Pupdate: Skyelark’s Land, Sea & Air Journey to Fair Isle

Fair Isle landscape
Shetland / Northern Isles / Scotland

Another Glorious Day on Fair Isle

Twenty-four miles from Shetland Mainland, at the far edge of the United Kingdom.

Field Note 01

The Island Beyond the Mainland

Another glorious day on Fair Isle. Where? Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland.

Situated in the North Atlantic between Great Britain, the Faroe Islands and Norway, Shetland is the northernmost part of Scotland and the United Kingdom. Twenty-four miles from Shetland Mainland lies Britain's most remote inhabited island: Fair Isle.

Moving Field Notes

Three Views from Fair Isle

Field Film 01

Fair Isle in Motion

Field Film 02

Life at the Edge

Field Film 03

Britain's Most Remote Inhabited Island

Final Bearing

Fair Isle is not merely far away. Its distance changes the scale of attention: weather becomes immediate, landscape becomes company, and an ordinary day becomes worth recording.