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Diary of a Shopkeeper, 18th January
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 18th January

Part 303: Intercept, decrypt, translate

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Diary of a Shopkeeper, 11th January
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 11th January

Part 302: Skis, freeze and teabags

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Diary of a Shopkeeper, 4th January
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 4th January

Part 301: Pure hen-arky

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Blast from the Past: a snowy tale from 2021
Blast from the Past: a snowy tale from 2021

A mysterious figure emerges from the blizzard…

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Diary of a Shopkeeper, 21st December
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 21st December

Part 300: Ola Gorie, Orkney jewellery, and a dazzling display of history

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Duncan McLean24 December 2025Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 14th December
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 14th December

Part 299: The king of cheeses

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Diary of a Shopkeeper, 7th December
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 7th December

Part 298: A round robin

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Diary of a Shopkeeper, 30th November
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 30th November

Part 297: Northern Light

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Diary of a Shopkeeper, 23rd November
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 23rd November

Part 296: Rattled by Christmas

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Diary of a Shopkeeper, 16th November
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 16th November

Part 295: Buried treasure

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Diary of a Shopkeeper, 9th November
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 9th November

Part 294: Poetry in a glass

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Duncan McLean16 November 2025Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 2nd November
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 2nd November

Part 293: The Good, The Bad and the Drookit

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Duncan McLean9 November 2025Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 26th October
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 26th October

Part 292: Gorie’s Oak

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Duncan McLean2 November 2025Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 19th October
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 19th October

Part 291: Counting bottles, pricing wine

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Duncan McLean25 October 2025Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 12th October
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 12th October

Part 290: Orkney wind and Texas wind

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Duncan McLean19 October 2025Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 5th October
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 5th October

Part 289: Turning over the soil with a book

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Duncan McLean12 October 2025Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 28th September
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 28th September

Part 288: Old Wine Roulette

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Duncan McLean5 October 2025Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 21st September
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 21st September

Part 287: The Orkney Food & Drink festival

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Duncan McLean26 September 2025Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 14th September
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 14th September

Part 286: The Aak shop

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Duncan McLean20 September 2025Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 7th September
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 7th September

Part 285: Erik Dung-axe

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