Another early start saw us round Fitful and Sumburgh Heads and in to
Lerwick by lunchtime.A few hours later we were joined alongside by
"Southern Cross", a yacht from the Solent we had met on a few occasions
in previous years. She had been on passage from the Faeroes to Norway
but was driven south to Shetland by the northerly gale. The recent
Marilyn-bagging activity had taken final toll on the Skipper’s
lightweight summer boots, which were replaced with something sturdier.
We made a visit to Scalloway (photo of Shetland Bus memorial) and
lunched on scallops in the excellent "Da Haaf" (old Norse word for
ocean) restaurant in the Fisheries College. A Swedish three-master at
Scalloway pier made a fine sight for visitors from the cruise liner
berthed in Lerwick. The following day we hired a wee car and toured the
north and west, allowing the Skipper to nip up the last two mainland
Marilyns. Later we had a sociable evening with Sue and Matthew from
Southern Cross, blethering until midnight when it was little more than
dusk in this higher latitude.