Shetland with Laurie Podcast

Feb 13 2025 29 ep. 43 mins 34
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Shetland with Laurie is hosted by writer and tour guide, Laurie Goodlad and delves into all aspects of life in Shetland; the place, the people and the landscape. You can find out more about Shetland with Laurie by following on Instagram @shetlandwithlaurie

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Aufguss: The incredible power of sauna in Shetland

Feb 13 2025 11 mins  
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 of digital noise and the demands of modern life. Believe it or not, but I spend most of my days sitting at a computer – not the open spaces and horizons that you see on my Instagram

Christmas and New Year in Shetland

Dec 19 2024 10 mins  
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 a lot like Christmas all over the world, and certainly throughout the UK. We have the John Lewis advert, Wham, Buble and the great hunking turkey on the day. We’ve lost so many

Shetland: Your Essential Travel Guide (Topic: weather)

Aug 26 2024 11 mins  
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 chapter; Weather. Climate and the weather are something that most visitors are keen to understand before they arrive and, locally, is a topic that opens most conversations. The most

Shetland: Your Essential Travel Guide (Brief History)

Aug 12 2024 19 mins  
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 history goes back thousands of years, and it has been home to a succession of people since Neolithic times. The evidence of these lives can be found across the isles, intertwined with how

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

Aug 05 2024 13 mins  
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; Shetland at a glance. Shetland is an archipelago partway between Scotland and Scandinavia, straddling the North Sea and North Atlantic at a latitude of 60° north. Shetland’s position has long made it an important trading

A ghostly tale

Jul 05 2024 3 mins  
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 in the island of Yell, Shetland’s largest trio of North Isles, and just a short ferry ride from the Mainland. The ruined house sits on the crest of the hill on the approach into

5 reasons to visit Shetland in winter

Jan 23 2024 15 mins  
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 from a visit’. If the answer is puffins, light, activities, and long hikes with a picnic, you’ll likely want to visit in summer when the days are long, and the hills are dr

Shetland's haunted places - a Halloween special

Oct 30 2023 43 mins  
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 had its own unique blend of hallowe'en tradition influenced by Christianity, with its roots firmly placed in old pagan customs.We might dismiss Halloween as a purely American

An interview with Ann Marie Anderson, author of the Peerie Ooricks books

Jun 08 2021 38 mins  
Welcome to episode 21 of the podcast - this week’s show is with Ann Marie Anderson, author of the popular dialect children's book series, Peerie Ooricks. Ann Marie grew up on the west side of Shetland, and now lives on the island of Whalsay. She is a writer and artist who has created the lovable Ooricks – small characters who explore Shetland’s landscape, language and culture

Shetland dialect with Chloe Irvine *spoken in the dialect*

May 24 2021 46 mins  
Welcome to episode 20 of the podcast. Today’s show is a bit different, and due to popular demand, we are carrying out this interview, predominantly on language, in our native tongue. In today’s show, I speak to Chloe Irvine who grew up on the island of Whalsay and has just completed her degree in Journalism at Edinburgh Napier University. Chloe talks to us about the transition