Diary of a Deckhand

After the drama of getting here, Shetland is proving worth it. Currently we are based in Lerwick in the Albert Dock, a beautiful harbour so tidy and organised, plus close to the wrecks we have been diving the past week or so. I do have a video which is on youtube now - not sure if island blogging will allow me to link to it though? Here is the link anyhoo

Lying at the bottom of the Bressay Sound so many of them are testament to the history of Lerwick, from the Queen of Sweden, an East Indiaman ran aground on the rocks just south of the harbour, to the recent Fraoch Ban which capsized only 10 years ago in a small bay to the south of Bressay. Fish processing vessels known as Klondykers litter the coastline having become victims of the weather.

Having Jo aboard as an extra member of crew means that i get some time to a) do some washing and b) do some diving. So i duly got wet on the Fraoch Ban (pics below) which sits in a beautiful sandy bay in around 30m of water. She sank while fishing for sand eels around 10 years ago and looks as if she went down yesterday.

I also dived the Gwladmena today, which sits in around 37m of water just outside of Lerwick. The visibility was less than i thought it would be, and there were far less fish than i hoped - but then i prefer fishies to rust *holds head in shame* what kind of diver am I? *sigh*












We had some spare time on Saturday so visited the Shetland Museum which was excellent. I took some pics, which you can find below.



















Stay tuned for the next exciting instalment of Helen in Shetland....