#shetland — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #shetland, aggregated by home.social.
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Going down the rabbit hole of the previous post about Parliamentary debate on coastal lighting in the Shetlands, here is the debate record from Hansard!
#History #Parliament #Shetland #MaritimeHistory
https://www.reporting-history.com/2026/09/14/shipwrecks-on-the-shetland-islands/
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myshetland.co.uk/a-day-of-two...
Rain this morning. Sun by the afternoon. The sheep refused to go out!
#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #shetlandsheep #weather #rainorshine #wetweather #sunnyafternoon #shetlandpony
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Playlists on Traditional Folk and Dance Music on Spotify → Part 2
Introduction novaTopFlex has created two (2) distinct playlists on traditional folk and dance musical styles associated with the European continent on Spotify, beginning the journey with the significant repertoire and formats of the British Isles and continuing the journey eventually into similar formats found in the Scandinavian and larger Nordic regions overall. The British Isles playlist centers specifically on the modern countries of the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 and Ireland 🇮🇪, […] -
Why are Scottish #island #flights so expensive?
It's acute for roughly 71,230 people on Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Outer #Hebrides), #Orkney & #Shetland
For the price of a flight from Glasgow to Stornoway, you could fly from #Scotland’s largest city to Alicante, Spain, on a return & have £111 left over
Spanish flight takes around 3hrs while internal #Scottish flight taking 1hr
Glasgow to #Sumburgh, Shetland? That's £336 for flight of 1.5hr each way
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26433291.can-done-bring-scottish-islands-sky-high-air-fares/
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Some left seriously unimpressed by #Shetland #development charter
Concern at how little influence #local people have on planned #energy #developments
Biggest problem is that signing up to its principles is completely voluntary
Signing it off last week, #councillors themselves raised concern about the lack of environmental voices on its implementation board, and the impact a large additional #workforce could have on fragile #transport links
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Switch-off of #3G affecting some #electric #vehicle #chargers
Mobile operator’s switch-off of 3G in #Scotland causing issues with some of Shetland’s electric vehicle chargers
Shetland Islands Council (SIC) said it was aware of disruption to charging network, which is due to #O2’s3G switch-off in #Shetland
The SIC’s environment and estate operations manager Carl Symons said this was part of a wider shut-down of 3G across Scotland.
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‘It’s a project’ – Crazy Chris offers vintage lifeboat free to good home
Well – courtesy of Skerries’ most famous resident, ‘Crazy Chris’ Harris – that unique opportunity has just presented itself.
And the cost? Nothing at all.
Crazy Chris, who took on the #lifeboat in the hope of turning her into a truly one-of-a-kind #B&B on one of #Shetland’s most remote #islands, hopes to pass her on to the right person as a personal project.
https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/10/23/project-crazy-chris-offers-vintage/?utm_source=Fediverse
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Questionable Shetland #TravelGuide criticised
#Shetland guide book featuring #inaccuracies, #false information & recommendations for places that either closed or don't exist caused confusion
Book was picked up by visitor to Shetland, who brought it to the attention of Shetland News after being confused by its contents – which appear, in part, to have been written by #AI
If one even casually knows Shetland, the so called guide is quite humorous.
https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/09/04/clickimin-multi-story-car-park/?utm_source_platform=Fediverse
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#UKGovernment admits new #OilField approved unlawfully
James Cook
BBC Scotland editor
November 13, 2024"The UK government has admitted in court that the country's largest untapped oilfield, #Rosebank off #Shetland, was approved unlawfully.
"The move came during a case brought by #ClimateCampaigners against both Rosebank and the #JackdaGasField in the #NorthSea.
"At the Court of Session in Edinburgh Chris Pirie KC, for the government, accepted that assessments did not include 'the effects on climate of the combustion of oil and gas to be extracted from the fields.'
"Rosebank was given the green light on 27 September 2023 and Jackdaw on 1 June 2022, both by the previous #Conservative administration.
"As part of the consenting process, the government was required to consider #EnvironmentalImpact assessments about the fields.
"These took into account the impact on #ClimateChange of emissions caused by the process of extracting oil and gas but not of #GreenhouseGases which would be released when the #FossilFuels were eventually burned."
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"The firms involved — #Shell, #Equinor, and #IthacaEnergy — say they should be allowed to carry on with drilling because permission was granted in good faith under the law as it was understood at the time."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2dxqd1pyo#BigOilAndGas #ShellOilKnew #NoDrillingInTheNorthSea #JustStopOil
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Travel around the #Highlands & islands transformed by huge zero-carbon airships - report
The study into the potential of the helium-filled Airlander vehicles found that a reliable network for passengers and freight could be established using existing airports.
The feasibility study looked at #Inverness, #Kirkwall, #Sumburgh, #Barra, Papa Westray, #Stornoway & Scapa Bay
#transport #airships #ferry #PapaWestray #ScapaBay #Shetland #Highlands #Islands #airports #travel
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I was chasing this wee bird for a good 15 minutes for a decent photo.
Time flies wren you're having fun I guess.
At the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, April 2022.
#birdphotography #photography #shetland #nature #scotland #sumburgh #sorrynotsorry #badpuns
