Scotland, Ireland and all around the UK

We almost traveled the length of the Shetlands today.  We started in Lerwick, where we spent the past two nights and then traveled south all the way to Sumborgh and past the airport. We spent time at the Sumborgh Lighthouse then traveled north mostly along the west coast to Brae where we will be for the next two days.   Brae is a very small but beautiful community.  The internet here at the hotel is very limited and so is my phone internet.  I was unable to upload the blog photos last night so I am working on them at 5:00 AM this morning.  Commentary will therefore be brief. Breakfast, fresh locally caught and smoked Kippers, eggs, mushrooms and grilled tomatoes. Yum. The following photos were taken in the Sumburgh Lighthouse area.  Most need no comment. There may be too many photos of Puffins, but they are cute.   The lighthouse in Sumburgh, like most lighthouses in the Shetlands was designed by the Stevenson engineering family.  This one by...

I realized I was so tired yesterday, I didn't talk about the Shetland Islands or the town of Lerwick.   Shetland Islands are a subarctic archipelago in the Northern Atlantic, between Great Britain, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost part of the United Kingdom, and lies 1° West of the Prime Meridian. The islands lie about 50 miles to the northeast of Orkney, 110 miles from mainland Scotland and 140 miles west of Norway. They form part of the border between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. Their total area is 566 square miles, and the population totaled 22,920 in 2019. There are over 100 islands in the Shetlands, but only 16 are inhabited.  Lerwick is the capital and largest city with about 7,000.  Over half of the islands population live within 10 miles of Lerwick. Shetland Islands experience a long cool winter and a short mild summer.  The normal temperature range from winter to summer is only 34 degrees average low...