West Voe Sands – Virkie, Sumburgh
I went for a beach walk yesterday, the last day of 2013. I hadn’t planned on going for a beach walk that day – my day was supposed to be spent blogging and tidying the house for visitors
Food Poverty in Shetland
My regular readers will be aware that I participate in quite a few monthly food blogging challenges. These challenges provide a great opportunity to experiment with ingredients, encourage creativity and broaden ones food horizons. They sometimes introduce me to ingredients (and people) I never otherwise would have encountered, like today.
Shetland Cheese Hamper
Shetland Cheese Ltd is the UK’s most Northerly producer of cheese. Established in 2009, they are located in a former smokehouse on the west side of Shetland, a remote archipelago located in the North Sea midway between Norway, Iceland and the mainland of Scotland; closer to the Arctic Circle than to London.
Shetland Food Fair 2013
Friday evening I had the great culinary pleasure of a sneak preview of the Shetland Food Fair, the newly relaunched foodie event of the year in Shetland!
St. Ninian’s Beach, Shetland
St. Ninian’s is the site of one of Shetland’s many perfect beaches and it is one of our favourite family escapes. The beach is the largest active tombolo in the UK connecting the mainland of Shetland, a remote archipelago in the North Sea, to St. Ninian’s Isle, a now uninhabited island.
Spiced Tomato & Courgette Chutney
I have fond memories of home made jams and preserves from my Canadian childhood. Alas, preserving is not something I’ve become skilled at, yet, but this Autumn I am giving it a bash.
Unst: An Island Above Them All
Great Britain is in the grip of a heatwave. With temperatures on the mainland soaring to over 30 degrees Celsius Shetlanders (well, my friends anyway) are flocking south in their droves to go soak up some summer rays. Our family, on the other hand, hid from the sun, and travelled north for our summer holiday …
Skoki Health Bread (and that time I was lassoed)
The burnt bread pictured above is the result of this month’s Random Recipes #29 food blogging challenge.
A Continental Market Visits Shetland
When I woke yesterday it was cold, windy, raining and dreary day in Shetland. Warming comfort food would be required for the evening meal, so I popped a shoulder of locally reared Shetland lamb into the slow cooker with some Moroccan style seasonings.
A Picnic at Kergord and a Walkers Hoops & Crosses Review #sp
There are very few trees on Shetland.
A Walk Back in Time: John Clunies-Ross
I’ve always been a bit of an explorer/adventurer. Ever since I was a little girl growing up in the wilds of Canada I could be found out exploring new areas, always keen for a new adventure.
…and we danced…
The dancers – en pas de deux inside a sky lit by a moon, where white meets stars & indigo. by Nat Hall
Reawick Beach – A Sunday Walk
If the news is to be believed, the UK mainland is experiencing what can only be described as a real life portrayal of the film The Day After Tomorrow with snow, freezing temperatures and general all around unpleasantness of the cold variety.
Loch of Gonfirth, Shetland
We woke this morning to sun, glorious, glorious sunlight. After a long dark winter the sun is very much welcomed!
A Story of Porridge, a Scottish Castle and a Ghost
This week is Farmhouse Breakfast Week, “an annual celebration championing the importance of breakfast which aims to get the nation to Shake Up Their Wake Up!” It is designed to raise awareness of the importance of breakfast and to encourage people to regularly eat a healthy breakfast.
Grobsness
The OH has decided that we should spend quality time together as family by scheduling in a family walk every Sunday. As a child growing up in Norway he was dragged out, reluctantly (he says), every Sunday and he thinks it’ll do the children good to have the same experience.