Seasons in the Valley + Furry Gnome's Adventures

We tacked on 2-3 days for exploring Edinburgh after our trip, and our first stop was the Royal Botanical Gardens.  This time we were staying...

We headed back southwest of Fair Isle to mainland Scotland, landing near Aberdeen.  I think they were making things up as we went here, for ...

Leaving Shetland we sailed south, back toward Scotland, and stopped midway at Fair Isle, nearly 100 miles from Shetland.  Fair Isle is anoth...

In our family the first robin has always been the first sign of spring.  My mother always said the first robins would arrive back about Mar....

Around on the opposite side of the Shetlands we anchored off the incredible Broch of Mousa.  A broch is a circular fort from the Iron Age, b...

After our visit to those stunning Neolithic sites on Orkney we continued sailing northwards to Shetland, stopping first at the small island ...