A short interlude..

Just back from a fortnight in Shetland. Good weather (and much better than North Yorkshire had!) and stayed in a beautiful cottage on the shore…

(that’s a hell of a garden view!)

Lots of highlights - my first visit to a misty and atmospheric Foula was high up there. 1200 foot high cliffs…

Amazingly on this isolated island I had at least 25 Painted Ladies.

… the everyday Shetland wildlife (including Otter)

…Edmonston’s Chickweed, which grows in a little area of Unst and nowhere else in the world…

But pick of it all were our first Orcas, a pod swimming through Yell Sound…

Back to normality next week...