Category: Antiquities
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71. Day Seven in England: A Walk Along The Thames, Trafalgar Square, Lunch in a Crypt, and The Tate Modern
We just happened to land in London on the first days of a heat wave that would build over 10 days to well over 100 degrees F. As you can see, the sky is brilliant blue, there were some fluffy clouds, and it wasn’t unbearable. Our London time was pretty unstructured, with ideas of things…
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69a. Day Five in England: Car Boot Sale, Cromer, Coastal Walk to Weybourne
Christine and I set out early in the day for a car boot sale in either East or West Runton, I’m not sure which. I found a cute little sleeveless summer dress (looking toward some very hot weather coming up in London, and me without any summer clothes) for £1, and Christine scored some this-and-thats.…
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68a. Day Four in England: Early Morning Walkies, A Very Good Bookstore, Down the Rabbit Hole with Alice
The real treat of the day was a visit to Peter’s Book Shop! Christine was pretty sure that a goodly share of the book in the store came from her house over the years. (I’m sorry I didn’t get a proper photo of Christine’s bookshelves that she built herself, and which are stuffed with books,…
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62. Day 30 in Shetland: The Isle of Fetlar
A short ferry ride from Unst is the little “garden” island of Fetlar. With a population of only about 60 people, it is sparsely inhabited, but rich in beauty. We only had a day, but if I go back to Shetland, I plan to spend several days. There are loads of Viking ruins I didn’t…
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59. Day 27 in Shetland: Lunda Wick/St. Olaf’s Kirk, Meeting Mila, Simmer Dim Sunset, Kirk Ruins
These first two photos are of the ruins of the House of Lund, a laird’s house built in the early 1800’s, and he was apparently quite a piece of work. Here’s the story of John Scott, “a hard man and an unbeliever.” Give it a listen, 5:30 of some beautiful Shetlander dialect. I usually get…
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58. Day 26 in Shetland: Keen of Hamar and Sandwick Beach
Starting off, though, with some more photos of our croft house in Unst. I visited one other renovated croft house on the island, and it had almost exactly the same layout. This window at the top of the stairs gives you an idea of how thick the walls are. About two feet. Our first stop…
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55. Day 23 in Shetland: Haroldswick, Norwick Beach, Planet Walk, and Bobby’s Bus Stop
Our croft house was already feeling like home, just like that! Every place I stayed in Shetland felt very homey, but because I was sharing this place with David, it was doubly warm and comfortable. When I originally reserved it, I was planning on staying here alone. Somewhere in my subconscious, it seems I knew…
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53. Day 21 in Shetland: Fethaland
The day started out pretty overcast, and continued off and on, but no rain to speak of. That did not stop a large portion of the walk to be very boggy, indeed! The waterproof nature of my Scarpa boots was tested, and I utilized my hiking poles constantly to test the ground and depth of…
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50. Day 18 in Shetland: The Awesome Beauty of Eshaness
Warning: This is a Very Long Post! Eshaness was one of the highlights of my trip, and one of the main reasons I decided to stay in Hillswick. Here is an excellent write-up of Eshaness from the Northlink Ferry web site, with some photos to rival mine LOL! The drive up to Eshaness is breathtaking…
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