Women In Wellies Podcast

Kirstene Hair is a former Member of Parliament and political advisor, who now owns and runs Empower, a leadership coaching business for women.  Join us as Kirstene shares her journey from growing up on her family farm in Angus, to time in London working in events, before returning to Scotland and ultimately running as the political candidate for Angus. Kirstene talks about how her farming bac...

Emma Clark owns and runs Glenegedale House on the Isle of Islay, an award winning, five star guest house described as ‘a true gem’, alongside her husband Graeme.  Join us as Emma shares her journey from growing up on Islay, to three university degrees, meeting Graeme and building a life on the mainland, before their return to run Glenegedale House. For the first time, Emma also shares her sto...

Eilidh Ross is a specialist consultant in crofting law from Beauly in Inverness-shire, and owns and runs Camus Consulting.  Join us as Eilidh shares her journey from Inverness to America and back again, her indecision on a career route and how she found law, along with her desire to help people both in her work and other roles. Eilidh shares some of the individuals who have inspired, guided a...

Emma Macalister Hall runs the family estate at Torrisdale on the Kintyre Peninsula alongside her husband Niall, and is a director of Beinn an Tuirc Distillers, where they make the award winning Kintyre Gin and other spirits.  Join us as Emma shares her journey from Edinburgh to embracing the family legacy at Kintyre, including the challenges of living and working in a remote area, the opportu...

Gael Wilkinson is the beekeeper behind Kin Bees with apiaries in Fife, Stirlingshire and West Lothian producing award winning raw honey. Gael spends most of her time in a bee suit and wellies in a field tending to her 50 hives, but this isn’t how it has always been. Join us as Gael shares her eclectic career from working in the world of live music with bands like U2 and Oasis, a stint in televisio...

Mary Bowman is an Associate Director at Highland Rural – a small and relatively new firm of Rural Surveyors based in Dingwall Auction Mart. Originally from Edinburgh, Mary has lived in a variety of spectacular locations in the Highlands, working in different rural roles since she was 15, before settling on the Moray Coast.  Join us Mary shares the journey from her rebellious decision to stay...

Lynn Cassells is the co-owner of Lynbreck Croft, a 150 acre regenerative agriculture unit in the Cairngorms National Park. Alongside her partner Sandra, they have turned Lynbreck from a derelict crofting unit to a vibrant and diverse farming landholding where they grow their own food, produce beef, pork, eggs and honey for sale and run a range of tours and courses.  Join us as Lynn shares her...

Laura Warrender is a mum, wife, board member of Scottish Land & Estates, trustee of Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere and partner in Minuntion & Pinclanty Farms - a hill farm and sporting estate in South Ayrshire. Join us as Laura shares her journey from working in television as a producer of arts and history documentaries, meeting her husband Jack, becoming a mum, returning...

Helen Smith is a mum, wife, entrepreneur and owner of Byres Farm Venue - an event space and tourist attraction on the family farm in Moray. Join us as Helen shares her journey from growing up on a farm, stubbornly deciding to never marry a farmer, to marrying a farmer, becoming a Chartered Surveyor and then choosing entrepreneurship and flexibility after having her children, with the creation of h...

Caitlin Erskine is the Forest Manager for Seafield and Strathspey Estates, having started working in forestry as a horse logging contractor in 2012.  Join us as Caitlin shares her journey from being asked to help move some logs with her horse, to running her own horse logging contracting business, before working for Forestry & Land Scotland, studying for her HND and ultimately joining Sea...

Linda Tinson, farmers daughter, wife, mother, and an agricultural and rural business lawyer and partner in the firm of Burness Paull, where she heads up the Rural Business division. Join us as Linda takes us from her days as an Urban Cowgirl, round the world with work in Hong Kong and on to having her three daughters, taking a ten year career break and the determination she has shown to return and...

Linda Mellor is a longstanding Scottish countryside and wildlife photographer, writer and author. Based in the Highlands, her lifelong love of the outdoors is the direct inspiration for daily life and work. Linda is a creator of rural words and images, and an advocate for countryside wellness and self care, nurturing creativity and reducing time on social media: get outdoors to self tune. Having s...

