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Covid-19 And The Stiff Upper Lip - Travel Blog Covid-19 And The Stiff Upper Lip A Journey Through Pandemic Times and UK Memories Back in The U.K. after a visit to Ireland. Not talking about The Pandemic is like denying gravity exists. That ostrich approach of sticking our collective head in the sand will not delay or deny the medical catastrophe, the logistics nightmare and the financial Armageddon that each of us experience in our own idiosyncratic ways. Call it malignant optimism, but the shared hallucination that it is "just the flu" is junk science. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger but make no mistake about it: This virus can kill. It doesn't have a brain, but we do. Careers are on hold, people are in limbo, and there are only two ways this epidemic wil...

Fair Isle / Remote Island / Shetland Fair Isle Britain's Most Remote Inhabited Island Farewell Waved goodbye to Fair Isle this morning and took our return flight to Tingwall. Leaving Fair Isle Back to Tingwall Flights leave from Tingwall airport, a ten minute drive from Lerwick. There are flights to the isle each weekday, weather permitting. While 27 miles offshore to the north of Shetland mainland, the island of Fair Isle, the UK's furthest outpost island, is a tiny and breath-takingly beautiful jewel, rich in birdlife and with a dedicated community whose love for their home residents are only too eager to share with the few intrepid visitors who make the journey each year. This time it was Sarah and I, and now we were hopping back over to the Shetland Mainland. Video 01 Fair Isle flight, island life, and the ...

Fair Isle / Remote Island / Sheep / Sarah and Ed My Sheeple Life on Britain's Most Remote Island Fair Isle Population: 45 People + Countless Sheep See Full Image Show Text Video Signals Fair Isle Wildlife, Landscapes, and Arrival Fair Isle Wildlife and Landscapes Flying to Fair Isle - The Adventure Begins Britain's Most Remote Haven Life on the Edge of the North Atlantic Set in the middle of the North Atlantic, 38km (23mi) from Shetland and 43km (27mi) from Orkney, Fair Isle is as far away from civilization as it is possible to get in the British Isles. Measuring barely five kilometers across and two kilometers wide, the island is home to a tiny permanent population of just 45 people. In fact, it is the most remote inhabited place in the ...

Hotel @nyware • The Lighthouse Chapter Fair Isle South Light A pharologist’s delight: a Stevenson lighthouse standing at the edge of Britain’s most remote inhabited island, where engineering, weather, and human story meet the sea. Stevenson Heritage Built 1891 Shetland’s Tallest Light Lighthouses are not just stone, brick, metal, and glass. There’s a human story at every lighthouse; that’s the story Dave wants to tell. The Lighthouse Experience Exploring Fair Isle’s Maritime Heritage South Light is not only a landmark. It is a field note in stone: weather, optics, engineering, isolation, and the old discipline of getting people home safely. From the South End Two Views of the Same Signal The tower looks simple from a distance. Up close, the details begin to tell the story. ...