It took over a week to realise that altitude sickness was affecting my state of mind as well as my body.
A sea-level creature by nature, I may occasionally climb to 30 or 40 metres to rig a topgallant…
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The Springbank Voyage - meeting Jackie Royal and family, descendants of Captain Dennis Royal.
When I began researching #The Springbank Voyage, I knew it as a local tale, as the crew included four sailors from Yell – Nicky Tulloch, Tammie Irvine, James Hardy and Lawrence Tait. (There turned out to be an Arthur Harrison…
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New album announcement!
New Album - 'The Springbank Voyage' - coming in Summer 2022
I'm very excited to announce that I've got a new album underway - and it was a great boost just before Christmas to learn that I'd got funding from…
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Sessions and Sail 2021
Sessions and Sail 2021
The possibility of running a musical sailing trip seemed like a dim hope just a few months ago. But with a hopeful, music-starved group, and a careful regime of testing and preparation to avoid any virus…
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Sailing Lady of Avenel back to Scotland
It's hard to say who had suffered more from the 18 months enforced 'lay up' - me or the sailing ship Lady of Avenel.
While I've been isolating in a Glasgow flat or a Cullivoe croft writing music, gaining…
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Soren Larsen voyage #7 - Galápagos
This January has thrown up a few highlights; the incredible concerts being unveiled every day by Celtic Connections has to be among the best of them. I'm spending much of every day with a world-class concert coming through my speakers…
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Lyrics with English Translation - 'Whaar Tide Meets Tide'
As promised at my Celtic on Campus concert (https://youtu.be/4qyJqXsPvXM)... here's the Shetland lyrics, and the English translation!
Hope you enjoyed the song.
Barry
Whaar Tide Meets Tide
Barry Nisbet
Skrime da Noup abön Charlie’s Holm,
Whaar da affrug casts strings…
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Søren Lasen voyage #6 - to Cocos Island; and Captain Jim Cottier
The arrival in the post of Jim Cottier's memoir (Thank you Geoff Saunders!) just before Christmas brought back memories of stories, both lived with and heard from Captain Jim. As soon as the book arrived I put down the one…
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Thoughts on the Garvellachs, and Highlands and Islands history
One of my favourite anchorages in the Inner Hebrides is Eilean an Naoimh, at the south-west end of the Garvellachs, an uninhabited grop of islands between Shuna and Mull.
It calls for a smooth sea and a fair forecast…
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