Good bye to Shetland and Fair Isle

Tonight we sail to Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands and then tomorrow I fly to North Ronaldsay bird observatory.  This morning at the B&B we were chatting with the owner.  It turns out she was an extra on the television series Shetland and series two will begin filming next week!  I will need to re-watch the whole series especially episode 4 set on Fair Isle.

We arrived in Lerwick on Tuesday.  Lovely old grey buildings like a toy town.  We flew from Fair Isle ... Just our little group.  We drove over to see our first guide Phil and his photographer wife.  Take a look at her amazing web site. http://www.rebeccanason.com. They have such a cute original house and a large old world garden.

We had a delicious dinner at the Lerwick Hotel.  The next day we drove to Sumburgh Head lighthouse and I photographed some more puffins.  We also spent time at Jarlsof which is an amazing archeological site.  The audio commentary was excellent.

On Thursday we took a boat trip to Noss.  This was another trip highlight.  Amazing cliffs and getting close to the gannets and other sea birds.

Friday we explored more of Lerwick down town and had another session in their brilliant museum.  We arrive in Kirkwall at 11pm...