10 July 2026 Issue 2686 © ULLAPOOL NEWS
SKIFF REGATTA THIS WEEKEND.with competitors from 18 coastal rowing clubs taking part.
Friday evening youth teams, start 6pm. Full days adult rowing on Saturday and Sunday, between ferry times.
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Ullapool High School Trip to Nova Scotia
After two years of planning, fundraising and preparing, our Nova Scotia group finally set off on Monday 22nd June, with
18 pupils and three staff travelling down to Edinburgh before flying out the next morning.
The narrative of the trip was to follow the emigrants who sailed aboard the Hector from Lochbroom to Pictou in 1773 to see what impact emigration had had on their lives and what impact they had had on the communities there, so our first port of call was Pictou itself. We were piped into the Hector Heritage Quay museum and greeted by staff and volunteers descended from the Hector passengers, as well as Lewis MacKinnon, the Executive Director of Gaelic Affairs for the Nova Scotia provincial government and reporters from the Pictou Advocate newspaper. After a fascinating tour of the museum, the local pipe band invited three of our group to play with them on the deck of the Hector, a real highlight of the trip on the very first evening. The local Highland dancers got involved too, and our group began to see how proudly the people there cherish their Scottish heritage.
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SKIFF REGATTA THIS WEEKEND.with competitors from 18 coastal rowing clubs taking part.
Friday evening youth teams, start 6pm. Full days adult rowing on Saturday and Sunday, between ferry times.
*****
Ullapool High School Trip to Nova Scotia
After two years of planning, fundraising and preparing, our Nova Scotia group finally set off on Monday 22nd June, with
18 pupils and three staff travelling down to Edinburgh before flying out the next morning.
The narrative of the trip was to follow the emigrants who sailed aboard the Hector from Lochbroom to Pictou in 1773 to see what impact emigration had had on their lives and what impact they had had on the communities there, so our first port of call was Pictou itself. We were piped into the Hector Heritage Quay museum and greeted by staff and volunteers descended from the Hector passengers, as well as Lewis MacKinnon, the Executive Director of Gaelic Affairs for the Nova Scotia provincial government and reporters from the Pictou Advocate newspaper. After a fascinating tour of the museum, the local pipe band invited three of our group to play with them on the deck of the Hector, a real highlight of the trip on the very first evening. The local Highland dancers got involved too, and our group began to see how proudly the people there cherish their Scottish heritage.
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