Shetland islands, scotland - Day 16 - July 27, 2023

After a couple of days at sea we arrived in Lerwick, the main town of the Shetland Islands. As we entered the harbor there were many tall ships - they were having their annual Lerwick Tall Ships Races. The Shetland Islands are a very old part of Scotland which is part of the United Kingdom. We were very fortunate in that is was a sunny calm day - apparently that is quite unusual as it is often cloudy and windy. We took a small boat to the Mousa Island Nature Preserve for a 3 mile hike around this small island. While we were there we went to the Broch of Mousa, which is one of the best preserved Iron Age structures in Scotland - it dates to 300 BC. Not only did we see it, we went inside it and climbed to the top - very cool!

In the afternoon we went on a bus tour around the area and saw the Shetland Ponies. I am not a great fan of horses, but these guys were pretty cute!

Lerwick Tall Ships

Mousa Nature Reserve

Hiking to the Broch of Mousa

Inside the Broch of Mousa

Standing on the top of the Broch of Mousa

Shetland Ponies