{"id":1758,"date":"2020-08-29T17:12:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T17:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:08:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:08:29","slug":"scotland-tour-day-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/29\/scotland-tour-day-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Tour – Day 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today we explored the North West side of the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mussel farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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If you look carefully you can see the Atlantic Ocean to the left and the North Sea to the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The coast is very rugged<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Salmon farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dore Holm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Shetland ponies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eshaness Lighthouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was particularly keen to visit Eshaness as, several months ago, when this holiday was in the planning stages, I had to pick a place I had never been to and use it as a setting for a story. I chose Eshaness, did some research and wrote a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you would like to read it click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The dramatic coastline was formed 360 million years ago by a series of volcanoes. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Overlooking Calder’s Geo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Fulmars on the cliff face<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fulmar in flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking back to Eshaness Lighthouse and our car<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Unfortunately we didn’t see any sea otters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A boat being used as a roof, at Lower Voe harbour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That’s all for now,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we explored the North West side of the island. I was particularly keen to visit Eshaness as, several months ago, when this holiday was in the planning stages, I had to pick a place I had never been to and use it as a setting for a story. I chose Eshaness, did some research […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,16],"tags":[35,36],"class_list":["post-1758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scotland","category-uk-holidays","tag-scotland","tag-shetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t