Walk and walk and walk....
Drive to get to places, of course...or take the bus.But Shetland is made for walking. Unlike Orkney, it has very few cows....it's sheep country....so you need not worry about crossing fields full of nursing cows or bullocks here!And Scotland does not have the public footpaths you find in England, so you can walk anywhere...but sensibly, of course. Don't walk through growing crops (remember grass is a crop, for hay); walk round the edge of the field. Leave gates as you find them and, if you must climb a gate or fence (because it is otherwise un-moveable) then make sure you climb nearest the hinged gatepost, where it's stongest.Don't leave litter of any type. Not only is it ugly, it can (and does) also kill wildlife.Avoid frightening sheep (it can make them abort when pregnant, it can lead to them breaking limbs at other times) or seals (they loll because they need to do so, not because...
