Yearly Archives: 2011

Week 2 begins

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

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PostScript

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.

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The end of week 1

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

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60 Degrees North

The walls are covered in anemones, jewel anemones glisten in the torch light, carpets of colourful Dahlia anemones sit in little overhangs and Naomi spots the largest Scorpion fish I have ever seen. An almost medieval looking creature that seems

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Muckle Flugga – finally!

The final day of week 1 and we finally make it out to the holy grail of Unst diving! The most northerly point of the U.K. and home to thousands of birds – Muckle Flugga! And what a dive that

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