Geos of Houlland

Track on Billia Field, North Roe

Skelberry, North Roe, from the Colsta track

Track to Colsta on Billia Field, North Roe

Skelberry, North Roe

Purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia), Skelberry, North Roe

A very local plant in Shetland, only found in North Roe. It is however, widespread in northern latitudes and is Holarctic (found around the Arctic in Eurasia and America).

The spit at Burra Voe

I don't think this is a true tombolo, because on the left is just a small (and no doubt saline) lochan. But it is quite impressive that this low barrier has survived for many decades, or longer.

Burra Voe pier

Not, perhaps, suitable for other than the smallest of vessels.

The A970 heading south

The A970 just comes to a dead stop about 3 km north of here (behind the camera), at Isbister. Looking south, for the next ten miles or so it is "single track with passing places", but there is so little traffic that it is hardly a problem. After that, and all the way to Sumburgh HU4009, 80km away, it is a splendid road, upgraded (like other main routes on the Shetland Islands) when the oil money was at its peak.

The A970 heading south

The A970 just comes to a dead stop about 4 km north of here (behind the camera), at Isbister. Looking south, for just under ten miles it is "single track with passing places", but there is so little traffic that it is hardly a problem. After that, and all the way to Sumburgh HU4009, 80 km away, it is a splendid road, upgraded (like other main routes on the Shetland Islands) when the oil money was at its peak.

A970 Road

A970 road near Skelberry

Mat Tuck

Pipework at North Roe

May be the remains of old sewage systems when it was acceptable to discharge straight into the sea.

Gordon Brown

A970 approaching North Roe

Jo and Steve Turner

North Roe Methodist Church, South Haa

Category C Listed 1878 Mission Chapel and Manse. Its double cottage design is unusual in Shetland and more in keeping with school and schoolhouse arrangements on the mainland. It was reported in July 2014 that the church will receive £7,100 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to replace its windows, and help provide better facilities to make the church more suitable for wider community use.

Jo and Steve Turner

North Roe

This small community is on the shores of one of the many Burra Voes in Shetland.

The Wadill

Is this a ruined croft house? If so it is one of many in the remoter parts of Shetland.

Houlland

This shot shows the difference between the improved grazing land and the unimproved moorland beyond. This is one of several places in Shetland named Houlland; in this case it is a Burn of Houlland, not visible in the shot, which drains this area into Burra Voe beyond.

Skelberry

Looking south from the side of the A970. The house at Skelberry looks new, and in front of it are the remnants of other now vanished buildings. The Burn of Houlland occupies the dip between Skelberry and the ridge to the right.