An almost entirely Scottish month - starting off in the Cairngorms and finishing in Oxford, but with most of the intervening days on Shetland, or around Stonehaven or in Fife.
Reporting Days: Only 28
Location: Mostly Scotland. Mostly Shetland.
Miles Walked or Rowed: 188 (the rowing machine comes in to its own when the Shetland weather doesn't cooperate)
Miles Driven: 867
Gardens Tended: 1
Photographs Taken: Thousands (mostly coastal, mostly waves)
Shetland Waves
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Incoming Waves, Scat Ness |
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Same Place, Different Waves, Scat Ness |
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Waves Breaking over Scat Ness |
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Broad Geo, Sumburgh Head |
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West Voe of Sumburgh |
Sunrise & Sunset
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Sunrise, Pool of Virkie |
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Sunset, Quendale Bay
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Back on the Mainland / Mostly Coastal
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Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire |
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Arbroath, Angus |
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St Monans, Fife |
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Manchester Ship Canal, Warrington (almost coastal!) |