Archive for October, 2008
A Shetland Ghost Story
According to an old diary, Tomas O´Tarson* was disliked since birth. His parents abandoned him as a child and, reluctantly, the parish had to take responsibility for the lad. To pay for his upkeep, Tomas was forced to work as an apprentice grave digger at the old Kirk of Quendale in the southern part [...]
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Papil, Shetland- 28-10-08- 4:37 p.m.
…a Scandinavian touch?
Posted: October 28th, 2008 under A Great Adventure, Tim.
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Shetland Weather Update…
…again! Everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it. These last two weeks have been windy with gale to strong gale force winds and with a climax of “hurricane” winds. I could say, “Finally. Some decent Shetland weather.”
Photo: A tired little harbor seal resting from stormy seas
Surprisingly similar to mountain storms, there [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2008 under A Great Adventure, Tim.
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Ull och garn, fika och choklad.
Här finns en mycket anrik förening - The Shetland Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers - alltså en förening för de som spinner, stickar, väver och färgar och numera är även jag medlem i denna lugubra samling av mycket duktiga spinnerskor och stickerskor. I vissa hänseenden ligger jag ljusår efter dom, i andra hänseenden platsar [...]
Posted: October 15th, 2008 under Brita.
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Another Shetland Beach…
…that gives a long lasting impression to the islands is found at Quendale. On the southern mainland coastline, and not at all far from Sumburgh Airport, this gem of sandy beach stretches over an English mile (1.6 km) across the Bay of Quendale and is easliy accessed, not by the footpaths from A 970 nor [...]
Posted: October 9th, 2008 under A Great Adventure, Tim.
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Snabbmat
Ikväll blev det snabbmat, fish and chips för första gången sen vi kom hit. Orsaken till det var en liten affisch på anslagstavlan i affären i Hamnavoe dit vi for i morse för att köpa tidningen och posta några brev. Måltiden såldes som “take out” från en pytteliten fritidsanläggning bara fem minuter med bil från [...]
Posted: October 3rd, 2008 under Brita.
Comments: 2