Yes seasick at the mere whiff of kippers🤢🤢. While stationed at top of Unst the only means as a car driver to get to the mainland or Zetland was the inter-island ferries. So you can imagine the time it takes when travelling just to get to Lerwick...
Thirteen and a half hours 😳😳
I thought being on one of our tubs for two and a bit was enough punishment for a lifetime, but at least you wouldn’t be using Calmac, so it might actually sail 🤪
Yes.
In a force 8 gale there and a 9 coming back.
Get a cabin.
The whole boat smells of chip fat and diesel. They serve a dish called Beef Olives. They are far from the peak of culinary excellence.
Some members will feel right at home on Shetland:
Well, I did think of cutting it down to fit my core cutter drill, but it seems a shame to do so. One day when I've got a shed to put it in, I'll get a lathe. I look longingly at secondhand ones for sale. Something about the size and weight of a...
Reminds me of when I was in Oban many years ago. I knew the manager of the CalMac ferries there, his missus ran the digs I was staying in. He told me of the day divers were sent down to inspect something under one of the ferries, they found a...