What We Do In The Winter

In this episode I talk with Catriona MacLeod
.

Catriona, is a singer and cabaret artist who goes by the name of Cat Loud when on stage.


Catriona is part of the famous MacLeod family in Tobermory. We talk a lot about growing up as part of a well known family, and her childhood in Tobermory.

We then venture further into her student days and talk about the growth and development of her performing career.



If you’re curious about any of the subjects we talk about, please feel free to visit our website at whatwedointhewinter.com to find links that will allow you to investigate further.

If you have time and are so inclined, I’m running a short online survey that I’ll keep up until the first week of February to find out about how you engage with What We Do In The Winter.  You can find a link to it in the text along with this podcast file, on our website and on social media.  I’m looking to build more of an audience for the podcast, and I’d like to know how you interact with it at present to allow me to understand how to grow it. 
It can be found on this link: https://goo.gl/forms/xNuWBKB2aTiKmi1k1.  



Thank you for your time!

Episode Links:

Duart Castle https://duartcastle.com/

Alasdair MacLeod https://boxandfiddlearchive.weebly.com/17-alasdair-macleod.html

Oudtshorn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudtshoorn

Hugenots in South Africa http://www.hugenoot.org.za/huguenots.htm

Alistair MacCulloch http://www.alistairmcculloch.com/

Clan MacCulloch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_McCulloch

Bobby MacLeod https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/bobby-macleod/

The Mishnish http://themishnish.co.uk/

Lemmings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_(video_game)

Starling Safety https://starlingsafety.com

Lochaline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochaline

St Andrews Uni https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/

Postgrad in Theatre & Performance Practices https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/theatrepractices/

Cat Loud’s Big Night In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og_5HVzGz_c

Free Fringe http://www.freefestival.co.uk/

Byre Theatre, St Andrews https://byretheatre.com/

Vault Festival https://vaultfestival.com/

Jock Tamson’s Bairns at the CCA http://www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/civil-disobedience-jock-tamsons-bairns-18feb

Prague Fringe https://www.praguefringe.com/

Bobby MacLeod - Modern Medley https://open.spotify.com/track/1Z7OFcrfz9T20EgGvCzFdo?si=0fmLE063Tk6mpuF5N1KO6Q

Felipe and The Blueswater https://theblueswater.com/

Finn Anderson http://finnanderson.co.uk/

Fraser Parry - cellist for To the End of the World! - also composes and performs under the name Try Happy https://www.instagram.com/musicbytryhappy/

Photo by Richard Bray https://unbound.com/authors/richard-w-h-bray

Thanks for listening!

In this episode I talk with Pat Morrison of Penmore, outside of Dervaig.

Pat and I spoke in her home at Penmore Mill at the end of last October.

Originally from Ayrshire, Pat came to Mull as an itinerant art teacher. 


Our chat covers all sorts of topics, from the poetry of Robert Burns, to student life in Edinburgh in the 60’s, Turus Mara - the family company, which takes you out to Staffa and the Treshnish Isles from Ulva Ferry, the travails of running a fish hatchery and a reminiscence about a dearly missed friend.


The first few minutes of the recording are awfully hissy sounding. This is because I am such a professional, that I forgot to switch Pat’s recorder on for about 3 minutes. Yup. Sorry. It evens out after that.

If you’re curious about any of the subjects we talk about, please feel free to visit our website at whatwedointhewinter.com to find links that will allow you to investigate further.

If you have time and are so inclined, I’m running a short online survey that I’ll keep up until the first week of February to find out about how you engage with What We Do In The Winter.  You can find a link to it in the text along with this podcast file, on our website and on social media.  I’m looking to build more of an audience for the podcast, and I’d like to know how you interact with it at present to allow me to understand how to grow it. 
It can be found on this link: https://goo.gl/forms/xNuWBKB2aTiKmi1k1.  

Thank you for your time!


Episode Links:

Robert Burn’s Poetry
Tam o’Shanter http://www.robertburns.org/works/308.shtml

To a Mouse http://www.robertburns.org/works/75.shtml

Holy Willie’s Prayer http://www.robertburns.org/works/58.shtml

Edinburgh college of Art https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/

John DuBarry http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/gd/results;jsessionid=B02103E06B3C7FDAD6DB004FB9CBC1B2

Archie Fisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Fisher

Turus Mara https://www.turusmara.com/

Staffa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffa

Lunga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunga,_Treshnish_Isles

A video about Staffa, Lunga and Ulva I made for Marketing Mull & Iona, with music by Duncan Lyall https://youtu.be/hcqNwdsVkdo

Lochan class boats

Frunculosis https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/marine/Fish-Shellfish/aquaculture/diseases/notifiableDisease/Furunculosis

Christine Kidd https://www.christinekydd.com/

In this episode I talk with Euphie Wood of Bunessan.

