Want to get involved in maintaining and operating a traditional wooden sailing vessel? There are a number of different ways you can volunteer to safeguard, care for and sail this unique heritage asset.
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A seafood dinner on board the Swan - 7pm on Wednesday 20 September
A dinner of the best Shetland seafood cooked, explained and served by top Shetland food writer, Marian Armitage. Sitting in the unique setting of the main cabin of the Swan, dinner will be followed by some readings from John Goodlad’s best selling book, The Salt Roads, together with music from the Swan skipper, Maggie Adamson, who is also one of Shetland’s most accomplished fiddlers.
Limited numbers - book now at £45 per person by emailing The Swan Trust: [email protected]
Want to get involved in maintaining and operating a traditional wooden sailing vessel? There are a number of different ways you can volunteer to safeguard, care for and sail this unique heritage asset.
Learn more
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