We're planning to go to Shetland next year and you know how fast time flies flys when you're plotting your next adventure. Any thoughts, advice, comments, anything?
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Corvallis OR
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What time of year and how much time will you have? Where in Scotland will you be coming from?
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Seattle, WA, USA ☔️
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I'm heading there in about 3 weeks.
Suggestion: Watch the show, and take notes. (That's how I found out about "The Cake Fridge"...).
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Colorado Mountains, USA
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A few years ago, we flew from Lindon to Sumburgh, at the very southern tip of Shetland. We rented from Bolts Car Hire at the airport (I still have a ballpoint pen from them) and drove north and west. Our B&B was in Sandness. We only had two nights and parts of three days, before making a mad driving dash to Lerwick to catch a ferry to Orkney, then several days later flew to Inverness on the mainland.
Fit more than 2 days into your schedule; our two actual days was too short. Flying in and ferrying out worked well for us
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Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
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I’m heading to Shetland in a couple of weeks too, lol. I’m doing an 8-night tour of Orkney then a few days off and another 8-night tour of Shetland. I also visited both areas in 2023.
There is a good guidebook that is newly published this year called Shetland: Your Essential Travel Guide. The authors are 2 local women.
https://shetlandwooladventures.com/shetland-guidebook-2/
In addition to the Cake Fridge, lol, I’m following The Peerie Cafe and the Island Larder on FB.
The Shetland TI website has lots of good information as well. I’m doing some of their DIY walks on the free days I have between tours.
https://www.shetland.org/visit
There is not a lot of lodging on Shetland so plan to book by next Feb or so if you are going in the summer.
Look for Trip Reports as well! I will do one and hopefully David will as well!