Always Heat the Haggis

This Is Islay

This is Episode 5 of This Is Islay, a volunteer-led podcast celebrating the people, places, events and connections of Islay and Jura. This month’s podcast is hosted by Gemma MacLean and Jolyon Thurgood and features:

1. Nicholas Bowman and Jenny Featherstone describing their lockdown journey around Islay - on foot and by kayak - to bag all 34 trig points,

2. Glen Roberts in conversation with Iain Gibson discussing Robert Burns, Burns Night, “Address to a Haggis” and much more,

3. Mairi McGillivray’s music, a track from her EP “In My Mind” – ”Tha Fadachd orm Fhìn” , and

4. This month’s factoid: what is a trig point?

The goal of This Is Islay is to use podcasting to foster community involvement, education and training, providing resources and facilities to research, produce and promote content for a worldwide audience. We collaborate with Islay High School through the support of their staff and access to their recording facilities.

We invite you to provide feedback, ideas, or even join our podcasting team. Find us at https://anchor.fm/thisisislay . Let us know what you enjoyed and what you would like to hear next month. Contact us by e-mail: [e-mail] and follow us on Twitter @thisisislay, on Facebook @thisisislay and Instagram @thisisislaypodcast.

Music featured this month was:

Tha Fadachd orm Fhìn, from the EP “In My Mind” performed by Mairi McGillivray, and available to purchase/download at https://mairimcgillivray.bandcamp.com/album/in-my-mind

Our theme music is '£50 Cashback' from The Fraser Shaw Trust. Keep up to date on Islay Sessions and the work of the Trust in support of the relief of multiple sclerosis at https://frasershawtrust.com .

Inspired by Nick and Jenny, we invite you to support #DoddieAid at www.doddieaid.com – encouraging exercise and raising funds to aid research into the causes of Motor Neurone Disease.