You can either walk from the Eshannes Lighthouse to Stenness beach or cheat and drive there, which I did. At the beach, in Stenness you will find the remains of a former haaf fishing station and a lot of sheep. (“haaf” meaning deep-sea) The remaining houses, once summer homes for fishermen are scattered along the […]
I made one last stop before boarding the ferry to Yell – at the neolithic Stanydale settlement and enjoyed a little walk and lunch break. Visiting the house and surrounding buildings of a probably important person. It is not known what the purpose of Stanydale Temple was, similar buildings were found in Malta. It might […]
From the Lodberries, I continued my walk through the old town of Lerwick in Shetland. Towards the harbour, back into the maze of tiny alleys and closes to the more generous new town and back to my car. Lerwick offers a lovely variety of independent shops and cafés. Don´t miss the antique store on the […]