100 miles north from
mainland Scotland, consists of 100 islands, 15 of which are inhabited.
So close yet so far.
Almost arrived, just outside the inlet heading up to Lerwick,
the Captain decided the weather was too bad, and forecast to deteriorate, for
him to make a stop at Lerwick, especially as the tenders would be needed for
getting passengers ashore. So no stop
and the ship swung round to head south of the islands and to proceed to
Iceland. It seems the low cloud, 40 knot
winds and 2-3 metre seas was all too much.
A View of Shetland
So a day at sea, entertainment team organised all sorts of
activities as an alternative to actually being somewhere, sadly not much in our
line, so just enjoyed the day.
After dinner went to the music trivia. All 50's and 60's music so actually knew some
of the answers, much better than our usual music result.
Sea stayed fairly rough all day, though not of any concern,
and the cloud stayed pretty much overcast all day as well.
Late in the evening passed close to Torshavn but it was not
visible.
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