Another Day Out

Another day out and about with our visitor.

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I am always very proud to show Shetland off.

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I want to show visitors the Shetland I find beautiful.  Perhaps not the Shetland that is in the guide books, though.

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The heather, at the moment, is in bloom and looking particularly beautiful.  The smell is incredible too.  It really gets to you.

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Making most of the non-raining weather, we drove to Snarraness – on of my favourite destinations.

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We saw various fauna and flora.

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Anyone?  What is this bird?  I have no idea and had a phalarope idea but now I am not quite sure.  Any ideas?  Answers on a postcard.

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After that, we went to see a small Eriskay horse herd.  There is a new foal this year.

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I think they are beautiful.

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They have a unicorn-like quality.

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On our way, we met this very laid-back four-horned Shetland ram who was chillaxing by the side of the road.

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He never moved, while I reversed to take a better photograph, and continued to sit there, chewing his cud.  I thought he was very handsome with a very laid-back temperament.

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There is nothing better than taking your time to driving around Shetland, showing folk what you find special.

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12 thoughts on “Another Day Out

  1. Cate

    Agree with Nick, I think it’s a diver—or as we call it here in Canada, a red-throated loon. We also have the iconic common loon, which has different colouring but same distinctive sunken profile in the water.

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  2. Anne

    – or – as we say in Danish: Rødstrubet lom – interesting: loon and lom seems to be the same word.
    (Rød=red. Strube=Throat. This was a little Danish lesson)

    sigh…Shetland…sigh…. In two weeks I shall invade Shetland for the second time in my life. Count down
    has started.

    thank you for reminding me of its beauty. Not that I really had forgotten, but still 🙂

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  3. Sam

    And this blog is a wonderful way to show off Shetland! Makes me want to visit. Okay – Lambie and Tiddles also make me want to fly across the Atlantic to meet them…you have another career as a travel tour director.

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  4. Terri

    This makes me want to visit Shetland! And the white horse is incredibly beautiful! (poor handsome ram must get a headache from holding up his heavy head — I’d sit down too) I still think VisitScotland should pay your for your PR work!

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