Sixth day – St Ninian’s Isle (and Lerwick)
We definitely wanted to visit the tombolo at St Ninian’s Isle, and this was really the only remaining day possible.
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Fifth day – Lerwick and the Lerwick Hotel
We had booked a meal at the Lerwick Hotel in celebration of our anniversary – it’s the hotel where we
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Fourth day – Da Wast Side
We decided on a trip to the west side of Shetland, where Tumblin is, which we had already visited. There
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Third day – Sumburgh, Jarlshof and Scousburgh sands
We decided to make a trip down to the south mainland of Shetland, after my early morning dip, again in
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Second day – Lerwick
We decided to have a quiet second day, and stayed in Lerwick. I was awake early, saw the lovely sunchine,
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First day – Lerwick, Tumblin and Burra Isle
On our wandering around Lerwick we went out along the street to the south end, past the lodberries. At Bain’s
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Shetland 2025 – travelling north
We started to plan this trip last December, since we knew that accommodation might be hard to come by. In
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Germany 2025
We returned from a great trip to the south of Germany, and I have finally uploaded photos to our website.
Germany 2025 – travelling north
We had a couple of nights near Friedrichshafen before travelling to one more hotel in Germany on the journey north,
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Friedrichshafen Zeppelin Museum and Ham Radio
This visit we managed to get to the Zeppelin museum in Friedrichshafen. I had been to the town a couple
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Around the Ferienwohnung
These are photos taken over the trip of the holiday house and of little walks near it. Our local herd!
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Germany 2025 – cycling
I took my bike on this trip, as the area looked pretty good for cycling, if a bit hilly. Well,
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Donaueschingen
We met up with Marwyn’s friend Suzi in Donaueschingen, about half way between us. The Brigach is one of the
Celtic museums
When we planned this trip, I intended to visit a couple of museums which I had read about and wanted
Pfahlbauten Unteruhldingen
The pile dwelling museum in Unteruhldingen is wonderful. The remains of houses were discovered over 100 years ago, and they
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Reichenau and Radolfzell
One reason for visiting southern Germany was to visit friends of Marwyn’s from when she lived there. Elisabeth lives in
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Germany 2025 – travelling south
We travelled from Newcastle to Ijmuiden on the DFDS ferry, as we usually do when driving into Europe. We left
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Minor planet 4 Vesta
The asteroid Vesta (known as a minor planet as it is one of the largest ones) has been at opposition
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Killantringan dip
Killantringan is a lovely quiet place to swim, but the tide has to be right, otherwise access to the beach
Knockbrex swim
It was great to be back at Knockbrex with the water clearer than I have ever seen it before. There’s