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Tourism

CalMac Cancels Everything; Island Holidaymakers Reclassified as ‘Residents’

All west coast services off for the weekend.

A ferry, staying in.

A ferry, staying in. Photo: Alan Jamieson from Aberdeen, Scotland, “Loch Seaforth (19845792160)”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

WEST COAST — CalMac cancelled its west coast services for the weekend as Boelo blew through. Perthetic’s fictional tourist on Mull said: “I’ve been offered a job at the post office and a croft. Might stay.”

The real story: Real: CalMac cancelled all west coast services for the weekend (BBC).

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