The favourable tide times meant that we had a bit of a lay in and a leisurely start to day 2, which was also accompanied by sunshine. Casting off just before 11am, we made for the Muckle Flugga archipelago once…

The favourable tide times meant that we had a bit of a lay in and a leisurely start to day 2, which was also accompanied by sunshine. Casting off just before 11am, we made for Muckle Flugga once again

It’s a hell of a long way to Unst. Central London to Gatwick; Gatwick to Aberdeen; Aberdeen to Lerwick; Lerwick to Unst, via Yell and two ferries. We can report that the Shetlands were wreathed in the same mist and…

After a great last night sampling the local Whisky and dancing to Shetland music an outing to St. Ninian’s and the largest active tombolo in the British Isles, followed by a trip to the past at the settlement of Jarlshof.…

The kit is drying in the sun. It is time to go home. What a week this has turned out to be. Seas of brittle stars, giant anemones, huge scorpion fish, purpoises practicing synchronised swimming right next to the boat…