by David Oxley | 11 September 2025
At the church road end, the route is signposted Tresta Beach. Follow the road southwest past the church on its south side where it becomes a track skirting the beach. Ahead the track can be seen as a ledge ascending the hill. A track still crosses the moss...
by David Oxley | 11 September 2025
The path starts at a small car park at the end of an unclassified road from Bigton and makes its way down to the beach and across to St Ninian's Isle by a tombolo or ayre. This sand bar consists of white sand and it is usually possible to cross...
by David Oxley | 11 September 2025
This is a very well known path in Shetland which leads on to an uninhabited peninsula on the very north tip of Mainland, the main Shetland island. The access track to Fethaland is rough but well marked; it was improved when an automatic lighthouse was built about...
by David Oxley | 11 September 2025
This path runs for 1.75 kilometres between the croft of Vementry and the small community of Clousta to the south. The terrain between is undulating moorland with numerous lochs and is uninhabited and roadless. A well marked path, much of which has been recently...
by David Oxley | 11 September 2025
Newsflash: starting in March2021 until March 2022, new recycled plastic boardwalk is being installed to retrace this historic path to the Muckle Flugga signalling station, amongst other improvements to public access and facilities. Heading northwest from...