St Ninian's Isle

Had planned to take the ferry to see Mousa Broch but, as the timing didn't suit, we headed to a hill, Ward of Burraland on the mainland, opposite the broch. From here we watched the sailing boat Swan, registered LK243, pass by, on the walk we saw a Shetland Bee, with its orange thorax. Heading off we stopped in Hoswick for coffee and found a museum of radios and weaving.

Then on to the Main Event, a visit to St Ninian's Isle on the West coast, accessed by one of the finest sand tombolos in Europe, the largest active tombolo in the UK. Shetland's coastline is characterised by voes and geos formed when sea levels rose as glacial ice melted and this also disturbed sediments which settled into bars and tombolos.
The isle rose to fame when archeological excavations uncovered a hoard of treasure, dated around 800AD, buried in the chapel
(I was informed by another visitor, an archeologist himself, that the boy discovered the treasure while the archeologist for the dig was taking a break - how sick he must have felt!) and replicas are in the Shetland Museum, the originals in Edinburgh.
After a wander round the isle, admiring the stacks, it was back to base.

Backblipped after return from holiday.