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Today’s trivia is more on Shetland stuff:

• Up Helly is Europe’s largest fire festival, held annually to celebrate Viking heritage.
• Shetland lands more fish than England, Wales, and Northern Ireland combined.
• It is home to the UK’s first commercial rocket launch site, the Shetland Space Centre on Unst.
• “Peerie” means small in the local dialect.
• The Midnight Sun is known as “Simmer Dim,” the period at midsummer when it never truly gets dark.
• Lerwick became the capital in the 1830s, replacing Scalloway.
• Wool from native sheep has been used for centuries, with Fair Isle known for its specific knitting technique.

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 later got a plumber in to fix the hotwater👍.

We took a drive to St. Mary’s Chapel and along the way . . .

and a man and his dog doing a bit of training . . .

At the Holes of Scraada . . .

Lots of birds on the cliffs around Eshaness Lighthouse . . .

Heading further north . . .

Again, we took the easy option for dinner and dined at 88 Kitchen & Cafe, which we thought was chinese but, no it wasn’t . . .

Today’s travels . . .