I spoke to Euphie in her home the other day, at the start of January 2019.

It was a great pleasure to spend time in Euphie’s company, although we’d met some time ago, we’d never really managed to have a proper chat. I’m delighted that we got the opportunity to speak together this week.

I’m pleased to say that there’s a Gaelic section in this episode, too. 

If you’re curious about any of the subjects we talk about, please feel free to visit our website at whatwedointhewinter.com to find links that will allow you to investigate further.

If you have time and are so inclined, I’m running a short online survey that I’ll keep up until the first week of February to find out about how you engage with What We Do In The Winter.  You can find a link to it in the text along with this podcast file, on our website and on social media.  I’m looking to build more of an audience for the podcast, and I’d like to know how you interact with it at present to allow me to understand how to grow it. 
It can be found on this link: https://goo.gl/forms/xNuWBKB2aTiKmi1k1.  

Thank you for your time!


Episode Links:


Ross of Mull Historical Centre https://romhc.org.uk/

Attie MacKechnie 
http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/person/1033;jsessionid=4985EC5C237D069931A1A58F92C9ADD5


https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/attie-mackechnie-1-674582

Ardchiavaig - https://canmore.org.uk/site/148381/mull-ardchiavaig

Lochinvar poem https://lochinvar.ltd.uk/about-us/lochinvar-poem/

H & I Film Guild - https://hifilmguild.gla.ac.uk/

The Master of Balantrae - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_of_Ballantrae_(1953_film)

Tea With Chrissie https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tea-Chrissie-Story-Burg-Ardmeanach/dp/0953189015

Brigadier Ronald Cheape of Tiroran tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGVRlaGZJlA

Soil and Soul https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soil-Soul-People-versus-Corporate-ebook/dp/B008QWCS0Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547074936&sr=8-1&keywords=soil+and+soul

Dugie’s Shop http://www.dervaigshop.co.uk/

Kiel School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keil_School

Oestende Boat explosion https://canmore.org.uk/site/102437/ostende-loch-na-lathaich-mull

The Appin Murder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appin_Murder

Hill of the red fox https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hill-Red-Fox-Contemporary-Kelpies-ebook/dp/B00GL9R8Z4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547119267&sr=8-1&keywords=hill+of+the+red+fox

Kidnapped https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kidnapped-Oxford-Worlds-Classics-Stevenson/dp/0199674213/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1547119288&sr=8-2&keywords=kidnapped

Erraid https://www.erraid.com/

Patronymics https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Scotland_Names_Personal

Thank you for listening!

In this episode I talk with Sandy Brunton of Fionnphort.

Sandy talked to me over Skype from his home in the Ross of Mull in the middle of December.

I’ve known Sandy and his wife Jane for a number of years, so it was great to get a chance to chat to him about his life and family history.  We talk about how his family lived and worked in Mull in the past, his training as a boat builder on the Clyde. We get into some detail about the process of Salmon netting, which has answered a lot of questions for me about how it was actually done, his work as shop keeper and postmaster at the Ferry Shop in Fionnphort, and his role in community development organisations.  

Towards the end of the podcast we talk about his work with the Coast Guard, and I enthuse about how it sounds like a boy’s own adventure as a sombre thought hits Sandy and he remembers that it’s 20 years to the day, as we spoke, since the Iona tragedy, which marked the communities of Iona and Mull in such a profound way.  I was in two minds about whether to keep this section in this episode or not, but I feel it’s such a significant event that it should be marked with respect. 

I’m so pleased to have talked to Sandy, as I really want to try and speak to more people in the Ross and Iona, but time and distance often keep me up in the North of the Island. 

I'm delighted to say that this episode has been sponsored by www.islandholidaycottages.com 
Thank you Hylda and team for your support!



If you have time and are so inclined, I’m running a short online survey that I’ll keep up until the first week of February to find out about how you engage with What We Do In The Winter. I’m looking to build more of an audience for the podcast, and I’d like to know how you interact with it at present to allow me to understand how to grow it. 
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Thank you for your time!

