mstevens

I don't want anything too complicated, but it would be nice not to starve or die of boredom.

I'm thinking about it. Sometime around a few days to a week is the plan.

Hi! I'm thinking about visiting you guys in Shetland again, and wondering where to stay this time. So far I've tried the Shetland hotel (which I thought was a bit concrete and unpleasant) and the clickimin campsite (which is quite nice, but a bit outdoorsy for my current mood). What would you lot recommend in terms of a decent hotel / place to stay? Desired qualities: * Vegetarian compatible * Reasonable quality of things to do (possibly this means near Lerwick) * Nice and quiet!

I'll keep trying! (although it doesn't help that my last name-mistake I had to learn to correct was calling the netherlands "holland")

Doh. Possibly influence from "the Netherlands"? Or just a general desire to shorten things.

Definitely 5-3-3.

I doubt I'll ever do it but I keep daydreaming about moving from London to the Shetlands too. Gotta get up there for a few more holidays first Haven't been in over a year!

On my machine it's called rdesktop, I think some linuxes will refer to it as "Terminal Services Client" or similar. It may not be pre-installed but it should be a relatively standard package.

I wouldn't normally promote Linux to people who don't want it, but I do regularly use it to connect to windows servers running terminal services without any problems.

So they opened a Tesco after all then?

I've not moved up there, but I've visited on holiday two years running, and I'd quite like to manage it again this year. I love the peace and quiet, the lack of chain shops, and the landscape. I do sometimes dream of moving up there and spend hours peering at the property on http://www.d-s-r.co.uk/property.htm

Ooh, that's pretty cool. More points for shetland!

I was thinking the "writing software to sell to people" side. While I'm pondering more... Good shetlands bits (from my perspective): [*:62cf5d3fab]The landscape [*:62cf5d3fab]The quiet life [*:62cf5d3fab]The isolation [*:62cf5d3fab]The lack of all those hideous chain shops [*:62cf5d3fab]The sea! The sea! [*:62cf5d3fab]Property prices not quite as insane as London [*:62cf5d3fab]Doesn't get quite as insanely hot in summer as the South [*:62cf5d3fab]Fudge is lovely [*:62cf5d3fab]The UK papers turning up appeared to be an exciting special event [*:62cf5d3fab]The trivial nature of crime in the local paper Bad bits (from my perspective): [*:62cf5d3fab]The lack of a really good supermarket [*:62cf5d3fab]Isolation could get to you after a while [*:62cf5d3fab]Shortage of software industry [*:62cf5d3fab]Lack of London bookshops [*:62cf5d3fab]Probably a bit chilly in the winter (not tried this yet, must arrange it) [*:62cf5d3fab]Everything seems to be run by the council (debatable, needs further study) And someone already mentioned the lack of a cinema, which given the quality of Holywood's output these days counts as a plus point in my book.

This is the 21st century. I still want to know where my food pills are!

KFC are evil. As a non-Shetlander, one of the big reasons I like the place is that it's not yet polluted with KFC, McDonalds, Starbucks, all the usual high street chains...