Shetland
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Brutally cold, ice on powdered snow, and very windy. Don’t let the brightness fool you! Now, after dark, the wind is really gathering force. We’ve already had one power cut, both the peat fires are on, and both tomorrow and Monday are looking grim. And yet.. The truth is, I love this sense of isolation,…
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Arrived safely in Lerwick after a 14-and-a-half hour trip from Aberdeen via Kirkwall…pretty impressed that the Hjaltland left on time, though, as she was apparently sitting off Aberdeen until after 1.00pm. It’s all a bit of a mess at the moment, with the other ferry, Hrossey, in for her scheduled drydock inspection (following repairs after…
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I did a bit of work on this last week, and while it was sent out to various news organisations, I can see why it failed to make headlines…it has a (very) disgruntled ex-employee, pictures taken several months ago, and rather too much balance for its own good. Maybe I should have gone all-out for…
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More geocaching, this time to try and find a cache near Weisdale called ‘Shetland Overview’ James was exceedingly ill-equipped in his uber-trendy Converse All-Stars, but fortunately it was an easy trudge to the site. This is the view, one of Shetland’s finest. On the way we released a sheep that had become stuck in a…
