On the 18th it was foggy!!!!! We were at Betsy's by 10AM. We then headed to the south mainland to visit Andy Bairnson and Betsy's two sisters. The first thing I was dropped off with Andy to discuss "stuff" wink, wink, nod, nod. Betsy and Denise toured the museum croft house which had been a Bairnson dwelling. It was a home until the early 60's by Betsy's grandparents. We all had lunch at Andy's home. His home is 200+ years old but has been completely rebuilt by Andy to a modern standard.
After lunch we drove to Jarlshof an archeological site dating back some 5000 years. The tour lasted about an hour using a device that looks like your TV remote that tells a person about the settlements and their progression through the years. We left to visit Betsy's two sisters Robina (Ina) and Catherine. Their homes were also extremely old as the writer had to keep his head down. Catherine is the family historian so Denise garnered as much as she could in the way of information. Left there and went to Quendale mill and I toured the mill while Denise read the various submissions of family trees . Quelle surprise.
We left when the mill closed and headed for Lerwick to get "take away" from a place called the "Happy Haddock". We headed back to Walls and were dropped off at our car to head back to the chalet. Most tired!
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