Tuesday 30 October 2012

Last walk for now..

Time for another walk...  Admittedly this one actually happened almost 2 weeks ago, this is the one before the last one when I fell over.  It is my favourite though, I've saved the best for last.



Another little route map for you.   This time I managed a wee walk around instead of the usual "walk until I freak out about how far from the car I've gotten and turn round".





This is St Ninians Isle, a wee uninhabited island connected to mainland Shetland by a Tombolo or Ayre (long bank of sand or gravel), apparently the largest active tombolo in the U.K.  So wikipedia says anyway - or did you think I'm usually that knowledgeable?!

I say "uninhabited" island, but thats not entirely true....  it's positively louping with bunnies!  They are everywhere!  I'm surprised we managed to walk as far as we did without the ground collapsing under foot - and for once I'm not making reference to my weight, more the fact that everywhere you look you see rabbit holes...  there must be mile after mile of tunnels under the surface.




Yes, sadly we did get rather close to one bunny, though I must say not on purpose.  If you can get close to a wild bunny, you can be pretty sure it's either dead or dying.  Awffy sad, but thats nature eh.
Anyway, on a brighter note, this walk didn't just have wildlife.. it had a bit of History too...  (so much fun aren't I?)




St Ninian's Chapel where buried treasure was found by a schoolboy in the 1950's.  Where today in the 2010's we overheard wee schoolgirls discuss who had the best booze hidden away for the weekend!    Honestly, I don't know what was worse,  feeling oh so old or so hypocritical....





It really was a beautiful afternoon, and this time we made it back to the car *before* the rain!

What was even nicer though was to get home, have man put the fire on, me put the kettle on, and both put our feet up and have the best flavour cupcake in the world, ever.  The Hummingbird Bakery's Red Velvet Cupcake.  Hmmmm....





 

22 comments:

  1. The pictures of your walk are once again beautiful! I LOVE water and beaches and would do anything to live in such an amazing spot of the world. Lucky you!

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  2. What stunning photos my dear...looks/sounds like you had an amazing day. And the cupcake looks delicious!!!

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  3. Aaaaaahhhh....lovely on all counts, with the exception of the dying bunny. Loved the pics!

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  4. you live in the most gorgeous place. i want to visit someday! xoxo

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  5. So beautiful, I will visit one day. I enjoy fresh air and walking so it looks perfect for a break.

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  6. Perfect end to the perfect day! Jxo

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  7. All that sea - I could definitely live up there!

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  8. Job with Shetland tourist board looming? It looks stunning. I've never had a Hummingbird Bakery cake - sounds like something that should be rectified quickly! Juliex

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  9. There must be some special eats for bunnies on that tombolo - fornication inducing edibles or FIEs if you will. Thanks again for sharing all these awesome pictures from your walks!
    -k

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  10. I love the sea. We're about as far away from the sea as you can get in mainland Europe, and I really do miss it. Thanks for sharing

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  11. You do live in just the most amazingly idyllic place. Beautiful.

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  12. I hope the weather was better that time round..or are those pictures as deceiving as the last ones? Would be nice to live in areas like that rather than seeing houses and building sites everywhere!

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  13. Another great walking post, with fab pics. Hope your ears didn't hurt on that one!

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  14. Love the map pics, is this a gps type screen shot, or you being artistic? Lol

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  15. gosh I'm exhausted, i don't think I've walked so far in ages, and I'm doing it sat on my bum! ;)

    Red Velvet cupcakes were my favourite thing at the local coffee shop in Atlanta ... how amazing that you can get them nearby! yum yum!

    I would also love to live in such a scenic place ... but unless i never want to leave the house I will always have to stick to being a city dweller :( ... at least for the time being while I'm at my parents I get to taste the countryside and can still see the fantastic views of the Sugarloaf mountain, the Blorenge hill that I live on with the Brecon to Monmouth canal running along the top, the awesome view as you head towards Abergavenny from Pontypool when the Sugarloaf, Blorenge and the two Skirrid hills come into view ... maybe I'll do a "where I live" blog post if I can find some of my old photos :)

    PS is it possible to mail order a bulk lot of those cupcakes???!!!

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  16. I want to go to Bunny Island! That would be so incredibly fantastic!

    Mmmmm red velvet. I need to get a snack :)

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  17. Lovely post, lovely pics, lovely cupcake, have to get myself that book, bought it for a friend a couple of years ago and she makes from it all the time - yummy.

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  18. You are so educational today Sarah! It looks gorgeous ....apart from mixie?bunny!

    Wish I could just reach in and get that muffin...yum!

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  19. What a great place to go see! love the footprints in the sand on the tombolo...like the feet of the ancients in a way.
    Hope its not Mixi on the island then if theres so many rabbits? But guess youd have seen evidence of that in gruesome lesions, limps and bumps. it was an awful disease in its day.

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