Shetland TV Drama

Indeed they are, ED !!  Just watched Episode 1 of Series 7. Think my dinner's going cold  now  

We were late getting into watching Shetland on the telly, thoroughly enjoyed it.

In 2019 we watched the series and looked into going with the caravan, the ferry price put us off.

Around the Easter we booked a cruise with Cunard on Queen Victoria for her maiden voyage to Lerwick en route to Iceland, Scotland, Eire.

The week before Shetland was on every BBC TV programme with outside broadcasts, the cruise excursions filled up. Booked a cab for the day and went around a lot of the main island, the driver explained the locations used for filming, how externals and internals married up, the cop shop. Very interesting and entertaining.  There had been a murder the day before.

Fascinating place, stunning scenery. If ferry price is reasonable when we change back to MH, will look to go for longer.

Roll on the next series.

People do go to Shetland with caravans, KS, but it’s much more suited to a MH. We've done Orkney and Shetland twice with our MHs and didn’t find the ferry costs too bad.

The same applies to the Outer Hebrides - easier with a MH.

I read the books a while before the TV series.  I just try and block out the books and try to see the TV series as something different.  I do that with quite a lot of TV series of the books - otherwise it just annoys me that they aren't the books!

We've been to Orkney twice, once with a tent, once with a caravan.  We stayed in a cottage when we went to Shetland - partly because we weren't sure how bad the weather would be, and whether it would be suitable for caravanning.  If we went again we would not hesitate to take the van.  There is a lot to see, archaeology, wildlife, different islands.  The islands are easier to get around than Orkney, with short distance ferries.  Like all islands, it is a different world.

The ferry for car + caravan was more than a cabin for 2 on the cruise at that time.

When we get the recently ordered MH will look into going to Shetland, and lots of other places.

We haven't gone over water by ferry, or chunnel with the caravan as we've been tied to school holidays in that period of ownership. 

When we previously had a MH we did lots over the water as it were.

Like life, things change, so we are looking at how to utilise the new MH given changes in them since we last bought one.

I recommend going for it with the Scottish islands when you get sorted, KS.👍🏻

Will take up your recommendation, thank you.

Shout if you need any info.

Apparently Anne Cleeves lost her laptop in the snow in Shetland a few days ago with a half written "Shetland" novel on it. Fortunately its been found and reunited with the author. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63994698

David