- Handy Links -

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.

 Note that booking ferries ahead (by telephone ) can be a very good idea at busy times of the day or year, particularly on the Bluemull service. Contact numbers are listed on the ferry services timetable.


The BBC Shipping Forecast
See 'Viking' at the top of the list, - and 'Fair Isle & Faeroes' at the foot of the list - for what's liikely to be happening locally.

BBC Local Weather
General information, a secondary local source.

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. II 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.

Go to WisePrint
Save money on printing costs

Click the Wiseprint button to buy stationery and compatible replacement inkjet cartridges online.

Screwfix
DIY hardware by post

Shop online (or by 0500 Freephone) with Screwfix, and save yourself a small fortune on DIY hardware.

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

- 'Transcribe!' Music transcription tool -

  • A first-class $40 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!


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