Shetland: Your Essential Travel Guide (Shetland at a glance)

The older I get, the more I crave experiences that ground me, that allow me to truly connect with the natural world. I find myself increasingly seeking spaces that offer respite from the constant hum ...

13 Feb 202511min

Christmas in Shetland is something I’m asked about time and time again. What does Christmas in Shetland look like? What traditions do you have? What do you eat, and so on. And, to be honest – it looks...

20 Dec 202410min

To celebrate the release of Shetland: Your Essential Travel Guide, I am recording a few snippets from the book. This week, we are looking at one of the more in depths topics within the book and the ch...

26 Aug 202411min

To celebrate the release of Shetland: Your Essential Travel Guide, I am recording a few snippets from the book. This week, we are looking at The Basics chapter; Brief History. Shetland’s human histor...

12 Aug 202419min

This is a short one - as requested by my daughter, Lena. Not only is Windhouse Shetland’s most haunted house, but it has also been suggested that this is the most haunted house in the UK.Windhouse is...

5 Juli 20243min

If I had a penny for every time I was asked about winter in Shetland, I’d be a millionaire – and then some – and there are many reasons to visit, but you need to ask yourself first ‘what do I want fro...

23 Jan 202415min

Hallowe’en is almost upon us, and it's that time of the year when the veil between this world and the next is at its thinnest, and we can expect to experience the most paranormal activity. Shetland ha...

31 Okt 202343min