https://beingyonder.com/categories/2018-shetland/ Recent content in 2018 Shetland on beingyonder Hugo en-gb Fri, 09 Nov 2018 18:33:03 +0000 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/21/thursday-spiggie-bus-incident/ Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:25:31 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/21/thursday-spiggie-bus-incident/ Lazy morning. Packed lunch and drove to Loch Spiggie. On the single-track road around Bigton we had to pull in to let a large German tour bus pass in the other direction. At Loch Spiggie we walked a short way along the loch to the beach in howling gales with few breaks in the rain. … Read more “Thursday: Spiggie bus incident” https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/20/wednesday-two-boat-trips/ Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:13:18 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/20/wednesday-two-boat-trips/ R dropped J off at Clickimmin Broch in Lerwick in the morning. J spent the morning looking round the broch and Lerwick library, museum, and arts centre. R drove up to the Vidlin in the north-west mainland to look for otters. R spent an hour at Swining Voe. A tern colony was aggressive when passed, … Read more “Wednesday: two boat trips” https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/19/tuesday-scalloway/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 10:03:06 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/19/tuesday-scalloway/ In the morning we drove across East Burra and parked at Houss. We walked out on Houss Ness for a bit, hoping to spot for otters. We didn’t see any. We went to Scalloway and had Cullen Skink at Da Haaf, a nice canteen attached to the University of the Highlands and Islands marine centre … Read more “Tuesday: Scalloway” https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/18/monday-fetlar-phalarope-expedition/ Mon, 18 Jun 2018 20:21:29 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/18/monday-fetlar-phalarope-expedition/ We had an email notification that tonight’s 22:30 trip to Mousa to see the storm petrels was cancelled due to bad weather – i.e. high winds. We decided to go to Fetlar, to look for red-necked phalaropes. We set off at 7:30am. We drove up to the north of the mainland and took three ferries … Read more “Monday: Fetlar Phalarope Expedition” https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/17/sunday-sumburgh-st-ninians-isle/ Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:51:36 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/17/sunday-sumburgh-st-ninians-isle/ We went to Sumburgh Head in the morning. We parked at the hotel and went to look at Jarlshof. On the way, we stopped to look at some Shetland ponies in a field. A man came down with his young daughter to check on the ponies. He offered to sell us one for £1500. He … Read more “Sunday: Sumburgh, St Ninian’s Isle” https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/16/saturday-lerwick/ Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:08:28 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/16/saturday-lerwick/ In Lerwick R bought a replacement camera, from the choice of one available in the only camera shop in Shetland. Not as good as the broken one, but will have to do. We had a coffee in the Peerie Shop cafe and mooched around Lerwick for a bit. It’s the carnival tonight, and during the … Read more “Saturday: Lerwick” https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/15/friday-ness-of-hillswick/ Fri, 15 Jun 2018 21:54:24 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/15/friday-ness-of-hillswick/ Decent breakfast – good kippers. R’s camera is playing up: it won’t power on. Google reveals a camera shop in Lerwick which we’ll visit in the morning. We went to Hillswick and parked opposite the St Magnus Bay hotel. We walked around the Ness of Hillswick. Five miles in total, spectacular scenery all round. The … Read more “Friday: Ness of Hillswick” https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/14/thursday-yell/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 21:33:28 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/14/thursday-yell/ We checked out and drove a few minutes up the road to the Keen of Hamar, but it was cold, wet and windy so we didn’t bother to walk up the hill to look at the wild flowers. Instead, we drove down to Belmont and caught the ferry back to Yell. We drove north to … Read more “Thursday: Yell” https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/13/wednesday-unst-walking-gannet-dance/ Wed, 13 Jun 2018 21:19:48 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/13/wednesday-unst-walking-gannet-dance/ After a greasy fry-up we drove south west and then west towards Westing. At Lund the road turned into a track, and then was blocked by a gate. An old morris minor approached from behind and a woman got out to open the gate ahead of us. We carried on and parked by the ruined … Read more “Wednesday: Unst, walking, gannet, dance” https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/12/tuesday-unst/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:27:34 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/12/tuesday-unst/ After breakfast we picked up our packed lunch from the bar and drove to Hermaness. On the way we stopped to look at about 100 great skuas bathing at the end of the freshwater Loch of Cliff. We drove down a bumpy track to get a better view. At Hermaness we parked and followed the … Read more “Tuesday: Unst” https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/11/monday-lerwick-to-unst/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:06:10 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/11/monday-lerwick-to-unst/ We disembarked when the ferry docked at 7:30, and had a good breakfast in the Peerie Shop Cafe in Lerwick. Before that, we stopped to look at a bearded seal that was lying on the jetty next to the town centre car park. After breakfast we stopped at the co-op to buy bread and cheese … Read more “Monday: Lerwick to Unst” https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/10/sunday-driving-to-aberdeen/ Sun, 10 Jun 2018 17:03:34 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/10/sunday-driving-to-aberdeen/ We set off at 8:30 and arrived at the Aberdeen ferry terminal at 15:30. The ferry left at 17:00. We saw bottlenose dolphins as we were leaving the harbour. We watched a fulmar follow the boat for a bit, skimming very low over the water. Also puffins, gannets and lots of guillemots. Nightcap, watching the … Read more “Sunday: driving to Aberdeen” https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/09/friday-saturday/ Sat, 09 Jun 2018 19:59:06 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2018/06/09/friday-saturday/ On Friday we progressed northwards on the M5 much like a snail would, on account of a succession of roadworks and heavy traffic. After 7 hours we arrived at the Plough Inn at Lupton, not far from Morecambe Bay. On Saturday we went to Leighton Moss RSPB reserve. The reed beds were bright green. We … Read more “Friday Saturday”