Shetland! Day 6: Out Skerries and St Ninian's Isle

Unfortunately I simply don't have time to write a big long post about the last two days in Shetland (hence not having done it in the last three and a half months, which is bad, I know) and the memories aren't quite as crisp as they were, but there's a new island adventure coming up, so I wanted to make sure I got at least a pictorial record posted to keep the chronological continuity of the site!

Day six was a trip by ferry again to Out Skerries. The most easterly part of Scotland and closer to Norway to boot. We spent a goodly while wandering around the two main islands of Housay and Bruray, joined by a little bridge, and went up into the hills on Housay and had a little picnic of pies. We also spent a goodly while knocking on some doors to see if anyone knew who might have a boat to take us over the sound to uninhabited Grunay, but nobody did, or if they did they were already out fishing, which seems to be what folk do in Skerries. 

Anyway, here's some nice pictures I took.

 

After Skerries we headed right down to the south of the mainland, via St Ninian's Isle, a tidal affair connected by the largest Tombolo in some area, perhaps Scotland, maybe Europe? I don't think it was the world...Either way it was fun for running down the great big dunes and good for taking atmospheric pictures of.

 

And then to top off the day we went to Sumburgh Head and had a look at the millions of puffins, before retiring to our home at Betty Mouat's bod (supposedly haunted?) where Mike cooked us up a first rate fish curry. Luxury indeed!