Sumburgh Head

St Nininian’s Isle and Sumburgh Head

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June 3rd 2017
03 June 2017 Puffins at last! We had a sunny morning walk around the cliffs and headlands of St Nininian’s Isle. Then we continued our journey to the Sumburgh Head at the far south of Shetland. We could get an electric hookup at the Sumburgh Hotel which is next to the Jarlshof archeological site. Jarlshof was exposed from under sand dunes by a great storm at the end of the 19t ... read more

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