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Looking towards the Scalloway Castle






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~revvin-meevil Mar 8, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
You certainly framed this one well. Beautiful shot!
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=Heylormammy Mar 9, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
:iconblush--plz:
:iconthankyou1::iconthankyou2:
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*RainySkyz Feb 23, 2011
P.S. Is there a reason there is so much unnoccupied land on the island, especially on those hills? Is it not right for building or protected by government against construction or people just aren't moving to the island or? It's so lovely I would think someone would want to have a house high up top to enjoy the scenery -- as often are found here in CA -- but so dang costly!
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=Heylormammy Feb 24, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Shetland has loads of unoccupied land. The reason is, there are loads of crofts (basically small farms) So the land is used for keeping sheep on, a little crops are grown too, but sheep is by far the most kept.
So, if you wanted a little land to build a house, you would need to go talk to whoever owns the land, and ask to buy some from him. If the owner agrees to sell, the land would be de-crofted, meaning it would legally be separated from his croft land, and then if you got planning permission, you could then build your house :giggle:
Hope that made some sense?
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*RainySkyz Feb 24, 2011
Yes. Made sense. Except for the term "croft" -- which is new to me. Is that used only in Shetland or is it a UK term too?
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=Heylormammy Feb 24, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Mostly in Shetland, I think parts of Scotland might use the word too, not so much England though.
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*RainySkyz Feb 23, 2011
Cut sailboat? Is that what it's called? I watched an old Jimmy Stewart/Maureen O'Hara movie "Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation" and they called little boats like that "splatter boxes"? Cute movie. Cute boat.
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=Heylormammy Feb 24, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
I know nothing much about boats I'm afraid, so I really can't answer that one ;)
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*RainySkyz Feb 23, 2011
Oops "cute" not "cut". Dumb fingers. Been a really tough day today, though, as you know.
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=Heylormammy Feb 24, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
:huggle:
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