The house used in the BBC Shetland series for Jimmy Perez's home

I’ve been lucky enough to visit the Shetlands twice now, and I certainly have no plans to stop going. My first visit was in April 2018, splitting my time equally between the largest island known as the ‘mainland’ and Unst, the most northerly isle. Taking the 12-hour overnight ferry from Aberdeen both times, I’ve experienced both rough and smooth crossings. On the first outing we were handed a ‘rough weather crossing’ card as we drove our car onto the ferry. Rather stupidly, I thought nothing of it initially assuming it was just a potential warning. How wrong I was after we had set sail and I was sliding back on fourth on my bed trying (and failing) to get some sleep! My second visit was at the end of June/early July 2019, when over one million seabirds return to their breeding grounds to nest.