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Welcome to
Britain's
most remote
- though far from isolated -
inhabited island!


An adventure getting here,
sometimes hard to leave,
but always an individual welcome!
In reality virtually unforgettable!

A Time To Keep CD cover

'A Time to Keep'
songs by Lise Sinclair based on the short stories by George Mackay Brown


Fair Isle Area
Weather Forecast

Pressure building across the Northern Isles during the next few days, with a large anticyclone expected to become slow-moving to the north of Shetland by next week, will bring a fine spell of weather. However, it will remain cool with no sign of any late spring warmth as the position of the high means it will be drawing air down across our area from high latitudes.

Bright with scattered showers at first today, becoming mainly dry later. A fresh N’ly breeze for Shetland, lighter winds elsewhere. Mainly dry with clear spells tonight. A local grass frost for places sheltered from the moderate N’ly wind.

A mostly dry and bright day with light winds on Friday. A fine cool night with a touch of grass frost.

Remaining dry through the weekend. With light winds it will feel pleasant enough in the sunshine, but nights will be cool with a grass frost likely.

Little change is expected through next week. Peasant in the sunshine sheltered from a chilly E to NE’ly breeze off a cold sea. Risk of frosts at night.
Sea State Next Three Days
Mostly
becoming moderate to slight.


'Fair Isle: through the seasons' 
Fair Isle: through the seasons
This new book about the island now available!
Have a look at the website for more details.


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Tommy's Flickr photo

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A ten day forecast for the Northern Isles

Tide times for Fair Isle
& other northern harbours
(links to page on BBC website)

Fair Isle
Weather Station
online with
current weather
&
history graphs


 

The Weather in...

 

FLIGHTS TO FAIR ISLE
from Shetland
with Directflight

NEW
DAILY TINGWALL-FAIR ISLE SUMMER SCHEDULE

   The above is a link to a downloadable file in PDF format

 

Winter Timetable
For enquiries/bookings phone
Tingwall Tel: 01595 840246

 

Good Shepherd
sailings
Summer 2012


THE NEW FAIR ISLE BIRD OBSERVATORY
The almost complete New Fair Isle Bird Observatory - photo Deryk Shaw


Fair Isle
New Information Pamphlet
(3-fold A4)

download the large file (3.5MB)
or the smaller (0.5MB) pdf file


Panoramic views of Fair Isle
South Harbour, South Lighthouse and southern crofts from near Utra


From the North Haven pier
and another
From the North Haven pier


‘STANDING INTO DANGER – SHIPWRECKS OF FAIR ISLE’  by local author Anne Sinclair.

‘STANDING INTO DANGER – SHIPWRECKS OF FAIR ISLE’

by local author Anne Sinclair.  

This interesting and very readable booklet has recently been published and copies are now available for sale on Fair Isle and also by mail-order.

(Price £7.95 plus P&P per copy.)
Please click here for further details.



South Lighthouse
Evening light - South Lighthouse
Sheep Tock Evening light
and Sheep Rock 


Disused Fog Horn, North Lighthouse, Fair Isle
Disused Fog Horn

Disused Fog Horn, North Lighthouse, Fair Isle
North Lighthouse, Fair Isle


A brief glimpse
around the Isle

('slide show')



FAIR ISLE WEBCAMS
Fair Isle MetCam (Axis 207W) Looking north to Ward Hill (217')
 Looking north to Ward Hill (217m)

Fair Isle MetCam (Axis 207W) Looking SSW
Looking SSW


Fair Isle Marine Environment & Tourism Initiative.
(FIMETI)

 Fair Isle Marine Environment & Tourism Initiative (FIMETI) website
As well as lots of background information and photographs, the website also includes all the latest news and updates in FIMETI’s newsletter
Making Waves

The latest newsletter
no 9, March 2012
has now been published and is available on-line via the above link.


FAIR ISLE CRAFTS
Fair Isle Crafts ceased trading
on 9th September 2011

FairIsle Knitwear
Mati Ventrillon's knitwear
 www.fairisleknitwear.co.uk


Fiddlers' Bid Shetland Soap Advert "Here's looking at ewe ... "
"Here's looking at ewe ... "
Shetland Soap Advert


Yachts and Good Shepherd IV, N Haven
Yachts and Good Shepherd IV, N Haven

Cruise ship at anchor - Heridean Princess
Cruise ship at anchor - Hebridean Princess

The Fair Isle Times
Fair Isle's 'local newspaper'
After 35 years of continuous publication subscribers can now received their copy via e-mail or
downloaded it from the FIT website.

As an example here is Vol 33 No1
(This one is quite a large download at 7MB, most are between 0.5-1.5MB


 

Hesswalls, looking east to Sheep Rock
Hesswalls, view to Sheep Rock

 
 
The Shetland News
 
 
THE SHETLAND TIMES  
for latest news of
Shetland related matters
 

 

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Text and photographs 2010 Dave Wheeler except where otherwise credited. (Logo picture courtesy of Sumburgh SAR)
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