by Kerrie Ann Gardner | Aug 13, 2023 | Landscape, Nature, Travel, Weather, Wildlife
As soon as we knew that our trip to Shetland was definitely happening, the first place Simon and I honed in on, independently, was the island of Unst. Unst is Shetland’s most northerly inhabited island. If you were to get in a boat and head directly north from its...
by Kerrie Ann Gardner | Jul 28, 2023 | History, Landscape, Nature, Travel, Weather
The boat is already laden with people. We’re not late, but perhaps this is one of those instances where arriving half an hour early was the correct thing to do. I dash down to the owners, who are standing at the land end of Sandsayre Pier, near Sandwick on...
by Kerrie Ann Gardner | Mar 10, 2023 | Astronomy, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Travel
Last spring, and the one before that, I spent a number of nights on high hills looking west. I could hear Redwings above me, their thin calls raining down as they journeyed back to Scandinavia. I was looking for the zodiacal light, a faint glow created by sunlight...
