Shetland photos.

Here are four more images from the same source and the white dots which are shown on the hill in the first image are sheep who have a great sense of balance.

In the fourth image sea pinks have taken over a fireplace in one of the old ruins.

 

This drone video may be of interest.

 

Here are three more images from a Nordic female photographer.

 

Some great photos Jeff. Spectacular location.

We get a tv show here called Shetland, a good enough police drama that provides wonderful shots of (I imagine) the Shetland landscape.

From my reading it seems many residents have Scandinavian genes, so it's not only parts of the Norse languages that persist.

 

Thanks and I'm glad that this topic is of interest and some of that police drama is actually filmed on the Scottish mainland.

Yes, those genes are still around and most of the place names are Norse and whilst Norn/the Shetland form of Old Norse is no longer spoken as our language, many Norse words are still in daily use.

 

I'm curious to know Jeff, are there any other Johnsons on Shetland with a different spelling?
For example without the 'h", or with double "s"?

I have an acquaintance here in Sydney of Swedish birth & heritage whose surname is Jonsson. I'm sure he won't mind me disclosing he has a very keen interest in cutting instruments.

 

The variations which I know of are, Johnston, Johnstone, Johnson, but the latter is most widely used, the double S is used in Iceland, but in Norway and in the Faroe Islands the suffix SEN is used.

 

This short video may be of interest.

 

Thank you. Appears to be a blend of Scandinavian names (not surprising after 3000 years or so of migrants passing through) and British names.
You certainly do live in an historically and socially interesting place.
Scenery isn't too shabby, either.

 

Oh, the Scandinavian genes got a lot further south than Shetland and I'm pretty sure I've got a good few rattling around inside me too...

 

Scandinavian genes were liberally "distributed" across the region at various times, quite apart from the northmen who liked what they saw and stayed on.

Quite a number of DNA studies have confirmed this.

 

Many Shetlanders emigrated to Australia and New Zealand and I have a batch of relatives in both of those countries.

This video may be of interest.

 

These two images may be of interest.

 

Earlier in this topic I mentioned that there are many derelict croft houses throughout Shetland and the images below show three such houses which are within half a mile of each other.

 

This video may be of interest.

 

Some spectacular viewing.
I'm sure the weather isn't always as clear as it appears in this clip. The landforms clearly give the impression that it can be a tad windy up your way Jeff.
Do you have to tie the woolies down so they don't get blown into the neighbour's paddock?

 

Yes, the weather can be fierce, a severe storm force 12 from the north happens once in a while and it has been known for sheep to be blown over the cliffs, but in general the sheep are well adjusted to this environment, the first link below shows an earlier page of this topic and if you scroll down the page you will find a link to a storm video, the second link shows a video about Brochs.

Shetland photos.

 

This short video may be of interest.

 

This video may be of interest.

 

This video about Orkney may be of interest.

 

Good viewing, thanks Jeff.

 

You are welcome and this short video may be of interest.

 

Here is another short video.

 

One more short video.

 

There is impressive scenery shown in these two videos.

 

Here is some more impressive scenery.

 

This short video may be of interest.

 

This cycling video may be of interest.

 

Here is another cycling video.

 

This video may be of interest.