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“Around 100 miles off the north tip of mainland Scotland lie the Shetland Islands – the most northern part of the UK. Sitting between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, these remote islands are closer to Bergen in Norway than they are to Edinburgh! We have always enjoyed the ‘road less travelled’ and, for us, the Shetland Islands became the ultimate place to get away from it all.
Two days travelling up from the Midlands had got us sitting on the dock in Aberdeen waiting to board the vehicle ferry, . As it was our first large ferry trip in our ‘van, we felt some trepidation, but there was no need to worry. The ship was huge and it could easily fitting even the