Breakdown!

After leaving Unst we arrived on Yell at about 7pm in the evening and took advantage of the wifi at the Gutcher ferry terminal and any otter spotting opportunities as apparently the ferry terminals are a well known location for seeing them.  No luck though, so to date only David has watched one and that was at about 4am at Norwick following a 'call of nature visit'.

We headed north west towards Culivoe with a brief halt at the pier to pick up water and use the loo's.
Our stopover for the night was near the beach at Brekon beside another graveyard.  We sat here late into the evening enjoying a lovely sunset and looking out over the bay.

Needing to nip to the shops the next morning before a wander on the beach and Harry wont start! After a phone call to splendid SMC motorhomes in Newark who do our servicing, it turned out to be a slightly loose battery terminal. Panic now over, blown 50 amp fuse also, now with a temporary fix to it.  Perhaps one of the residents in the graveyard objected to us parking there!

Saturday was another fine day and we had a nice stroll along the beach before heading off the evening to West Sandwick beside another beach.

Breckon Beach

                                                                   The Gloup Memorial 

Erected in 1991 to commemorate the 58 men lost in a storm on 21st July 1881. Thirty four widows and eighty five children were left without husbands and fathers.  Gloup was one of the most important haaf (fishing) stations in Shetland and the men would go out some 30 to 40 miles in open boats known as 'sixareens', 

What a site to greet you first thing in the morning; the beach at West Sandwick.  

West Sandwick