Photos and the City

Category: Travel

  • Braewick Beach

    Taking a walk on the red beach in Braewick, up in the north of Shetland

    After waking up in my lovely cottage near Ollaberry and being greeted by the dogs of the croft, I went to the café in Braewick to get some breakfast and also some reception to download images from a client. Directly before me lay the beach of Braewick and I was curious to go for a walk.

    Taking a walk on the red beach in Braewick, up in the north of Shetland

    It was a moody morning but the sun came out later in the day. Braewick beach is divided by the Melby Fault and has volcanic rocks on one side and granite on the other. About 395 million years ago the Eshaness volcano erupted and left remainders until today.

    Taking a walk on the red beach in Braewick, up in the north of Shetland

    Taking a walk on the red beach in Braewick, up in the north of Shetland

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    Taking a walk on the red beach in Braewick, up in the north of Shetland

     

  • Central Shetland

    Driving from Central Shetland up north

    I continued my drive through Central Shetland and enjoyed the many stunning views.

    Aith

    A short stop in Aith to walk around the harbour and admire the beautiful Lifeboat.

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    Busta Voe

    I finally started to make my way up north, but there was again enough time for a little detour to Voe – just to admire the views.

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    I also came across this lovely red beach.

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    Northmavine

    And hello to the North of Shetland!

    Driving from Central Shetland up north

  • The White Wife

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    Gloup memorial

    On the very top of Yell is the village Gloup and the Gloup memorial, remembering 58 fishermen who died in a summer storm in 1881.

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    My next stop was in the middle of Yell, I wanted to visit a broch which sounded like a nice hike along the coastline.

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    The start was pretty easy, I just had to follow a track and enjoyed the view.

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    The map said to walk across the remains of this farm, but I just couldn’t find the way, maybe it was blocked on that day or I just wasn´t looking good enough. So I turned back.

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    I love these little flowers I saw all over Shetland, they reminded me of little pieces of cotton.

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    The white wife of otterswick

    I already went looking for the white lady on my first day in Yell, but couldn´t find it. But in the meantime I found a map for a hike going to the lady and that made it a bit easier, it still wasn´t easy to find places in Yell.

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    Somewhere down there should be the White Wife – the story of the statue is a sad one.

    Da Wooden Wife, is a sad one. She is the reconstructed figurehead of the Bohus, a German sail training vessel which sank at the Ness of Queyon in 1924, with a crew of 39, many of them young cadets, and the loss of 4 lives. (Northlinkferries.co.uk)

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    In April 1923 the ship Bohus set sail from Goteburg to Chile, but a navigation error brought her 60 miles off course. During a storm, the skipper mistook the Out Skerries lighthouse for the Fair Isle light and the ship was dashed on the rocks. She sank within one hour.

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    Men from Yell tried to help and threw a line towards the ship to save the crew members. The surviving men were taken into homes in Yell but four men perished this day.

    A few months later the figurehead of the Bohus came ashore, in surprisingly good condition and was erected on the shore above the wreck site as a memorial. In 1986 the statue was completely restored.

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