British Islands From Shetland to Sark, discover more about theislands that dot the coastline and seas of Britain

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British Islands
From Shetland to Sark, discover more about the islands that dot the
coastline and seas of Britain

There are estimated to be more than 1,000 islands off the coast of
Great Britain. From the treeless Shetland Islands, lying closer to
Norway than London, to the often verdant Isles of Scilly, marking the
end of the UK thousands of miles further south in the same ocean,
Britain’s islands are a diverse bunch.

While some are now accessible by road, hundreds are still only reached
by sea or air, making a trip out to a solitary isle or isolated
archipelago an adventure to savour.

The islands are where you’ll find some of Britain’s best wildlife-
spotting opportunities – the red squirrel thrives on the Isle of
Wight, marine mammals congregrate on the coasts and puffins are found
from Lundy to Unst in the north.

They’re also home to some of Britain’s most remote communities and
oldest traditions. And if you think mainland Britain is far too
crowded and wilderness can’t be found, the islands will soon change
your mind.

Make sure you come back throughout the month as we'll be adding more
articles, photos and exclusive clips from Martin Clunes' new TV series
Islands Of Britain.

On Wed, 6 May 2009 05:36:55 -0700 (PDT), pig brother
wrote:

British Islands
From Shetland to Sark, discover more about the islands that dot the
coastline and seas of Britain

I would go further than that, GB is an archipelago of islands


There are estimated to be more than 1,000 islands off the coast of
Great Britain. From the treeless Shetland Islands,

there are some trees on Shetland, not many I admit.

lying closer to
Norway than London, to the often verdant Isles of Scilly, marking the
end of the UK thousands of miles further south in the same ocean,
Britain’s islands are a diverse bunch.

While some are now accessible by road, hundreds are still only reached
by sea or air, making a trip out to a solitary isle or isolated
archipelago an adventure to savour.

The islands are where you’ll find some of Britain’s best wildlife-
spotting opportunities – the red squirrel thrives on the Isle of
Wight,

and on Arran and elsewhere

marine mammals congregrate on the coasts and puffins are found
from Lundy to Unst in the north.

and how many Brits have been to Muckleflugga, the end of the UK?

They’re also home to some of Britain’s most remote communities and
oldest traditions. And if you think mainland Britain is far too
crowded and wilderness can’t be found, the islands will soon change
your mind.

Make sure you come back throughout the month as we'll be adding more
articles, photos and exclusive clips from Martin Clunes' new TV series
Islands Of Britain.

ITV1, I shall be watching.
--
Mike

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On Wed, 6 May 2009 05:36:55 -0700 (PDT), pig brother
wrote:

There are estimated to be more than 1,000 islands off the coast of
Great Britain. From the treeless Shetland Islands,

there are some trees on Shetland, not many I admit.

Unst is the treeless one.

--
William Black

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

On Wed, 6 May 2009 14:01:17 +0100, "William Black"
wrote:

there are some trees on Shetland, not many I admit.

Unst is the treeless one.
--
Mike

On Wed, 6 May 2009 14:01:17 +0100, "William Black"
wrote:

there are some trees on Shetland, not many I admit.

Unst is the treeless one.

none on Yell either IIRC, probably same goes for most of the other
islands in the group but two or three places inland on Shetland
mainland have groups of trees. One lot are near the delightfully named
"Mavis Grind"
--
Mike

On Wed, 6 May 2009 05:36:55 -0700 (PDT), pig brother
wrote:

hundreds are still only reached
by sea or air,

I doubt "hundreds" can be reached by air, boat is the only way to go,
read Haswell-Smiths "The Scottish Islands" OK, you do not get the Isle
of Wight, but you get most of them. Having said that its worth doing
the shortest scheduled flight, Papa Westray or somewhere or other, or
one that lands on the beach like IIRC Barra
--
Mike