Sunrise: slept through the night. Definitely not bright eyed and bushy tailed… Need coffee!
As the coffee in the onboard café is a bit naff then I will wait another hour until I get home.
The Captain is messing with my head as he is coming into Lerwick through the North mouth of the sound. .
This is the island of Noss. Bressay is beyond that and Lerwick beyond Bressay. Not a view I normally see from the ferry.
We must be coming in this way as they have been dredging the sound to allow larger cruise liners in. The other day they were blasting at the south end. Quite close to where my office is.
Yeah, heading back on the MV Hjaltland to Shetland.
Walked more Since Friday than I have in months so my poor feet have given up the ghost. The ferry leaves at 17.00. I was on it and in my seat at 15.15.
So to relieve boredom I started on another map. Not very original…but it keeps me from asking are we nearly there yet, We haven’t even left yet and won’t be there until 07.30 tomorrow.
A scary blank map!
So the blank map is always a bit of an unknown quantity…Never sure at this point where it will go. I decided on another large island. By large, in my head each gex is 5 miles… Therefore this island is sitting at about 150 x 90 miles.
I have now added in a few features… A giant inland lake, mountains, hills and rivers.
Not sure where it is going next. Marshes along the western river methinks…but who knows. Only time will tell.
What’s the most annoying trope in books or movies?
I have to say my most annoying trope in books, for me personally, is the recurring nemesis. I really can’t be bothered with it.
Notable examples are Obidiah Hakeswill from the ‘Sharpe’ series and to some extent Voldemort in Harry Potter.
Let’s think of the vampire trope…Dracula case in point. The guy actually appears more times than gas after eating too much broccoli. In folklore the stake through the heart merely pinned them down. If someone removed the stake, then they would return. But generally once down they stayed down. Chop their heads off and cremate them and voila they ain’t coming back.
Now a recurring nemesis I can actually cope with. The Mummy and the Mummy Returns with Brendan Fraser. Yep got that, makes sense. And then the third one is a different scary dude. Today I learned that the Mummy 4 is supposed to be coming out in Oct 2027 with guess who? Yep Imohtep is returning.
So the other thing that bothers me are sequels to TV shows. By this I mean things like Squid Game. Loved that, slightly traumatized me, but still loved it. Brilliant ending…. So leave it alone. But No, it made Squidillions (see what I did there) so they decided Squid Game 2, the revenge or whatever… No leave it alone.
Now I get it, I am really not the target audience for some of the books or films. So if that is your kind of thing then you go and be you.
Can you tell I am a bit bored….
My new friend is keeping me company whilst I wait to depart my hotel.
Well go me, I managed to glue the flags to the appropriate flag pole.
So here they are… I initially planned to have two different rectangular flags for the Pike Block. I realised that too late as the rest were glued on. Therefore we have two identical ones.
Off on the boat tomorrow night, so no painting or anything… Back on Monday morning.
Well this evening I was absolutely knackered, didn’t sleep well the night before and as such couldn’t face anything. The family was back too with 101 invertebrates. So I perused their purchases.
Bogenwald 