Margaret Nobes is a fencing contractor working across Aberdeenshire alongside her husband, Gordon. Originally from Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, Margaret grew up in a crofting family.  Join us as Margaret takes us from crofting on the Islands to building a life on the mainland, and having the best of both worlds.  We hear about Margarets love for the outdoors and challenging the perce...

Caroline Dunbar, originally from York, is a partner in Duffus Estate, her husband’s historic family home near Elgin in Moray. Having previously run her own dog walking business in East Lothian, Caroline, Ed and their children moved North and have since worked to diversify the business while overcoming challenges ranging from dry rot to adjusting to living in a new place. Join us as Caroline shares...

Mhairi Robertson is a rural chartered surveyor working on an 8,000 acre diversified estate in Royal Deeside. Having grown up around farming and the natural environment, Mhairi’s passion for all things rural is deep rooted. Her role involves management of farming, property, natural capital, biodiversity and the environment, sporting and fishing, and development alongside community engagement with s...

Dr Alice Strang Steel is an equine vet working with Dukes Equine Vets in Aberdeenshire, providing routine and emergency care.  She has been team vet for the Scottish Endurance Team for the last two years and involved in some of the stud work for the late Queen’s horses at Balmoral.  Join us as Alice shares her story from the family farm to becoming a vet, her passion for horses, and the...

Margi Campbell is originally a farmers daughter from the Black Isle and now a Partner in the Inverness Office of national accountancy firm, Saffery Champness.  Join us as Margi shares her story from life on the farm to becoming a tax expert, her ongoing battle with self confidence and why trust is a cornerstone in everything she does. Margi shares with us the shift she has seen in the convers...

Alison Milne MBE is a partner in A Milne & Son farming enterprise, co-founder and Director of Crafty Maltsters Ltd, a Director of Scotland Food and Drink and spends her spare time working as a consultant with a range of different businesses across the agriculture, food and drink industry. Join us as Alison shares her story, including her time at NFU Scotland, being a voice for the agricultural...

Chloe Forbes is a country sports enthusiast living in rural Perthshire with her husband Will and their team of gundogs. She is the Project Manager for Country Sports Scotland, which markets country sports opportunities and accommodation in Scotland.  Join us as Chloe shares her story from the Lake District to Scotland alongside her passion about sharing what makes Scotland so unique when it c...

In our first bonus episode we are joined by six fantastic women who briefly share who they are, a story of a woman who inspires them and some absolute gems of advice.  We also share more on the reasons why we started this podcast and our aspirations for helping other women.  Connect with Annabel on social media : Instagram - @caleyclimate // LinkedIn - Annabel Wilson | Caledonian Climate...

Sophie Handley is a Yorkshire Farmers Daughter turned Rural Chartered Surveyor and Land Manager working across Argyll and the Islands.  Join us as Sophie shares her story from the family pig farm in Yorkshire to running The Estates Office in Argyll with detours to Aberdeen and the Isle of Lewis along the way. A passion for all things country and her four legged companions, George & I...

Tracey Roan from Boreland of Colvend Farm in Dumfries and Galloway is a wonder woman…she certainly left us wondering how she packs it all in! Join us as Tracey shares her story of being the sixth generation of Roan’s to run their dairy farm, alongside her day job at NFU Scotland, her champion weightlifting, Roan’s dairy delivery service and the Udder Bar.  From balancing work and family life,...

In the opening episode of our new podcast, Women in Wellies, we give you the chance to get to know us, your hosts. From how we met to why we’re even making a podcast - we share our stories, experiences and lessons to kick things off! Connect with Hannah on social media : Instagram - @hannahlloydsle Connect with Charlotte on social media : Instagram - @landagentlife All views expressed are our own....

Working and living in rural Scotland, Hannah and Charlotte are women in wellies. Each episode they will be joined by a guest to explore the inspiring stories, experiences and lessons of other women behind the wellies and share these with you, the listener. Follow @womeninwelliespodcast on Instagram to stay up to date with all the latest news and episodes and subscribe wherever you get your podcast...