Summer

A long overdue post as summer has flown by so fast! It's taken until now, the middle of October, to take a breath and a break. I'm currently sitting in an airport hotel waiting for my afternoon flight home to Shetland after cancellation last night due to Ophelia. A change of scenery and very chilled out company the last few days has definitely helped my post-Shetland Wool Week recovery as well as given me space to take stock of everything this year has offered so far...

blogKharis Leggate17 October 2017walk, camping, family, summer, off island, weave, knit, Bressay, Noss, Yell, Unst, Fetlar, Spiggie, Burrastow, Littlelure Comments

Summer Catch Up: Part 2

Hello again, here I am with the second part of my Summer Catch Up. You can read the first post here.

This will mostly be photos, actually A LOT of photos!..

blogKharis Leggate21 September 2016walk, family, Voe, Yell, summer Comments

Summer Catch Up: Part 1

The end of July and into August every year my cousin comes home for a few weeks with the bairns, I'm quite often working but usually find a few days to spend with them. One of the best things we do when she's home is go out in my Uncle's boat around the small, now uninhabited, isles...

blogKharis Leggate9 September 2016walk, family, summer, WhitenessComment

A May Walk at Meal Beach, Burra

Today I'm going to share some photos from a walk I took way back in May. I was driving back from Voe where I'd spent some time with family at Sunday Teas...

blogKharis Leggate5 August 2016walk, summer, BurraComment

My Wigwam Night in Eshaness

As promised here's the second part of my peerie holiday at home, if you'd like to catch up with the first instalment and my visit to Fair Isle you can read it here.

After arriving back from Fair Isle I still had a couple of days to myself...

blogKharis Leggate9 July 2016mental health, Eshaness, Northmavine, camping, summer, design, Tangwick, musicComment

A Peerie Holiday

Last week I took a much needed break, using the time to get away from my usual routine, catch up with friends and just have a bit of space for myself (I love my space!).

Most of the week was spent in Fair Isle...

blogKharis Leggate1 July 2016summer, Fair Isle, walkComment

Get Outdoors . Connect

Hi, so it's been a while...

I'm just going to be honest, the last two months have been a struggle for me.

I lost my connection to the magic of the incredible landscape in which I'm so lucky to live...