Hard to believe that a year has gone by since my last post....

During this time I travelled to Vancouver Island and the Chilcotin Mountains in Canada . It was a great experience and produced many memorable encounters with sea otters, humpback whales and grizzly bears. It is definitely a country that I would love to revisit.

I’ve had surgery on my left eye which was successful. My vision in that eye is far from perfect but luckily both eyes work well together. The operation was carried out in Edinburgh so I made of the most of the days prior to surgery to get out and about and photograph what was available.

Since then I have been making the most of what Shetland has to offer. I have lived here for over five years now but it still feels like being on holiday, safe to say that I wouldn’t move back down South. I do miss bluebells and deer but otters, otters and puffins more that make up for them.