Fifi Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Can I take a vote for all the beaches I don't go to - in order to keep the ones I do from getting more crowded..... Likewise, a lot of people don't know how great the Westayre Beach in Hillswick is... damn, it slipped out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 The grotty buckie is a peerie beach joost aaf o da sands o soond.Thanks, that's something new i've learned today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turrifield Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Unst has some excellent beaches Skaw, Norwick and Burrafirth are just some of them, in fact I recon Unst probably has the highest proportion of sandy beaches to land area in Shetland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marooned in Maywick Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Maywick beach is crap so don't bother coming. Unless you're having a barbie with lots of beer and want to invite the locals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Unst has some excellent beaches Skaw, Norwick and Burrafirth are just some of them, in fact I recon Unst probably has the highest proportion of sandy beaches to land area in Shetland. It's possible, but sooth idda Teavlix (Bigton junction) must be an equal contender. Levenwick, Grutness, West Voe, Hayes (what little is left of it), Quendale, Spiggie, Scousburgh, Rerwick, St Ninians Isle and Maywick. Plus some folk would argue the Pool of Virkie is a beach too, wi an ebb at laest , and Moosie Geo is technically a seperate beach in it's own right, even if it is adjacent to Spiggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Maywick beach is crap so don't bother coming. Unless you're having a barbie with lots of beer and want to invite the locals. ....and this of course would be a wholly impartial assessement wouldn't it?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marooned in Maywick Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Maywick beach is crap so don't bother coming. Unless you're having a barbie with lots of beer and want to invite the locals. ....and this of course would be a wholly impartial assessement wouldn't it?!?! Well.....we don't want any old riff-raff lowering the tone... BTW, it's a fantastic beach - I'm there nearly every night with my (almost) 2 year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Maywick beach is crap so don't bother coming. Unless you're having a barbie with lots of beer and want to invite the locals. See this is an urban myth i've heard for as long as i can remember, that the Maywick beach is fantastic but the locals dunna want you coming around. And for the very many times i've been into maywick or Yaafield i have never set foot on the beach. Added to by the mystery "beach" sign that guides you into een o the auld sheds, rather than encourage you to cross the obvious fence to the sands, and the no parking on turning place sign that basically suggests that you park several hundred yards up the road a the last passing place.................. you can tell i've obviously thought far too much about this over many years However, i'm not mentioning my favourite beaches for the same selfish reasons, apart fae the sooth end ones that are all mentioned here, and the hillswick one. One i will let slip is the Bruna Ness beach on Trondra, cos it's only really accessible by boat, which tends to deter the throng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheesht Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 I like the beach at Dounray, you get a tan there in...............oh less than 30 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFly Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Maywick beach is great. St Ninians is the best though, no contest. Biased, me?......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marooned in Maywick Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 See this is an urban myth i've heard for as long as i can remember, that the Maywick beach is fantastic but the locals dunna want you coming around. And for the very many times i've been into maywick or Yaafield i have never set foot on the beach. Added to by the mystery "beach" sign that guides you into een o the auld sheds, rather than encourage you to cross the obvious fence to the sands, and the no parking on turning place sign that basically suggests that you park several hundred yards up the road a the last passing place.................. Holy parp!!! Really???I'd never heard that, but then that's maybe cause I live there. And I dunna tink I'm the local who tries to deter visitors - if such a mythological being exists!!Actually the mystery beach sign directs you to the beach - unless you mean the one I painted on the wall o me shed which I assumed was clarity on a none-too-subtle scale - without needing to go over any fences.Though you're welcome to traipse through my garden if you have bairns wi bare feet who'd find the road a bit gravelly.As for da Coonty's "No parking in the turning point" sign - we canna do much aboot him. Until da next Guy Fawkes night!!Na, I tink hit's yunder so da essy kert an da gritter can turn aroond.An since da essy kert comes at 8 o'clock on Tuesday moarnin chances o hinderin him wid be braaly slim. An, despite da wadder, dir no been muckle call fur da gritter yet dis summer. So, in summary, come alang an hae a spree!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 That's made my day Marrooned, thanks very much. No more maywick beach avoidance. Cheers [edit] whether it's dee or no, wan o you doon yunder deserves an award for the garden climbling frame thingy, i look at it with pure admiration whenever i'm roond and aboot. Lucky bairns![/edit] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowe Posted August 5, 2006 Report Share Posted August 5, 2006 The Tresta beach in Fetlar is beautiful and great for swimming and theres a great loch for fishing literally a stones throw from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchieSquirrel Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Hmmm...... I wonder what the beaches look like when there is snow about, does anyone live near the sea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 The Tresta beach in Fetlar is beautiful and great for swimming and theres a great loch for fishing literally a stones throw from it.was there not a killer whale about there in the last week or so. maybe give winter swimming in your wet suit a miss. the beach at redarye had snow down to the tide line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.