St Saens Organ symphony
June 3, 2025 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Staying at the Boat Inn car park beside the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal. At the Birmingham Symphony Hall to listen t San Saen tonight.
Lockerbie
June 4, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Arrived in Lockerbie this afternoon to stay a few days with mum. Lovely evening walk around Eskrigg Nature Reserve. So many birds, love this place.
Waiting for the ferry to leave
June 6, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Lunch in Stonehaven, delicious fish and chips. Then watched a pod of dolphins in the bay. Now waiting to get on the overnight ferry to Lerwick. Shetland here we come.
Lerwick
June 7, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Arrived at 7.30am into Lerwick, great to finally be here. Smooth crossing.
Bressay
June 7, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
We took a 15 minute ferry from Lerwick to the island of Bressay, where we are staying at the marina for a few nights. Beautiful. Then a cycle ride to the lighthouse and bbq fish for tea, what aRead more
Boat tour to Noss Island
June 8, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
What an incredible experience. Two hours out to see seabirds nesting on the cliffs of Noss in their thousands. Gannets, guillemots, razorblls and kittiwake. Then feeding the gannets on the way back toRead more
Walk on Bressay
June 9, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
We walked to the north of the island to a community called Ginnista. We walked along the road, then through the cemetery to the inlet below the cemetery. Then across the heath back to the road. TheRead more
Noss Nature Reserve
June 10, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
We got the bikes out today and cycled to Noss. Once we have left the bikes we walked down the hill to the jetty and one of the wardens brings a small inflatable boat to get you and take you over toRead more
Mousa
June 11, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
We are now heading south. We are staying overnight next to the jetty for the ferry to Mousa, an RSPB nature reserve. The ferry leaves at 10.30pm for a 2 hour tour of the island to see the stormRead more
Storm petrels
June 12, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
At 10.30pm last night we took a boat trip to an island nature reserve looked after by the RSPB. After a 15 minute crossing we then walked to the brooch, which is about 2,500 years old. They don'tRead more
Sumbugh Head
June 12, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
We drove to Sumburgh Head, where there is a lighthouse. But the cliffs on all sides are full of nesting seabirds-kittiwakes and guillemots, but the star of the show are the puffins. They areRead more
Scatness, Jarlshof and West Voe beach
June 13, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Another wonderful day here in Shetland. We walked over 20,000 steps today. We are staying near the airport so we had to walk across the runway. Security have to give the ok and then you can go but noRead more
St. Ninians
June 14, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
We have arrived at St.Ninians. You might recognise it from the Shetland series on tv. Stunning place, a walk around the island until the fog descended and had a chilly dip in the sea. It was freezingRead more
Shetland Tea
June 15, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Woke up at St. Ninians to mist and fog, which cleared a bit before we left.
We then went to a Shetland Tea. Each little community here has a hall and each Sunday one or more of them will hold aRead more
The Shetland Bus
June 16, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
We are staying near Scalloway for the next 2 nights. This morning we walked along the road into Scalloway and visited the museum. We learnt all about The Shetland Bus - an operation during the warRead more
Yell and Unst
June 17, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
A wonderful day today. We have moved further north, taken 2 ferries and visited 2 islands. We are now staying on Unst. Everything here is the .....furthest north.
Staying on an inlet and the view isRead more
Hermaness Nature Reserve
June 19, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Another amazing day. A visit to the Hermaness nature reserve, which ends at the Muckle Flugga lighthouse and the most northerly point you can go in the UK. Gannetary was mind blowing..the smell hitsRead more
Bobby's Bus Shelter, Unst
June 20, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
This is a bus shelter that is decorated by the locals. At the moment the theme is Bees, there is a carpet, small curtains, chairs and a book case with children's books all on the bee theme. It alsoRead more
Fish and chips and an otter
June 20, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Our last full day on Shetland, we take the boat back to Aberdeen tomorrow evening. We left Unst on the ferry and while we were waiting to board an otter just trotted along next to us beforeRead more
Sailing home
June 22, 2025 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Boarded the ferry and spent an hour on deck watching as sailed past the gannets and puffins. A great end to a fantastic holiday. We will be back, so much more to see.
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