Episode Links:



https://whatwedointhewinter.com/15-sandy-brunton/

Kerrera - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerrera

Silver’s boat yard - http://www.silversmarine.co.uk/history.htm

Ocean Youth Trust - http://oytscotland.org.uk/


Vedoura - http://classicyachtinfo.com/yachts/vadura-2/

Fastnet race ’79 tragedy - https://en.wikipedia.org

/wiki/1979_Fastnet_race

Carsaig - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carsaig_Bay

Cycling Snipers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_infantry

Salmon Fishing / Netting - http://scottishsalmonassoc.net/

Camas - https://iona.org.uk/island-centres/camas-the-outdoor-centre-with-a-difference/

George MacLeod - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_MacLeod

I know Where I’m Going - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037800/

Torosay estate - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torosay_Castle

Creich School - now Creich Hall https://creichhall.co.uk/

The Ferry Shop, Fionnphort - https://www.ferryshopmull.co.uk/

MICT - Mull & Iona Community Trust - http://www.mict.co.uk/

RNLI - https://rnli.org/

Coastguard - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency

The Iona tragedy, a report from the time - https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12020557.iona-mourns-the-loss-of-four-young-lives-night-trip-back-from-dance-by-dinghy-ends-in-tragedy/

Thank you for listening!

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In this special episode I talk for a second time with Duncan MacGilp of Tobermory.

I know so many of us hold Duncan with such great respect and affection that I thought it worth releasing this second interview as a wee festive treat.

Thank you to Island Bakery, again, for sponsoring the podcast through the medium of Lemon Melts. Everyone who takes part in this podcast gets a box of Lemon Melts. It seems to be everyone’s favourite of their range! I’m particularly fond of an oat crumble though, I must say.

Episode Links:

Osgood MacKenzie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood_Mackenzie

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hundred-Highlands-Osgood-Hanbury-Mackenzie/dp/1297520971/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545603782&sr=8-1&keywords=osgood+mackenzie

The Summer Walkers

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Walkers-Timothy-Neat/dp/1780273967/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545604365&sr=8-1&keywords=the+summer+walkers

Coffin Road by Peter May

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coffin-Road-Peter-May/dp/178429313X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1545604530&sr=1-1

The Drove Roads of Scotland

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drove-Roads-Scotland-R-B-Haldane/dp/1841586951/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1545604689&sr=1-1&keywords=the+drove+roads+of+scotland

The Lochinvar

http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=16366

The Lochbroom

http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=17460

The Canoe Boys

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Canoe-Boys-First-Scottish-Journey/dp/1903238994/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1545605756&sr=1-1

Jimmy and Angus

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Originals-Angus-Milne-Jimmy/dp/B01K8NEWCA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1545605977&sr=8-2&keywords=Angus+and+Jimmy+Milne

Calve Island

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Calve+Island/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x488bf1bf9fcc2c59:0xbb62ed598329d52?ved=2ahUKEwijvsy5iLffAhWpVRUIHckEAawQ8gEwFnoECAQQCA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calve_Island

Flora Celtica

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flora-Celtica-Plants-People-Scotland/dp/1841583030/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1545609487&sr=1-1&keywords=flora+celtica

http://whatwedointhewinter.com/2018/12/25/14-duncan-macgilp-christmas-special

Thanks for listening!

Have a wonderful festive season and all the best for 2019!

In this episode I talk with Olive Brown of Tobermory.

Originally from Dundee, Olive met her late husband, Alasdair, whilst a student at St Andrews, and, after some time down south came to Tobermory to run Alasdair’s family’s shop – the iconic Brown’s on the main street.

We talk about her life growing up in Dundee, her student years in St Andrews, the shop, Mull Museum, publishing and the Rural.

Links for this episode:

Dundee High School - https://www.highschoolofdundee.org.uk/

Tommy Steele - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Steele

St Andrews University - https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/

St Andrews Golf Course - https://www.standrews.com/

Building of Iraqi Railways - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Republic_Railways

Iraq revolution of 1958 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_July_Revolution

Archibald Brown and Son - http://www.brownstobermory.co.uk/

Ardnamurchan Lighthouse - http://ardnamurchanlighthouse.com/

https://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Ardnamurchan/

Barrahead Lighthouse - https://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Barra-Head/

Whitaker and Brown Publishers - http://www.brown-whittaker.co.uk/

Walking in North Mull - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Walking-North-Mull-Olive-Brown/dp/1904353096/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545258263&sr=8-1&keywords=walking+in+north+mull

