Category: Unst
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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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60. Day 28 in Shetland: The Horns of Hagmark and Hill of Clibberswick
Today’s Big Walk took us along the East Coast of Unst to the Horns of Hagmark (on the map, about parallel with the compass). It was a long but really interesting walk up until the last couple miles, which was all paved road. But even that wasn’t bad, as it took us by a sweet…
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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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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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56. Day 24 in Shetland: Rain Day Museuming, Tea, and Cozying Up at Home
The forecast was pretty bleak, so we decided to visit the Unst Heritage Centre in Haroldswick, a short drive away. It is a VERY good little museum on Unst island life, the history and geology of the island, its arts and crafts and crofting roots. And of course, fishing and Vikings! Here is a little…
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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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54. Day 22 in Shetland: Dawn Departure from Hillswick, Reunion in Lerwick, Puffins, Our Croft in Unst
Well, not quite sunrise, but early! 4:30 AM arising before heading south to Lerwick. Spouse’s ferry due at 7:30 AM. 20 June, 2022
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