So many "oh wow" moments - our adventures continue:
This is Shetland - there are sheep. Lots of sheep. Mostly dirty white sheep, but some black-faced or all black. This time of year, their fleeces are long and they look like big puff balls on stick legs. They also have extremely expressive faces.
We get a lot of weather variety in Minnesota, but nothing like Shetland. In one day, we saw EIGHT rainbows, which tells you how many times we cycled between sun, rain, clouds, sun, rain, clouds, etc.
Coming back to Sarah's place in Lerwick felt like coming home - it's our third visit. This is the view out the living room window. I love being able to peer out at the passing ships in the harbor.
St. Ninians Beach is a tombolo, a sandy isthmus with water on both sides. Last winter, we arrived during such a high tide that the tombolo was completely covered, which was unusual, but this time it was just passable.
So we walked across the tombolo and across the island. It turned out on the other side, there are dramatic cliffs. Gorgeous.
The ferry docks just down the road, so we often run down to see it getting ready to depart each evening.
Along with lots of sheep, Shetland has lots of wool shops, including this one on our street. I'm hoping to bring back wool so Micah can make me a "Shetland" sweater.
Our first visit to Victoria Pier this year, basking in the sun.
And a visit to the Lodberries, Jimmy's house in the Shetland TV show. The water is gorgeous and clear - but too cold for me to wade this year!
I took my bike out this morning and biked along this coastal path.
A common practice in Shetland is to use old boats to roof sheds or garages. Use what you've got, right?
On an almost-treeless island, people build in stone. And stone lasts. Today we visited Jarlshof, a historic site where various people have lived for almost 5,000 years in various different shapes and sizes of dwellings, all constructed with stone walls. Jarlshof from Above (Youtube: 4 minutes)
Later we went to the historic Querndale water mill, which was closed but still interesting.
This "bod" is a simple dwelling where folks can stay (in the summer),
right next to the picturesque Spiggie Beach.
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