last wednesday, i returned from my vacation -- 10 days on mainland shetland -- and it was almost like 10 days in heaven. it was my third visit there. the other two visits were made with tours, and i always found myself wanting more ... i felt that i could smell the peat in the air as soon as i got off the little plane that had flung us through the sky from edinburgh. the fair isle had been clearly visible on our approach to sumburgh head, where the airport was. it took ...
2nd: RSPB Sumburgh Head Open Day. 2nd: Yell Sailing & Yoal Rowing Regatta at Burravoe, followed by Dance in hall. 2nd: Uyeasound Regatta. 5th to 9th: Centre for Nordic Studies ? Viking Culture Summer School in Orkney (www.nordic.uhi.ac.uk) .... Fridays & Saturdays: Posers Nightclub open in Grand Hotel Fridays: Royal British Legion, Lerwick ? Bingo, 7.30pm. Saturdays: Douglas Arms ? Karaoke Saturdays (until 11th Dec): Singing Saturdays for Christmas! ? in St Magnus Church ...
While checking on my local patch of Sumburgh on 10/08/10, I was fortunate to discover a Greenish Warbler in the Sumburgh hotel garden, species no. 115 of the year and one you could far from guarantee in the area. ...
