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Today we took the ferry to Yell. Yell is the second most northerly island in Britain, only beaten by Unst. We went to visit a friend who was a teacher in the school where I was commissioned to make the toadstool sculptures in 2010. Rachel and Rob moved from Derbyshire to Shetland 9 years ago with two small babies to start crofting. Well, Rachel has been working as a teacher ever since she arrived, but Rob completely renovated a croft and now works full time tending his sheep, cutting peat, training his (gorgeous) sheepdogs and myriad other things that keep him busy.
We had a lovely day with the family, being cosy in their rayburn-heated kitchen eating delicious home-made food and walking through the heather-covered countryside and along the coast to West Sandwick Beach, where the three females in the family have been braving the cold and swimming throughout the summer! And we think the water at Brighton beach is cold!
