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Thu 25 June 2009
Lerwick to Fair Isle
'Boys' Week' was a great success, but the return of the Mate saw a great step-up in the standard of catering aboard. That evening, we found a live music session in the Douglas Arms and the Skipper contributed a few moothie tunes to the proceedings. On a beautiful morning, we turned up at Tingwall Airport for our day trip to Foula (with its two Marilyns) but were warned that thick fog was expected and a return flight could not be guaranteed. Reluctantly, we called off the trip and later kicked ourselves as no fog materialised much north of Orkney. However, we enjoyed a walk into Scalloway and a picnic in the sun on the waterfront. Jim caught the overnight ferry to Aberdeen and next morning we departed for Fair Isle, keen to be off agaain, but sorry to miss the Taste Of Shetland event and associated activities about to start in the tented village on the pier. The photo is of Sumburgh Head just before we rounded it to the west to avoid the 'roost'. At Fair Isle, we enjoyed a sociable evening with the Canadian/Scottish/English crew of 'Milvina'.
Posted by skipper at June 25, 2009 09:13 PM