. I of course had just come back from a week on Coll and was wearing the only thing that was clean.

Buzz from Glasgow


Buzz I think the picture had something to do with Kip. I'm sure we can get them posted down if they become an indispensible fashion item.

Nic from Coll




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