More Shetland Photos

Jerry Atrick recently posted me a CD with almost 1000 photos on it. From it
I have selected 43 which I think you may find of some interest. Hope so :-)

jackie...

I have saved them to look at later, thank you Mike and Jerry.
I would like to know how to use Irfanview to show pictures are there any
Tuts to get me started please????

MCC...

Jackie, there are no tutorials that I am aware of for Irfanview. Others may
know differently :-)
If you look in the Help File under Thumbnails and then look for 'Save
selected Thumbnails as HTML file' that may be of some use.
There are better album creation programs such as Gallery Constructor 2
which Graham uses to show off his beautiful photos of East Anglia.
If you want a really simple one look at "Slide Show Wizard" from Microsoft
Power Toys.
You'll find a link to download it on the right-hand side of this page
HTH

Jackie...

Thanks for the info. Mike I will look at the Powertoys.

MCC...

The only drawback with that program is that it doesn't produce thumbnails,
but that's no great problem.

MCC...

Jackie, I'm talking a load of rubbish as usual! That Powertoys Slide Show
Wizard can create thumbnails if you click on "Advanced" rather than
"Simple".

MCC...

Jackie, I've just searched the web for Irfanview tutorials - there's loads out
there!

Jackie...

Thanks again Mike, I will have a Google!!!

John D....

Lovely pictures. You can 'feel' the atmosphere. Thank you Mike and Gerry.
John D.

Bill P...

Fantastic pics.

Aries...

gosh what an interesting place - thanks Mike for putting them up for us to
see and thanks to Jerry for taking them :)

JoeH...

One word Mike, *fabulous* with a capital FAB.

Troy's Human...

Loved those Mike - thanks :-)

noreen...

Well worth it Mike and Jerry !! great photos some wonderful views on the
Shetlands .
Had a bit of a search for the seal on the rocks it seemed to blend in to the

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

Thanks for those Mike and Jerry. Liked the puffin.

rocks.;-))))

Rabbit...

Awesome piccies thanks Mike and Jerry, I loved every one of them. Can I put
in a request please for Jerry to be armed with his camera when the Northern
Lights are about.
BTW In the John Williamson gravestone what is the line below the name and
what language?

MCC...

biffo...

Thanks for sharing them Mike, and thank Jerry please, the Sunset, Sunrise
one's were absolutely brilliant , as the rest where also ;-)

Smokey...

Mike I really enjoyed those, some beautiful photo's, keep em coming please.
Thanks Jerry, very interesting place.
Now I feel the urge to go north young man:-))

Foxy at w*rk...

Thanks Mike and Jerry I enjoyed those

I'm so used to seeing those names that I never gave them a thought!
There are several places called Hamnavoe in Shetland and the name for the
north end of the harbour in Stromness, the hub of the Empire, is Hamnavoe.
It's old Norn for "Safe Harbour" or similar - certainly goes back to the
time of the Viking occupation. Don't forget it's only just over 500 years
since Orkney and Shetland became part of Scotland. Until then they were the
property of the Scandihooligans :-))

Rabbit...

OK so I'm going to dig into your local history knowledge. After the Battle
of Largs and the Treaty of Perth handed the Western Isles to Scotland what
occurred to have the Scandinavians hand over Orkney and Shetland many years
later?

MCC...

As I remember it from my schooldays, a Scandinavian princess was married to
a Scottish prince, but her father couldn't afford her dowry of 40,000
florins and so pawned Orkney and Shetland in lieu of payment. He never came
up with the necessary and so the two island groups came under the Scottish
crown rather than Scandinavian.

Eshaness is the district in which that particular Hamnavoe is located. Not
sure what Esha means, but ness is headland.
Ah! This page -
that Esha means an easily worked type of rock.
Local pronunciation is something like "Aishnis"

A little bit more added to your education :-))

MCC...

I was nearly right

RETURN TO SCOTLAND
THE transformation of the once powerful and semi-independent earldom of
Orkney into a Scottish county was a gradual process. Even before 1468 a
certain amount of change had taken place. For more than two centuries the
earls of Orkney had been Scottish noblemen, owing fealty to the king of
Scotland for Scottish lands, and, for Orkney, to the king of Norway.
Several of the bishops, also, had been Scotsmen, though subject to the
archbishopric of Trondheim. Inevitably these earls and bishops brought from
Scotland relations and friends who settled in Orkney and made their homes
there. Changes in the system of land tenure were already creeping in, and
the feudal system was beginning to make itself felt. Even so, Orkney in
1468 was still Scandinavian.
In Norway, as well as in Orkney, changes had taken place since the great
days of the sagas. All three Scandinavian countries were now under the
dominion of the king of Denmark, who in 1468 was King Christian I. Between
King Christian and the Scottish king relations were unfriendly, chiefly
because of the non-payment of the tribute called `The Annual of Norway'. In
1266, three years after the battle of Largs, King Magnus of Norway had
handed over the Hebrides and the Isle of Man to Scotland on promise of
payment of an annual sum of money for all time. The bargain had not been
kept, the Scots had defaulted, and King Christian tried to force a
settlement. The king of France was called in as arbitrator, and after much
negotiation a marriage was arranged between the young king of Scots James
III -and Margaret, King Christian's daughter, who was to receive a dowry of
60,000 Rhenish florins. Ten thousand florins were to be paid at once, and
for the balance the rights of the Danish king in Orkney were pledged until
the debt should be paid. The debt has never been paid, and Orkney remains
Scottish.

Rabbit...

< Deliberately not snipped for future reference>
Thanks Mike I'm a bit more edumacted now but I prefer the love story
version :-)

Rabbit...

Awww I like that, so much better than a battle :-) Thanks again Mike.

Rabbit...

Yes thanks, it's amazing the things you learn in UPS :-) I had a guess at
Norse but I thought it may have been his name. Thanks for the explanation.

MCC...

Place names in Orkney and Shetland are nearly all based on the old Norn
language.

BunnyHare...

Brilliant photos, thanks Mike and Jerry Atrick
Brought back some lovely memories
I want to visit again!!

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