Shetland 2016 Day 6

As Catherine was planning a barbecue for tonight we thought we would be having a quiet day around Bruntiskerry but a surprise invitation to go out on the boat with Jimmy was too good to turn down.

He keeps his boat at Walls so a short drive down the road and we were there and off out into the voe.

Surrounded by the sides of the inlet it was calm and peaceful. We went right up to Reesthness where we had visited Robert's house last year and saw the activity in the salmon enclosures.

It was a little choppier as we reached the open sea and stopped to try our hand at fishing.

Jimmy had the only success of the day with  his 1st line, pulling in 4 mackerel. Despite trying a couple of his favourite spots, putting on the music and the faith of our accompanying seagull we failed to get any further fish.

Nevertheless we had an enjoyable couple of hours and David got promoted to 1st mate and steered us successfully home while Jimmy cleaned the catch.

Later, despite the weather, Catherine had a lot of friends and family over for the BBQ. Sadly it's the end of our trip and we set off for home tomorrow.