- Handy Links -


STOP THE PRESS !!

Found very recently, while stranded on Yell during extremely
bad weather - Quam B&B at Westsandwick. Beautiful!

Email them from here to book your stay.

Shetland News
The Shetland News:

Shetland's daily, online, free newspaper.

The Shetland Times

The online version of Shetland's weekly (printed) newspaper.


Click here for general travel information.
S.I.C. Inter-Island Ferries

 Travelling between the islands tends to call for a bit of planning, to avoid missed connections.

 Click these integrated bus service and ferry services. links to see the latest timetables.

 


The BBC Shipping Forecast
See 'Viking', 'Fair Isle' & 'Faeroes' for what
the weather's doing locally.


BBC Local Weather
General weather information.

North Isles Weather
A Fair Isle-based ten-day weather outlook for
Shetland, Orkney and Caithness.
BBC Weather news

BBC Coast & Tide Information

  • Essential information for shellfish-collectors and beachcombers
  • Select 'Bluemull Sound' on the menu



Click here to go to Dennis Bundy's OriginArt page.
Take an armchair look around Shetland, by courtesy of Dennis Bundy's OriginArt webpage. It includes a lot of useful information on holiday accommodation and transport.

Click the Amazon.co.uk image for new and used books, music CDs, DVDs and video-tapes at budget prices.

Save money on printing costs

Regrettably, my old friends Wiseprint seem to have disappeared lately - but the Cartridge People website looks like a good alternative place to buy your stationery and compatible replacement inkjet cartridges online.

Screwfix
DIY hardware by post

Shop online (or by 0500 Freephone) with Screwfix, and save money
on DIY hardware.

'Transcribe!' Music-transcription software for Windows.
'Transcribe!' Music-transcription software for Macintosh.

- 'Transcribe!' Music transcription tool -

  • A first-class shareware music-transcription and spectrum-analysis program.
  • Accepts WAV and MP3 soundfiles
  • Variable slowdown in real time, in pitch

Download and evaluate it from here:
Windows version
Mac version


Click here to go to Dick Hutchinson's Aurora website

- The Aurora Borealis -

The Northern Lights, or Merrie Dancers, are often seen around here in winter, as well as in Circle, Alaska ...

Click the image to go to Dick Hutchinson's 'Aurora' webpage for information on how to photograph the aurora.
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- Aurora Watch -

Lancaster University's Aurora Watch website.


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- Shetlopedia -

Shetland's very own online encyclopaedia.

Search there for information on all things
to do with Shetland!


Click for Lerwick, United Kingdom, Forecast