Lerwick is located 123 miles off the coast of Scotland,
and is the most northerly town in the UK.
It is the main town in The Shetland Islands,
and 7000 souls call Lerwick home.
Evidence of human settlement here dates back 3000 years!
Lerwick is a natural treasure,
with abundant sea life and birds.
Cheers to you from the remote and beautiful Shetland Islands~ (Coromrants)
(Gannet)
Please forgive me for not being as able to visit and comment on your blogs as much as I would like. Internet out here is difficult to access.
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Lerwick is always mentioned on the Shipping Forecast but I’d never seen photos of the place. Has a rather Scandinavian look to it.
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Yes, the Scandanavian presence and influence is pervasive and most charming.
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Since your LIKE button doesn´ work, probably because of those beautiful photos we went ¨pluf¨,
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Thank you Charly & be well my friend~
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How lovely is Lerwick! It’s interesting to see the town buildings so very close to the sea; house maintenance because of sea water and salt spray must be an on going task.
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The sea definitely defines and is the life blood of these beautiful islands and yes, salt spray is everywhere.
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What a gorgeous town!
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Yes. So peaceful and beautiful.
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Fabulous! Definitely on my ‘to visit’ list. This year we are doing the Inner Hebrides. Maybe next year…
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We may be in the Hebrides at the same time!
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Wow! When are you going?
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Tomorrow!
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We are going in October, so we’ll miss you but have a wonderful time.
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❤
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Truly a storybook place and your photos are (as always) wonderful!
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Grazie mille Dor!
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Lovely place…. and so Scotland. Thanks for the photos, Cindy.
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Thank you more for the kind appreciation!
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Bonjour ou bonsoir mon ami ou amie CINDY
Le soleil , le ciel ,la mer nous offre tant de beauté en été
ELLE La nature nous offre sa beauté avec ses quatre saisons
on ne peut que l’admirer
La vie est un très long chemin
on ne peut suivre que son destin
Il faut le poursuivre en toute sagesse
Avoir des amis et amies est un beau partage
on en récolte que les avantages
Vers toi avec une pensée, je viens te souhaiter
une merveilleuse journée ou soirée
Bisous , Bernard
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Merci beaucoup mon ami~
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I love Scotland, it is one of my favorite places in Great Britain. Beautiful photos Cindy.
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I love Scotland too. So amazingly beautiful, and so variant. I am seeing the Shetland Islands and the Hebrides. The most beautiful places on earth seem to be the most unihabited by humans.
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I agree Cindy.
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The Shettlands seem so remote, yet so quaint and wonderful.
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It is amazing isn’t it. We sometimes equate population centers with value. But i have found true beauty in remote places with the peole who live there.
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Thanks to the colorful introduction to this beautiful place called Lewrick! 🙂
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Oh, sweet friend, thank you for seeing and appreciating~
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Thank you for sharing, :)<3
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Gorgeous and tranquil vistas.
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Thank you for appreciating tranquil vistas~
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Beautiful place. 🙂
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Yes! Thank you.
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Fantastic images. Lerwick looks like a beautiful place to visit. Thanks.
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Thank you more for such a kind comment & cheers to you!
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My pleasure. Thank you as well.
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So did you meet Douglas Henshall? Okay, just kidding. When I visited Scotland many years ago I noticed how the colors changed from the many shades of green in England to the purples and browns of Scotland. Beautiful country.
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Yes, in the Hebrides there are purple, reds, brown and green in the sod, streching as r as the eye can see, quite beautiful!
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Hope I can return some day.
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I am still here, and already feeling this way!
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I’m always impressed how humans find homes in the remotest of places.
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They are either lucky or smart, or both!
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That is true!
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Beautiful images💕💕👍👍
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Thanks much!
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A wonderful skyline. Sad only the bad internet connection.All the places which are possible to emmigrate are with bad internet connection. Seems someone needs to think on satellite internet first. 😉 Michael
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On my list – Orkney and Shetland. Midsummer, though… Lerwick looks a fine place. RH
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It is all stunning. Cheers to you from Iceland~
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Hi Cindy– love your travel photos!! And Lerwick looks so charming with it’s colorful buildings spilling down the hillside! Would love to be able to walk into your photos! thanks! xxoo
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Just like walking into Bert the chimney sweep’s chalk drawings in Mary Poppins!
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I love the colors of their houses and buildings with the lush green, and cloudy sky. It really makes those colors pop.
The Gannet was a treat! I’ve only seen one and that was from very far away while on a birding excursion out to the Farallon Islands outside of San Francisco. Apparently that birds shouldn’t be here at all, but it was that year.
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Thank you very much and, yes, birds often go where they are not supposed too! Clever critters. I once saw Boobies in the So Cal Channel Islands.
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It’s absolutely wonderful to gaze at the world through your camera, Cindy!
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Visa versa 2UX2 ❤
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Beautiful pictures, Cindy. I loved Lerwick and Shetland in general when I visited a few years back. But what impressed me most was Jarlshof. Amazing place. https://wp.me/p3iSpU-bd
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Cindy-
your talent is truly exquisite – you have an innate ability to harvest bounty in every image
am:)
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Ahhhh, such a very kind comment . Thank you. You touched my ❤
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😊🌹
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Delightful, Cindy.
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Mille grazie!
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Lovely location! And the history of such an old city must be amazing! Thanks for sharing, Cindy.
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Thank you for your thoughtful appreciation.
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Such a definite and sturdy looking place with bursts of color; humans can be so creative!
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Yes ! And it is when we are kind, and creative, that we are at our ultimate best ❤
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I had to revisit this post because several days ago, I started watching the detective show, Shetland, on Netflix. I heard about this town in the show. I think, more than the drama itself, it is the rugged beauty of the islands that attract me to it. The charm of the Scottish accent is a plus, too.
IN fact, this place also brings to mind that other show which I think is set in Wales, Hinterland.
What beautiful places they are.
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I need to check out both. The Shetlands are absolutely stunning and so are The Hebrides. I, like you, often enjoy the cinematography of amazing places in movies, more the the movie itself!
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I (and your readers) see the world through your lens. I am so happy!
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I am honored and humbled. Thank you for such thoughtfulness.
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Absolutely beautiful sceneries. What a lovely place it seems to be.
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The Shetlands and The Hebrides are truly stunning places!
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I think I have to go there too. Not just to Iceland 🙂
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I agree!
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I often don’t appreciate the clutter of humans, power lines, tons of homes, ships and the like, but sometimes it can be beautiful. You really captured that beauty in the photos of Lerwick!
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Thank you. It has a charm doesn’t it, that newer cities lack.
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You are welcome. Yes, it certainly does!
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