Hot weather in Shetland

The temperature in Shetland rose to 21 degrees on Friday, excellent for this far north. With the hot weather comes fog which has been thick on a couple of days and thunderstorms which hit the west side of Shetland 

We know quiet a few folk that have been hit by lightening in the  past. TV's and other electrical gear blown up, brass door handles blow off and chimney stacks hit and coming through roofs

With the sea breeze its been a lot more pleasant than down south and we make the most of this for walks

The other day we walk up to Noness in the south mainland

The wind turbine companies are rubbing their hands with the news that the government are fully backing offshore windfarms, which Shetland is part of.

£557million has been allocated to this and auctions will now take place every two years.  Lets hope the interconnector costs continue to rise beyond the reach of all these companies.

Peel Energy continue to put proposals out - 17 turbines in Yell and 12 at Mossy hill in the Central mainland, add the 103 Turbines that Viking energy want to get off the ground and several other proposals you can just imagine what Shetland will look like (or see Scotland)

The lack of a scrap yard means that cars are dumped around the countryside

With many people building new houses old croft homes are now left to the elements

Looking north to Sanick in Sandwick

Good concert the other night with Kollifirboli making a come back after 3 years off the scene

Henry's Loch near Quarff completely dried up, this hasn't happened for many years

Great way to show flowers

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