Plan S- 🐑Shetland

Ed Reif and Skyelark MacDoglet below Sheep Rock, Fair Isle
Hotel @nyware • The Pandemic Chapter

Born in the Pause

During the global pandemic, while the world locked down, Ed Reif, Sarah Kennedy, and their Scottish Terrier Skyelark did something no one could have predicted: they moved to Fair Isle — Britain’s most remote inhabited island, 24 miles from the nearest land, population 45 — and stayed.

Fair Isle Return

A Feast, A View, and A Reel Good Time

A small island return, rebuilt in the Pandemic Years visual language: dark water, lighthouse gold, quiet motion, and field-note restraint.


Photo Gallery

Scenes from the Edge of the Map

Nine frames from Fair Isle: lighthouse, croft, puffins, weather, good neighbors, and Skyelark’s first year.

Lake view
Guided by Light, Framed by History—Sarah at Fair Isle's Stevenson Lighthouse
Lakeside scenery
Standing at the Edge of the World—A Breathtaking View of rural life from Malcolm's Head
Lake view angle
Off-Grid, On Point—Our Croft Home Powered by Nature and 5G!
Square format lake view
Puffins! The Little Brothers of the Arctic—Adventuring with Sarah
Portrait orientation lake view
Skyelark's First Year—Finding Home on the Range
Filleted fish
Our good neighbor not only caught these, but perfectly filleted them as well for us. Delicious!
Cooked fish dish
Freshly prepared fish dish
Weather changing
The weather changes so abruptly. In the time it took to take this sunny photo, clouds came in for the second shot
Weather changing
Fleece Navidad. It's Christmas in July!

Featured Video

The Return, in Motion

A centered video frame with the same border, radius, and dusk treatment as the Pandemic Years page.


Island Log

Share Fair Isle

Check Out Our Blog — Share Fair Isle. Our year living on Britain's most remote inhabited island.


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