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Tuesday 10th May

Event name Ullapool Fish Week Political Conference
Time 10.00 am (Conference continues from Monday)
Venue Macphail Centre
Cost £30 (incl buffet lunch Tuesday)
Contact Ramsay McGhee - ramsay@ullapoolfishweek.co.uk
The "Turning the Tide" from the local perspective will be addressed today. For further details of the conference contact Ramsay McGhee or Shona Osborne to book your place.
Event name Sea to Sky
Time 10.00
Venue Macphail Centre
Cost
Contact
This is the second of two Community Involvement Art Workshops in the Macphail Centre.
Event name Seals and Seascapes  
Time 10.30
Venue Meet at the Ullapool High School 
Cost Free
Contact Meryl Carr ( meryl.carr@highland.gov.uk )
A coastal exploration from Garvie Bay to Achnahaird. The minibus will leave from Ullapool High School, those who wish to make their own way should meet at Achnahaird car park (GR NC016139) at 11.30am. 
Event name Ullapool Fish Week Golf Competition
Time                             2pm
Venue                          Ullapool Golf Club
Cost 
Contact:                       Tel: 01854 613323
Delegates from the Fish Week conference will join locals, visitors, anyone with an interest in golf to compete on our 9-hole course & appreciate the outstanding views! Play for the Royal Hotel Trophy in this fun competition on one of the loveliest courses in Scotland
Event name Daily Bar-be-que
Time Afternoon
Venue Quay Street by the Fish Week Tent
Contact David Mackenzie - 01854 612122
A daily Bar-be-que will be available each afternoon on Quay Street. Today's BBQ will be organised by The Seaforth

 

Event name Junior Fishing Competition
Time                             4.30pm
Venue                          Registration at Macphail Centre 4pm
Cost 
Contact:                       Ullapool Angling Club
Organised by Ullapool Angling Club, this is an opportunity for all junior anglers to participate in an angling competition on Loch Achall and compete for the Loch Broom Hardware Cup.
Event name Boatbuilding & Sailing
Time                             Daily
Venue                          Ullapool Boat Builders & Lochbroom Sailing Club
Cost 
Contact:                       Boatbuilders - 01854 613380  
Another exciting programme of boat-building can be witnessed daily at the Ullapool Boat Builders yard. Witness the finishing touches being put to the Jubilee - a Sgoth belonging to Ness Historical Society.
Last years' community boat - Wee Hector - will also be a big feature this year with trips being organised by the Loch Broom Sailing Club, weather permitting.
Event name Ullapool Museum Exhibitions & Displays
Time Daily - See Museum Opening Hours
Venue Ullapool Museum
Cost Museum entry
Contact Ullapool Museum Tel : 01854 612987
Come along to the award winning Ullapool Museum to see the following fascinating exhibitions: 
A hundred years of fishing in and around Loch Broom
...fishing out of Ullapool
Local Boat Building
Fishing artefacts and fishing information
The Great Mackerel Race - A TV eye film about the mackerel fishery
New museum publication - A Hundred Years of fishing in and around Ullapool, Dr JR Coull
Exhibition on loan to Masonic Lodge - Ullapool's Pelagic Fishery
Event name Pelagic Fleet Painting & Model Exhibition
Time 19.30
Venue Lodge St. Martin, Argyll St.
Cost Donation
Contact Ramsay McGhee (ramsay@ullapoolfishweek.co.uk)
Come along and view some of the stunning paintings and models of the Pelagic Fleet. In addition there will be a photographic display of the fleet from Charlie Allen's archives. The Ullapool Tourism & Business Association would like to thank the Ullapool Museum  and Charlie Allen for their help in this project.
Event name The Clan Jamfree  
Time 21.00  
Venue The Seaforth  
Cost
Contact David Mackenzie - 01854 612122
Some of the locals round a table playig traditional, contemporary and modern music
Event name Healthy Living Programme  
Time TBA
Venue Lochbroom Leisure Centre & Swimming Pool  
Cost Leisure Centre entry  
Contact Fiona Timmins – Lochbroom Leisure Tel : 01854 612884  
Fiona Timmins, the Healthy Living Coordinator will be running a series of events within Fish Week with the Healthy Living theme.  
Event name Art Exhibition by Liz Myhill
Time                             Daily
Venue                          Ullapool Youth Hostel
Cost 
Contact:                       Chrissy Boyd 
Last year's Artist in Residence, Liz Myhill, displays some of her fabulous works.
Event name Art Exhibition - Watch This Space
Time                             Daily
Venue                          The Old Library, Market Street
Cost 
Contact:                      
Exhibitions and workshops throughout the week at the Gallery (The Old Library), and an exhibition of donated works in the Ceilidh Place.