To The Far North Of Our Islands

The companies most northerly customer is also as far north as you can get in this country that place being the Shetland Islands, can I say from the start that I am a big fan having been about 6 times now I love the scenery,the wildlife,the food and especially the people so this is a totally biased blog on my 3 days there this month.

Going this far north at this time of year also means lots of lovely light with the sun not setting until around 10.00 so its a leisurely meal after work and still chance to get out and get some photographs or at the other end of the day pickies before heading off to work even if thats an early start.

So really a chronological look in pictures through my few days

Tuesday April 30th arrived at the hotel unpacked and then had a stroll around Scalloway,not a long stroll because its a very small place but a pleasant location as is much of Shetland

Wednesday morning beautiful sunshine so a quick pull in above the town on the way to work to look at Scalloway from a different angle

Arrived at the office a few minutes early so as it's on the waterfront at Lerwick another chance to grab a few quick shots,in shot 3 the square object on the right is a Floating Hotel brought in to house the extra influx of oil workers at this time of year

In the evening it was a trip to the 2 adjoining islands of Trondra and Burra near Scalloway connected by single track bridges,some great scenery but the downside is that most of the roads are single track with passing places so the opportunity to stop and take shots are limited

Now Wednesday evening was a bit different,as anyone who reads my ramblings on a regular basis knows i do like to get to see local football whenever the chance presents itself  and luckily the Shetland League that is  Spring and Summer oriented for obvious reasons was just getting under way,I had a number of options but plumped for the interestingly named Spurs B playing their reserve league match against Scalloway B.The standard as you would expect with a small population to draw from is not great but what the players lacked in ability they more than made up for with enthusiasm and an almost pathological sense of good sportsmanship,the downside from my angle was that I had not come equipped for a howling wind and snow flurries so I chickened out at half time and missed Spurs third goal in their 3-0 win.

And so to Thursday and the journey home and sadly the massed ranks of Puffins and other Sea Birds that I have seen at Sumburgh Head near the airport in the past have not yet arrived so all I got was a few shots around the Sumburgh area before I flew out