Trondra
I went to visit friends of a buddie in Brighton; Trisha and Chris Brown, who have been here for 16 years. They live in a spectacular location on an island within view of Scalloway, Shetland’s second largest town.
When choosing where to live, their criteria included sunset side, therefore west. Good choice. I think I would do the same. So every clear evening the setting sun streams directly into their living room; so much so the blinds have to be drawn. At this time of year there are so many hours of sunshine, if it indeed makes an appearance. It barely gets dark.
After the sun had set, I continued down to the end of Trondra and over the bridge to Burra. I am so pleased I made it to Burra. Everyone has been telling me for months how bonnie Burra is and they were not exaggerating. Burra consists of two fingers of land that stretch into the Atlantic and at practically any location within Burra the view is composed of constantly shifting vistas of mounds of gentle rolls of land in front of mounds in front of mounds: peninsulas, islands, tombolas, beaches, cliffs and water everywhere. There are so many “grounds” – fore, mid and back-grounds, that the eye is overwhelmed, and each one a variant of the same shade. Absolutely stunning. If only photography could capture this.
