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    Gronataing fishing station and farm.
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    Gronataing fishing station and farm.

    On an eerily foggy September morning I explored the deserted ruins at Gronataing in Waas.
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    Tales fae da Noost
    • Jul 30, 2020
    • 5 min

    Tales fae da Noost

    During our Caain da Noosts lockdown project we have been delighted to receive stories from across Shetland. What follows next are just a ...
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    Loving the Caain da Noosts Project!
    • Jun 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    Loving the Caain da Noosts Project!

    We are delighted with the community response to our noost hunt. Since the project was launched in April we have added 90 single and ...
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    Musings Around Eddie's Noost
    • May 28, 2020
    • 6 min

    Musings Around Eddie's Noost

    If you go down Sundibanks and look right, you see a little böd right at the beach. That’s Eddie’s böd. Walk down to it and there’s ...
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    Ness Yoal builders: chips and shavings by Dr Adrian Osler
    • Apr 19, 2020
    • 5 min

    Ness Yoal builders: chips and shavings by Dr Adrian Osler

    Bare mention of the Ivy LK237 is quite sufficient to throw this author back over forty years in time, to a couple of days of dank summertime
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    Hard Times, but we'll pull through!
    • Mar 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    Hard Times, but we'll pull through!

    For all of us life, during the past few weeks, has become to a greater or lesser degree surreal. On the one hand everything is pretty normal
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    Ness Yoals
    • Feb 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    Ness Yoals

    The Ness yoal is a type of six-oared boat, originally designed and used for commercial dorro (handline) saithe fishing. ...
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    2020 is Year of the Burra Noost!
    • Jan 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    2020 is Year of the Burra Noost!

    The big news for 2020 is that Moder Dy is planning to begin the Burra Noost Project this coming May! Of course we need to secure some...
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    Learn About Fishing Boats of Viking Origin.
    • Dec 6, 2019
    • 5 min

    Learn About Fishing Boats of Viking Origin.

    ...Whilst in Eastbourne I became interested in the comparison between vernacular fishing boats from nearby Hastings with those from ...
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    Shetland - an Industrial Coastal landscape?
    • Oct 27, 2019
    • 3 min

    Shetland - an Industrial Coastal landscape?

    I had a friend’s son staying in July, a student from England up for a last weekend of freedom before the summer job. He had never visited...
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    Ruminations on Rudders…                          Dr Adrian Osler
    • Sep 2, 2019
    • 10 min

    Ruminations on Rudders… Dr Adrian Osler

    This months' guest journal post is written by eminent Shetland boat researcher Dr Adrian Osler. ...
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    Outer Tumble Wick Fishing Station
    • Jul 30, 2019
    • 4 min

    Outer Tumble Wick Fishing Station

    A little known about, and intriguing, fishing station with well preserved boat noosts and an artificial fish drying beach.
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    Conserving a Rare Museum Treasure
    • Jun 29, 2019
    • 4 min

    Conserving a Rare Museum Treasure

    Read about the conservation of this unusual Norwegian færing which has been modified for use in Shetland. This boat was used during WWII ...
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    Boats in sheds on Whalsay
    • Jun 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    Boats in sheds on Whalsay

    An amazing, fun day out on Whalsay looking at historic boats that are resting in sheds.
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    We are fundraising!
    • Apr 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    We are fundraising!

    Help us begin the Burra Noost Project! Please help us raise the funds needed to enable Moder Dy to begin the innovative, exciting and...
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    Stop the Rot!
    • Mar 22, 2019
    • 4 min

    Stop the Rot!

    In my opinion there is nothing sadder than seeing a traditional Shetland boat lying in its noost, slowly rotting away. Sadly many of...
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Things are happening!
    • Mar 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    Things are happening!

    As the days gradually get lighter, Moder Dy is beginning to come to life, our plans and aspirations taking shape as we enter Moder Dy's...
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    New finds reveal an ancient fishing saga.
    • Feb 20, 2019
    • 2 min

    New finds reveal an ancient fishing saga.

    The other week I was having a meeting with Dr Ian Tait, Curator, of the Shetland Museum & Archives. My meetings with Ian are always...
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    Up Helly Aa!
    • Jan 28, 2019
    • 2 min

    Up Helly Aa!

    The Lerwick Up Helly Aa is one of a series of fire festivals that take place across Shetland at this time of year. The famous procession...
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