Category: Hermaness
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61. Day 29 in Shetland: Le Petit Cafe, Hermaness Visit II
The day started in Uyeasound, where we went to pick up Mila for an outing to Hermaness and her first puffins. Got a few more photos of the peerie French cafe and booo-tique! Not just yummy French foods for sale via Honesty Box, but rocks, beverages, and a little garden as well. It was a…
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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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57. Day 25 in Shetland: Hermaness Nature Reserve Puffinpalooza!
From the moment I started planning my trip to Shetland, I knew I would want to spend as much time as I could at Hermaness Nature Reserve. It is world-renowned for its breeding colonies of gannets and puffins, and also as the northenmost tip of the northernmost island in the UK. Muckle Flugga, the lighthouse…
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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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