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We were staying the night at the community owned and rather lovely Burravoe marina and camp site. So we went for a walk round and had tea an cake at the Old Haa Museum and garden (with its rock statues). Then for a walk…

More likely to be a neolithic farmhouse than the temple the 1930s archaeologist so confidently pronounced. Only half a mile a away from the road but they provide occasional black and white poles on the route to make sure…

On west mainland of Shetland. A walk to Culswick Broch. Wasn't supposed to be a circular walk but a coast path return looked possible on the OS Survey maps on the GPS. Wasn't probably our best idea given that we had Tye…

A walk from Eshaness Lighthouse in Northmavine on the Shetland mainland. Along the coast from the lighthouse for a bit and then back inland a bit to visit a collapsed broch in the middle of a lake (or should than be loch…

As the ferry from Unst had been delayed half and hour, it was a quick drive across Yell to be in time for the ferry from Yell back across to the Shetland mainland. Could see some disturbed water on the mainland side of Y…

Back from Unst to Yell.

The fog was so thick in the morning that we abandoned plans for a walk to Northwick and the space station and proceeded on a campervan tour of wherever on Unst happened to be visible at the time. So a really well done re…

A walk round from Uyeasound to Muness Castle. The walk round the bay was a bit tough with rough, boggy ground and no real track. Add to that the limited room around the geos, the sheep and Tye's taste for sheep and we we…

We thought we'd zip across Unst to "do" the Hermaness National Nature Reserve and see Muckle Flugga (the most northerly bit of the UK - give or take). While we knew that Hermaness would be special we had an ulterior moti…

Up the east side of Yell (getting lost once of twice) and failing to find a place to park up to take Tye for a beach walk. So then across on the ferry from Gutcher on Yell to Belmont on Unst

After nearly 5 weeks on Orkney and Shetland Liz declared herself ready to stroke some trees again. So off we went to Da Gairdins for a wander about. Other photos uploaded to this activity are from our "Sunday Driving" to…

Up from Lerwick to the north half of Shetland to catch the ferry from Toft on the mainland to Ulsta on Yell.

Back from Bressay to Lerwick on the mainland. Tye met his mate from the pub the previous night working on the ferry.

The weather forecast (fog and heavy rain) wasn't too encouraging for a stomp round Bressay so we did a campervan tour of the island instead. Started with the lighthouse at the southern end and then had a look over the Is…

Short walk around Mail in Bressay. Lunch at the excellent community run Speldiburn Cafe.

Little ro-ro ferry across from Lerwick to Bressay for a couple of nights. Passed all the TV/film trucks for the filming of the next "Shetland" TV series.

With a decidedly iffy weather forecast we abandoned plans for a big yomp around Scalloway for a small wander round the town and visiting the museum. The museum was small and interesting and majored on the "Shetland Bus"…

Bit more of a lazy day today. We'd planned a bit of a stomp around the peninsula south of Sandwick. Started well but Tye hound had other ideas and pulled like a bastard, ate all the sheep shit and spent too much time try…

While I was off swanning around Ronas Voe, Liz took Tye for some quality time on Muckle Roe. Lots of photos but no GPS track of that so here's a GPS track and some photos of our rather lovely campsite / marina. Here's L…

A truly superb day out kayaking on Ronas Voe on the north west of Shetland. Organised by Jason of Sea kayak Shetland - https://www.seakayakshetland.co.uk/ - and thoroughly recommended. The geology is amazing with cliffs,…

Stopped off on the way to Fraserburgh to have a look at Dracula's Castle (i.e. the 2nd Slains Castle). Interesting history - https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/crudenbay/slainscastle/index.html - built after the ori…

With the news that we've sprung a leak at home, the leisurely trip home was cancelled and we left York a day early to head home. Two hundred miles is about a much as we want to do in the van in a day so we stopped at the…

So today was the day it all started going wrong... We never thought we'd manage to get away for 2 months in the Orkneys and Shetland. Would our 20 year old campervan terminally fail it's MoT (it passed first time, next t…

Back into England (just) and another take on the walk up to Kielder Skyspace and Kielder Observatory. The local campsite had "front page" news about the appearance of the dreaded midges so we togged up and applied the "S…

Another stomp around Edinburgh - this time with the aim of getting Liz back to Arthur's Seat. Stopped at Holyrood for a coffee and a laugh at the entrance prices for the Palace. Then on to Arthur's Seat where I "mutinied…

Doing the tourist thing in Edinburgh. Princes Street, Royal Mile and Calton Hill. Didn't bother with going in to the castle itself. Good buses from the campsite (Mortonhall) to the centre of Edinburgh and Tye does appear…

Down from Drumnadrochit to Pitlochry on the A82 alongside Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal. Then the A86 along Glen Spean and the A9 though Glen Garry. All very picturesque and Scottish! Into Pitlochry for some wanderi…

OK - so Fraserburgh wasn't our bestest ever choice for a night's stopover. We didn't really give it a fair chance - it was raining and the food wasn't too inspiring (please no - not another fish and chips!). And then the…

A good walk round three Scottish forestry ancient Caledonian pinewood walks in Glen Affric. Another case of going back to Liz's childhood holidays. Then we tried Plodda Falls which was a big mistake - worst road we've ev…

From Fraserburgh, a pleasant drive along the A96 and the Moray Firth. Got a bit gnarly round Inverness with some roadworks and a sudden plague of roundabouts. Now at the very nice Lock Ness Bay campsite after having gone…