Fiery Sunset

Another excellent sunset this evening - i'm sure there will be a lot more pics from others of this one...

Festive Felicitations

Merry Christmas to all who look at this blog - har har be jesus, would you look at dat.

Da Doonie Day Pics

Courtesy of Angus Spirit - a couple of pics from Da Doonie Day in Thurso with members of the LUHA - light sabres were very much in evidence!

More pics are on the Thurso Rotary Club Website. 

More Snowy Sunsets

Sunset around Sandwick & snow, snow, snow, snow..........

Snowy Sunset

Looking south towards Compass Head from Sandwick in the late afternoon.

Evening Pics

Sun low in the sky pics from this weekend - various places......

Fair Isle 

Foula 

St. Ninian's Isle 

Inns & Inn Holm, Grey Stack, Skeetsta Skerry & Coar Holm (south end St. Ninian's Isle). 

St. Ninian's Isle Tombolo. 

Sun going down - Sandwick / Hoswick, looking south. 

LUHA Thurso Visit

Promotional flyer for the LUHA Thurso visit. Cheers E :)

Da Doonie Day has been organised by Thurso Rotary Club and Thurso High School Interact Club to celebrate the Scottish and Viking heritages of the Far North. The event will essentially comprise a torchlight procession and various associated activities, including the delivery of a galley to the burning site, a heritage display in Caithness Horizons and presentations by the participating ‘guiser’ squads in the Guiser Halls.

The event is scheduled to take place on Friday 3rd December 2010, the first Friday after the feast day of the patron saint of Scotland......

http://www.thursorotary.org/index.asp?pageid=267133

Up Helly Aa History has been made

At the SMUHA Mass Meeting, held on Friday night 29th October 2010 in the Sandwick Social Club, Lesley Simpson from Maywick, head of the Dunrossness Primary School was chosen as the Guizer Jarl representing Bigton and Levenwick for the 2015 South Mainland Up Helly Aa. 

The first ever female Guizer Jarl.

She said " I'm delighted to be chosen to represent Bigton and Levenwick for the 2015 SMUHA. It's a fantastic community event that I hope goes from strength to strength."

 Lesley being congratulated by the 2010 Jarl David Smith.

Lesley being congratulated by the 2011 Jarl Brydon Robertson.

Muckle Moon

A couple of quick pictures while heading into Lerwick as the moon was rising although starting to disappear behind the clouds. 
The north boat is heading south, Noup of Noss in distance.

Bits

Cleaned up a memory card - here are a few bits that were left on it.

One of several Red-flanked Bluetails in Shetland this autumn - this one was at Kergord, under the trees, in the rain, at 4:30pm so its just a record shot.

House and Rainbow, Sanick.

Starlings late in the day.

Compass Head & Sumburgh Head seen from Sanick Beach, late evening.

Sunrise over Sandwick - discovered while letting the cat in @06:00 - extraordinary colours!

Daurian (Isabelline) Shrike @ North Spiggie

Caught up with this bird this afternoon around the fence wires at the north end of Loch of Spiggie. I actually drove right past it as it was feeding on an impaled mouse right alongside the road. Old Taxonomy stuff here.

 It was looking at a snoozing House Sparrow at one stage.

And there were very few folk there looking for it, unlike yesterday - which was nice!

Its finding plenty of mice to feed on - I found 4 of these impaled on various barbed wire fences in the area, and there was also one impaled in the thistles.

Scousburgh & Sumburgh

Pictures from around Scousburgh Hill & Scatness, south Mainland on very grey afternoon.

Looking towards Foula from Scousburgh, Northern Ness (closest), Island of Colsay (middle).

 Looking over Colsay to Foula.

Bay of Scousburgh, Scousburgh Sands & Loch of Spiggie (far left).

Scousburgh Sands & Bay of Scousburgh (right), Loch of Spiggie (left).

Scousburgh Sands & Bay of Scousburgh. Northern Ness (right middle), the Island of Colsay just above & Foula in the distance.

Looking south from Scousburgh at South Scousburgh. Spiggie Hotel right of centre, Loch of Spiggie on right, Fitful Head far right in distance.

Old croft & restored drying kiln, Scatness. looking NW with Fitful Head in distance.

Looking in the opposite direction at Sumburgh Head & Lighthouse.