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Today’s trivia is on kippers: He lied, the waiter wasn’t there but I remembered! That was 30min I’ll never get back . . . Located in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, by artist Sean Henry, it was installed on a breakwater structure in 2007. The sculpture is designed to look differently depending on the tide levels and weather conditions.…

Today’s trivia is on sheep: Wise has kindly informed me that the pre-authorisation charge for each charging session on Shetland has been cancelled and no actual costs have been billed. So free charging, Now I know why google had “out of service”. Not because it couldn’t charge the car, but because it couldn’t charge to…

Today’s trivia is on Farne Islands: For breakfast we asked for plunger coffee. Yes that blank look appeared on the waitress’ face. Oh cafetière you mean. Whatever! At least it’s one step up for flavour and taste. The french would be horrified with the cheese presentation. Thankfully the tyre pressure is holding and the fob…

Today’s trivia is on big homes, aka castles: We had a good night’s sleep and the sleep kit wasn’t needed. As in Shetland, we are staying in a same star rated hotel. The only difference is that for Shetland we were the only tourists the rest were all FIFO high vis clothed workers. At Bednell…

Today’s trivia is sorbet, and a bit on Balmoral Castle: Sailing was as smooth as a baby’s bottom. We slept like logs till the phone rang at 1:30am and a voice with a strong Scottish accent asked for Shamus! I suspect the other end had that blank look when I said no, it’s not Shamus.…

Today’s trivia is P.O.S.H: The day started for  u̶s̶ me up at 5am or so. W̶e̶ I went to Sumburgh Head Lighthouse to see if there were any more scout puffins about. Yes, there were lots . .  The puffins aren’t really a big bird and arnt fussed about me being within 20m. Over the…

Today’s trivia is the shetland weather: Today we are off in search of wildlife seeing not going to Unst. If you read yesterdays blog, you’ll know why. Seeing we couldn’t get to Unst we decided to check out places we missed the other day. First stop was Sumburgh Head Lighthouse again in the hope of…

Today’s trivia is on Yell: We were early as thought I’d booked the 0845hr ferry but it was the 0945hr. So we queued in the non booked line. There was around 3 booked and 10 unbooked cars, so plenty of room. There are at least six wind farms being built or built along with the…

Today’s trivia is more on Shetland stuff: The day greeted u̶s̶ me with  . . . One thing that I can’t complain about with the hotel, is the staff. Super helpful and friendly. The cleaner, aka manager, come all things even gave us the next door room key to use the shower/bath’s hot water and…

Today’s trivia is on the Shetlands: Last night’s travels on the high seas . . . It  was a smooth sailing based on a dinner of fish and chips, two baileys and two sea sickness tablets. Straight off the boat and we headed south. but got stopped by a plane landing. There’s a lot of…