Scenic trip out

 Still snow on the ground so there has been nothing going on with the house. Unfortunately the new tablet Rob has been on for his heart made his leg swell and the fluid caused his newly healed foot to open again. Sigh. Not quite so bad this time though.

 We went and discussed roof trusses in town while we were there and then we stopped by the GP for a new prescription

Today, collecting the prescription meant we had time out for a wander.

We started at Melby,  where we got our first Shetland Grey Plover.

. The coast was weird as Sandness has no snow but Ronas Hill was covered

There were a few long tailed ducks about, a Dunlin, Seals and lots of twite.

There were 11 Whoopers at zbousta having fun breaking the ice.

We headed to town and had lunch on the harbour watching the gulls. The weather turned nasty and it as almost dark by 2pm.

We watched the freight ferry leave early to outrun the weather.

Checking up

 The storm earlier in the week was a bit worrying with the seal pups still on the beach in the cove. Had to wait for the snow to melt to make it safe to go near the cliff.

It was an amazing wa with lots of birds about. 400 greylags, 150 Golden Plover and Lapwings in the field below the house and Redshank, snipe and Goldeneye on the loch. Big flock of starlings followed  around the edge of the loch.

All seals were doing fine and in fact there was a 5th new pup.

Computer time.

 The weather has been pretty but not great for working outside so we have both been doing stuff on the computers. Clearing space and soting paperwork.

The snow has been mingled with fairly heavy hailstorm.

We made it to Robs nurse appointment with no problem.

Overnight we had a very loud hailstorm and looking at the ground in the morning some where 5p size.

More computer stuff but Jill popped out to deliver our donated auction prize for the swimming club.

Diverted on the way home to see some stunning views.

Did see some chilly looking wildlife. The hare was tricky to spot.