Tuesday

Today we went, again south from Lerwick, to a crofters museum. We were the only people there and the attendant told us all about different things and how life was lived. There was a smelly peat fire going, several enclosed shetland beds, I. E. A 4 poster bed with sides of wood to keep in heat, very low doorways again to retain heat, stalls for cows ( horses and sheep left outside), fish drying in front of fire.  We walked to a nearby small water mill.

Next we drove to a larger commercial mill, but it was really just a collection of old equipment etc.

We went to where the ferry to Moussa leaves from, waited around a bit and then read a sign to say the ferry was not going because of too much wind. We reckoned it was between 10 and 15 knots- hardly any wind for here in our limited experience.  Plan B was to drive to where there is a spit of sandy land,  referred to here as a tombola, linking the mainland with St Ninians island to have our picnic lunch watching the sand, grassy slopes, water, very peaceful.

We then drove north of lerwick for the first time.  The countryside was different. Less sheep,  less scattered housing, more large houses in clusters. Our destination was Lunna,    now a few houses, but during Ww2, it was the original location of where the shetland bus operation worked from. Another good day.