2021 - My Shetland blog

[Frances144]

Filthy Day

Today was a filthy day. The weather was unceasing and so it was a case of dressing for the weather, heads down and getting on with it. The animals still needed to be fed and checked. The sheep got…

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Rainy day work

 

[Skib]

A worthy task Frances.
Transcribing handwritten or even typed family documents is very tedious and time consuming. As current family archivist, I used to pick a document to do over the Christmas break every year.
More recently I have changed track and taken jpg images of the pages. Then added dates to the file title. I upload the images to MS One Drive so others in the family can read them.

This year I plan to do the letters of condolence received by my grandmother after her husband was killed in September 1916 in the Battle of the Somme.

 

[Frances144]

A Break from the Weather

We are having a bit of a break now from all that vile weather. If you look clearly, you can just see Haakon lying down in his field surrounded by the rest of the herd. They were resting. The Minio…

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Less rain!

 

[carthorse]

Floss is right, if you have baler twine and a penknife you've got the solution to many problems. Ideally you need duct tape and WD40 too fix almost everything that doesn't need a vet, but at that point you need bigger pockets!

 

[Frances144]

Taking Precautions

The family (hooman) are being very careful here at Thordale. I feel bad because I have just cancelled all our plans to go anywhere (a much looked-forward to book launch tomorrow and a friend&#8217…

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Need to get south

 

[Frances144]

Sitting Chatting

Another day “between weathers” so I told Floss that I was going to sit with the Minions and she was very welcome to come too if she wanted. It was that kind of day – the sort of…

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Always good to talk

 

[Frances144]

Floss is right, if you have baler twine and a penknife you've got the solution to many problems. Ideally you need duct tape and WD40 too fix almost everything that doesn't need a vet, but at that point you need bigger pockets!

indeed! Quite right

 

[Frances144]

Sunrise – All Change

The storm clouds are gathering – three days of ghastliness forecast – so I made the executive decision to move everyone first thing into better fields. The sunrise was pretty and, feeli…

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moved horses

 

[Frances144]

Come A Long Way

There was a lull in the weather – just windy, no rain, and I found the sheeple all sitting down and resting on the lee-side of the big shed. So I found a comfortable rock and sat down with th…

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Dear Maggie

 

[Frances144]

Stressful Day

Today has been stressful. I feel like I am in Terry Gilliam’s film “Brazil”. Somewhere I read that I needed a Covid passport to fly south and so the morning was spent trying to …

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Going south tomorrow

 

[diplomaticandtactful]

Stressful Day

Today has been stressful. I feel like I am in Terry Gilliam’s film “Brazil”. Somewhere I read that I needed a Covid passport to fly south and so the morning was spent trying to …

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Going south tomorrow

a hard time made even harder by the circumstances

 

[carthorse]

Is everything ok Frances? You haven't updated for days. I hope you're alright.

 

[chunky monkey]

Hope everything went ok. I expect your probably feeling exhausted with all the travelling.

 

[Frances144]

Finally Arrived Home

Going home today. It took 11 hours door to door. I am exhausted so will keep this brief. At Heathrow, I found a quiet spot and made camp. Social distancing is not something others do so I perfected…

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(there is a day's blog before)

 

[carthorse]

I'm glad you're safely home and I hope you get a good night's sleep. It must be a relief to have the funeral done and that it went so well, but even so it's a huge emotional drain. Look after yourself xx

 

[Frances144]

Back to Normal

I need my normal. So I drove over to Leradale with Floss and found it. And huzzah, my luggage has appeared and was brought by taxi to me, which made me much happier and relieved. Now I get my own …

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Over-active imagination at 3 a.m.

 

[Frances144]

I'm glad you're safely home and I hope you get a good night's sleep. It must be a relief to have the funeral done and that it went so well, but even so it's a huge emotional drain. Look after yourself xx

Just need my normal - that will do it.

 

[Frances144]

Not Really Coping Today

Today has been an awful day. Two terriers behaving about as badly as two terriers can behave + with me in a foul temper = a very bad day. I can’t write much. I don’t feel like it and it…

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Bad day

 

[carthorse]

Look after yourself Frances, you've had so much to deal with that it's hardly surprising it's catching up with you now the pressure has eased. Take some time for you and do as much or as little as you're happy with.

 

[Frances144]

Lots of Walking

Thank you for all your messages of support. Appreciated and they helped hugely. Anyway, today I did lots of walking. I had to walk to find the Minions. They were far away up the top of a hill, hid…

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I need to walk