Life on the Shetland Islands
I had the pleasure of living on the Shetland Islands when I was in my late teens and early 20's back in the late 1970's. That time that I lived there has left me with strong memories of a way of life, a extraordinary quality of people, an incomparably beautiful landscape and a love and respect of nature that has lasted me a lifetime.
The Shetland Islands are located north of Scotland where the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean meet. They are actually closer, geographically, to Norway than they are to Glasgow or Edinburgh. The climate is surprisingly warm as the Gulf Stream keeps the islands very moderate even in what most people would expect very cold winters given the northern location of the islands. So the winters are warmer than expected and the summers usually are in the 16 – 18C.
