Thank you all for your replies. I can understand your feelings. I'm Scottish and Cornish. I was born near Mallaig in Lochaber and moved to Cornwall in my teens, where my mother was from(she was half Scottish herself though.). And I feel a far stronger affinity to the Western highlands and Cornwall than I do to England, Britain or even Scotland. Shetland looks like a beautiful place and when I come home from where I am now(Australia.), which won't be too long, I hope to visit it.