The weather couldn't have been better with most days over 30 degrees but we found sleeping a problem.
It was the sounds that caught our attention this visit. We stayed with Diane's sister down in the east of Sheffield and it was noticeable to us at least of the many different sounds- no more Skylark, Curlew, the sea or sheep making the noise.
Clumber Park
Elvington Air museum
We visited the National Arboretum, a place we had passed a few times. We can highly recommend a visit, but allow plenty of time. Our visit coincided with the Paratrooper regimental service.
National Arboretum below
We caught up with family and friends around Sheffield and also travelled over to Shropshire for three days. Here we stayed in a 15 century converted coach house in the middle of the country and had trips out from here.
We always kept our eyes on Shetland, noting the good weather. We gave a talk ` Amazing Shetland' in Sheffield which was attended by 43 people , up on last year and it was well received. It was good to raise money for our previous church.
No problems on the return except for the heat and we also found out that we would get a part refund on the ferry due to a government subsidy of 20% which came in on the 1 July.
Back in Shetland we continued with the good weather and found many lochs drying up. Shetland Drama has already started to film and there seems a good chance it will be back on TV before the end of the year. It has been voted the best detective drama ever.
We had the power off along with another 4,500 homes last week due to a main power cable being faulty. In the Skerries power was lost for 12 hours over the weekend. A bit unusual at this time of year, more shorter ones in the winter due to gales.
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