It has been pouring with rain all day and I had visitors from England coming over.  We had lunch and then obviously I took them to my favourite spot, Sandness beach.

There was no one around and we had the beach to ourselves, which was lovely and apparently they saw some seabirds too (I didn’t take my glasses with me so couldn’t see a thing).

I enjoyed showing my Shetland to my friends.  I know them from my previous life in England.  They got to see my part of the world and hopefully understood why I am here.  These days, my love for Shetland is a very important part of me.  Living in England feels like another life.

We walked up and down the beach, while I looked for groatie buckies (Trivia arctica – one of the two species of cowrie shells found in Britain) – I didn’t find any – and they looked at the seabirds.

And then home for tea and cake, and of course the rain stopped.

(it was a lovely day off, even if it was raining, from making sheep)