Another lazy morning blogging and researching (aka chatting) before a bacon bap lunch and setting out to see more of the islands.
First stop a wild and blustery Twatt graveyard where we knew there was a relative buried, my great aunt Willamina and her husband, parents of the lady I had met the day before.
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| Me finding the right grave, after taking photos of the wrong one with very similar names! |
We drove on and from the far hillside got a good view of Scoard Side in Tresta where my grandfather was living with the rest of the family in the 1901 census. Mattie has told me that my great grandparents lived there till their death and she has fond memories of the gardens there and peeping over the bushes as a "peerie bairn",
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| Scoard Side is the tiny white house in the centre of the picture |
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| Zooming in on Scoard Side |
We drove on through beautiful dramatic scenery to through Reawick to Skeld and Westerwick then back towards Tresta.
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| Skeld |
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| Westerwick |
After a brief visit to show us where they cut their peats, Finlay, our amazing chauffeur/tour guide took us on to Scalloway where he managed to get hold of the key to the castle, after opening hours and took us inside.
This wonderful scenic trip continued across bridges to visit another two of the Shetland Isles, Trondra and Burra. From here we could look back up the coast to the dramatic cliffs we had viewed earlier at Westerwick. We also caught a glimpse of a secluded, white sandy beach before heading north again to Lerwick for tea in the Ghurka restaurant. Even later we popped in to see Wilma and Jim for a drink and a catchup. Without our amazing hosts we could never have hoped to get such an insight into the scenery and culture of these beautiful islands,
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