Scalloway Castle, seen in dramatic light, was built to exercise control over Shetland in 1600. Its surroundings, once sea on three sides, have changed considerably since it was built and it is now right next to Scalloway's busy harbour. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/scallowaycastle/index.html
An impromptu bbq at near (well 1k) neighbours. Celebrating a new tree house built by them for the kids (for some reason they seem to have far more than I remember at the moment 😆) with the pony lending a helping hand with the garden and not beyond snaffling tidbits from the table…
Located on the Scottish island of Fetlar, the Haltadans is a circle of standing stones that folklore claims were once trows (Shetland's fairy folk). The story goes that they were still dancing in a circle when the sun rose one morning and turned them to stone. #MythologyMonday
When a was peerie a loved learning Shetland dialect - what a didn’t know was just how many accents exist in this island group of ~23,000 folk!
If you’re interested in #shetland dialect check out the link to hear the various accents & sound files! It’s really interesting & I find it really comforting and soothing to listen to. #scotland#scots#uk
Good knitwear, great accents and a stoic detective: Shetland is peak ‘dad television’ – and I love it
This BBC Scottish crime series gives a lot, very quietly. A decade late, I have happily jumped on the bandwagon/slow-moving local ferry
Shetland is a mild, full-hearted police procedural – “like a cross between Wallander and Midsomer Murders”, Sarah Dempster wrote in the Guardian in 2013 – and set mainly on that Scottish archipelago –
“Had a fit of the scunners: heart withered up.”
—Willa Muir (1890–1970) was born #OTD, 13 March. Her translations of #Kafka solidified his reputation in English, & then internationally
In this article, Prof Michelle Woods looks at Willa Muir—a #Shetland translator in #Prague
BBC announce Ed Davey and the Lib Dems will continue to back Hoyle after the #Labour party's derailment of the SNP ceasefire in Gaza motion.
Meanwhile Palestinians are dying.
The Palestinian envoy sat through the entire shambles.
LibDems are as bad as the rest in Westminster.
After Christian I of Norway failed to pay the dowry for his daughter Margaret, queen to James III, #Orkney & #Shetland were annexed to the Scottish crown #OTD, 20 Feb 1472
NORTHERN-NESS looks at literature from the northern isles, from the sagas to the far future
Inside the amazing Unst Boat Haven on Unst in the Shetland Islands: one of the most attractive and interesting museums in Scotland and well worth the trip from Shetland's Mainland to see, along with Unst's other attractions. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/unst/boathaven/index.html
#Shetland's Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Season returns in 2024 and we will be live-streaming some of the best moments. The next broadcast will be live from #Lerwick on Tuesday 30th January 2024 with the torchlit procession starting at 7.30pm GMT. #Scotland