Mull Museum - http://www.mullmuseum.org.uk/

Isabella Bird - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Bird

A lady’s life in the Rocky Mountains - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ladys-Life-Rocky-Mountains-Adventure/dp/0857068415/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545258087&sr=8-1&keywords=A+ladies+life+in+the+Rocky+Mountains

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unbeaten-Tracks-Japan-Including-Aborigines/dp/1540873323/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1545258132&sr=1-2&keywords=unbeaten+tracks+in+japan

Keonori Kanasaka

Twin Time Travel - https://www.nls.uk/exhibitions/isabella-bird

A lecture by Keonori Kanasaka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHOrK2_9fTA

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/12/09/books/book-reviews/off-beaten-track-isabella-bird/#.XBrDvSeYRhA

Sir Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean - The Kaid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Aubrey_de_Vere_Maclean

http://lafayette.org.uk/mac2702.html

https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/64272/kaid-maclean-adventurous-account-scottish.html

Tobermory Clock - https://canmore.org.uk/site/157772/mull-tobermory-main-street-clock-tower

The Scottish Women’s Rural Institute

https://www.theswi.org.uk/

Volendam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volendam

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In this episode I talk with John Maughan of Croggan. Croggan is a small settlement on the Lochbuie estate, on the shores of Loch Spelve.

Born in Edinburgh, John’s mother’s family originally comes from Mull, and he can trace his ancestry very far back indeed.

John came to Croggan and the area as a child for holidays, and like so many people before and since, it got a hold of him, and he always longed to live here.

I went to see John and his wife Cathy, at their beautiful home in Croggan looking across the water to Gualachaolish.

We talk about John's life and work, his family history here, stories from the community in the past and his interest in history.

If you're interested in some of the things we talk about in the episode, you can find out more on the following links:

Croggan: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/croggan/index.html

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Croggan,+Isle+of+Mull+PA63+6AH/@56.3818643,-5.7333576,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x488bde986c928a41:0xf9771c325b1d0a74!8m2!3d56.381866!4d-5.715848

Black browed albatross - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-browed_albatross

St Kilda - https://www.kilda.org.uk/

Lochbuie Estate - http://www.lochbuie.com/

Balgamrie & Barnashoag- https://canmore.org.uk/site/22651/balgamrie-mull

Portfield - http://www.isleofmullcottages.com/cottage/portfield.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RdRsIkLIEE

Lord Lovat’s Cave - https://canmore.org.uk/site/79944/mull-lord-lovats-cave

The ’45 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1745

Patrick Sellar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Sellar

Factors or Land Agents https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-land-agent.html

Irish Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/folklore_podcast

https://www.facebook.com/NationalFolkloreCollectionUCD/

Also available on iTunes.

Tobar an Dulchais http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/

Jo Currie’s book on Mull - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mull-Island-People-Jo-Currie/dp/1904607985/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544658903&sr=8-1&keywords=Jo+Currie+Mull

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In this episode I talk to Clare Ellis of Argyll Archaeology.

We talk about the archaeology of Argyll, Mull, Iona and Lismore.

Links with further information on the topics covered can be found on

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There's a few too many links to put into this text, so do have a look at the website to get further under the surface.

Many thanks!

In this episode I talk to Zelda Sawyer of Dervaig.

Zelda, born in Australia and raised in England, has lived in the village for the last 40 odd years.

For many years Zelda ran a craft shop from her home on the main street of Dervaig.

She was also a key figure in the little theatre, running the box office from her front room, amongst other duties.

In this conversation we chat about her life here on Mull, her working life away, her family and childhood, memories of local artists, characters from the village and the glory days of Mull Little Theatre under the Hesketh family.

It was a delight to spend time with Zelda, who at the age of 90, has many stories to tell.

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In this episode I talk to Janet MacDonald of Tobermory.

Janet is a well-known figure in the local community, having grown up in the town.

To many of the people of North Mull she’ll be long remembered as the Gaelic teacher at Tobermory High School.

Janet is also well known in Gaelic circles for her singing, and her involvement with both the local and national Mòd.

I spoke with Janet by the fireside at her home in Tobermory. Archie, Janet’s husband, was there with us, and he occasionally joins in with the conversation.

At one point there was a pitch invasion by a gentleman who I’m hoping to talk to soon. Mr Iain MacKinnon, who has plenty of stories about life on the island that would be of interest, I’m sure.

There’s a really nice local flavour to Janet’s memories, there are many people and places mentioned, some no longer with us. We talk about houses and the people who used to live in them, drawing a map in my head with both people and place.

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