{"id":7048351,"date":"2026-08-26T17:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/a-brief-nip-to-town\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:33:36","slug":"a-brief-nip-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7048351","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Nip to Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>I made a brief nip into town (Lerwick) to pay a bill (hay), drop off more sheep, buy horse\/chicken\/sheep food and then round Tesco\u2019s for some human food too.<\/p>\n<p>It was a lovely day and there were no cruise ships in town, which meant the street was nice and quiet for a change.\u00a0 It\u2019s been pretty busy all summer.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84925\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/My-Shetland-6692.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I find it easier when things are calm but am well aware of the benefits of all the tourists arriving. As I walk past a visitor, I whisper \u201cbuy my sheep, buy my sheep\u201d.\u00a0 Sort of subliminal advertising.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84924\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/My-Shetland-6693.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I came home at lunchtime with a massive headache which arrived out of nowhere just as I was driving home.\u00a0 I tried nuking it with cups of tea, a different brand of teacake that has jam in (not nearly as nice \u2013 cheap chocolate, meh!) but my headache hasn\u2019t really gone away.\u00a0 I may resort to painkillers next.<\/p>\n<p>I made another sheep with the help of my snazzy new felting gun and then went and stuck out some haynets for the boys who had come up and were loitering about.\u00a0 While I was working, Pepper promised me she would sit outside but she lied and put up another polecat.\u00a0 I called her back praying to all the Gods that she hadn\u2019t been sprayed again.\u00a0 Luckily, for us all, she was remained fragrant.\u00a0 Phew!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84923\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/My-Shetland-6695.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84921\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/My-Shetland-6704.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84920\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/My-Shetland-6707.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I think this photo should be captioned \u201cThe Three Not-Very-Wise Ponies!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84919\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/My-Shetland-6711.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Still, it\u2019s been a lovely sunny day and everyone else is happy while enjoying the beautiful weather.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84922\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/My-Shetland-6700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-bottom:24px\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:10px\">Discover more from My Shetland<\/h3>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;appId=249643311490&version=v2.3\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made a brief nip into town (Lerwick) to pay a bill (hay), drop off more sheep, buy horse\/chicken\/sheep food and then round Tesco\u2019s for some human food too. 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