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Exploring Yell

View from my hut in Yell towards Fetlar. I got the feeling most people drove straight through Yell to go to Unst, which is a shame as Yell has a lot to offer. Sometimes it is very hidden (and took several attempts to find it) but the journey is always ...

Stanydale Temple

I made one last stop before boarding the ferry to Yell – at the neolithic Stanydale settlement and enjoyed a little walk and lunch break. Visiting the house and surrounding buildings of a probably important person. It is not known what the purpos...

Tingwall

Tingwall derives from the Old Norse Þingvöllr (field of the thing), a thing or ping was the word for a Norse parliament. It is situated in Loch Tingwall and the former mould is still visible. This mould, Tingaholm, was created with handfuls of earth ...

Scalloway

After my walk on the beach, I drove back a few minutes to Scalloway, the largest settlement of the west coast of Shetland and the former capital. Unfortunately, the museum and the castle were closed, so I just walked around the shoreline further into S...

The Sands of Meal

I had to say goodbye to my lovely peerie hoose in Sandwick and made my way to the west coast of Shetland, the “sunny” part of the islands according to a leaflet and the sun was shining. A short hello to Scalloway but first I wanted to have ...

Lerwick

From the Lodberries, I continued my walk through the old town of Lerwick in Shetland. Towards the harbour, back into the maze of tiny alleys and closes to the more generous new town and back to my car. Lerwick offers a lovely variety of independent sho...

Saturday in Lerwick

I left my car parked near Loch Clickimin and walked along the coastline to the city centre of Lerwick. Today Lerwick is the capital and biggest city of Shetland, but until 1830 Scalloway used to be the capital and sheep used to graze the land that is t...

CLICKIMIN BROCH

Saturday morning I met my lovely hosts for a breakfast in Lerwick and afterwards I just crossed the supermarket parking space to get to Clickimin Broch situated in a little loch in Lerwick. “Broch” is Scottish and means “fort“. ...

Back at St. Ninian´s Isle

It was late afternoon when we arrived back from Mousa and I wanted to use the sunny day to add another little walk around St. Ninian´s Isle. But imagine my surprise, when I arrived on the other side of Shetland, went down the cliffs and suddenly there...