What We Do In The Winter

About What We Do In The Winter

A podcast about the lives of the people of the isles of Mull, Iona, Ulva and Gometra.

Publisher

Alasdair Satchel

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Sept 2018

Latest episode

29 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 98 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   29 Sept 2026

   88 John MacInnes

   This episode is a conversation with John MacInnes of the Isle of Iona. John has lived on the island for the vast majority of his life, coming from a long line of Iona MacInneses. Our conversation ranges from observations on the new Iona harbour development, his school days, the nature of the land on Iona, the former ministers of Iona Kirk, training at agricultural college, tractor adventures in the centre of Glasgow, the coming and going of people from Iona, the politics of Gaelic language and lots more. For episode notes and more please visit whatwedointhewinter.com Thanks for listening!

2. 

   12 Apr 2026

   87 Steve Irvine

   This episode is a conversation with Steve Irvine of Loch Na Meal, near Tobermory. Born in Dundee, Steve grew up mostly in Carnoustie. A retired forest ranger, Steve has always had a passion for the outdoors and adventure. In our conversation we hear about Polar Bears and Arctic Foxes in unexpected locations, talk about encountering a Basking Shark in Loch Goil, go into the genetics of the local deer population and Steve tells me all about a Crannog that I’d never heard of before. Episode notes and more can be found at whatwedointhewinter.com Thanks for listening!

3. 

   5 Jan 2026

   Banjo and Ro's Grand Island Hotel - Andrena and Alasdair chat about Ulva

   This short episode is being released to coincide with the premiere of Banjo and Ro Beale’s new series Banjo and Ro’s Grand Island Hotel. which can be found on BBC iPlayer. The short episode you’re about to hear features a conversation with the wonderful Andrena Duffin, a local historian and tour guide who knows so much about our history. A minute of this conversation was featured in the first episode of Grand Island Hotel, so I thought you may like to hear more of what Andrena had to say. Thank you to Banjo and Ro and their lovely production team Ross Jess and Joe Sharp, for sharing the audio with us. Visit what we do in the winter dot com for episode links and more. You can find all 86 episodes of the podcast to date wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening, and all the best to Banjo and Ro for their brave scheme, long live the Grand Island Hotel! [Image courtesy of Joe Sharp]

Inside a recent episode

40 Chris Reade

Published 8 Sept 2019 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Oh, yes. Could you say a little bit about that if that's appropriate, if that's okay? Well, it was a matter of life or death, really, because they were our big, huge customer. We couldn't lie down under that. Suddenly, one day, they're not buying milk from us. We had all our cows. We had all the... We couldn't... It couldn't happen like that. So we couldn't allow it. How did you protest? What did you do? Oh, well, we would have taken the whole herd down down. And of course, Jeff threatened that. Wow. He threatened the head office with that. We took the cows a cow, very friendly one, and a calf, and we walked up down the street. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

24,831

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

19 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

33

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

51

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