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Up Helly Aa - Europe's biggest fire festival - is here once again, and this podcast is your ultimate guide to all the goings on! Containing all the information you'll need about Shetland's famous fire festival - from it's historical origins in Lerwick, and THE guide to every aspect of the modern festival, providing all the information you need about the celebrations!

We also have a brand new range of Up Helly Aa merchandise, allowing you to celebrate with us, wherever in the world you might be! The range can be viewed and purchased here.

For further reading on Up Helly Aa, you can find C.E. Mitchell's excellent book here.

This podcast has been made possible by our generous supporters on Patreon, and has been produced by:
Melissa Mayo, Rory Goodlad, Scott Goudie, James Gordon and Deb Skelton.

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Thanks as always to The Revellers for the use of their songs 'Refugee Nobleman' and 'Skeletons' throughout this podcast.

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We're heading further into winter in Shetland, which means many folk around the isles are getting deeper into their preparations for Up Helly Aa.

This festival has evolved into a celebration of our islands' Viking heritage, and you can learn more about it here:
https://youtu.be/s0BhejPp2zg?si=vATcOjhsuugpIHSJ

With that in mind, I thought telling this Viking story from Unst - the Tale of Goturm the Dane - would be fun.
This was originally recorded for our supporters on Patreon, which you can find out more about here:
https://youtu.be/3GgcRh74qSQ?si=4AyPb6cQgXKFtDzl

This podcast was made possible thanks to the generous support of the following producers:
Rory Goodlad, Melissa Mayo, Scott Goudie, James Gordon and Debs Skelton

To join them as a producer and get your name in the credits, head to our Patreon and join up at the Explorer level or higher!
https://www.patreon.com/adventure-shetland

Thanks to the Revellers for very kindly allowing me to use their songs 'Refugee Noblemen', 'Skeletons' and 'Lower the Rope' in this recording.

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The Trows are the most numerous, and I daresay most well-known of the creatures from Shetland folklore, and there is no end to the stories of their escapades, making them the perfect subject for this Spooky Shetland episode - just in time for Halloween 2024!

For the rest of our Spooky Shetland content, please follow the link here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgfYvi0oX_e7vKkDpg0fPB3eWDwgPtNZq&si=yhSruRECbeKpq1ey

This podcast was made possible thanks to the generous support of the following producers:
Rory Goodlad, Melissa Mayo, Scott Goudie, James Gordon and Debs Skelton

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