Our last school trip of the year followed swiftly on from our previous one a few weeks ago. Sandwick Sports Day, Shetland Museum, Lerwick Police Station (trying not to get locked in a cell), Clickimin Swimming and much more besides made for a very memorable final stay as a group of three. Please enjoy this bumper set of photographs that summarise what a wonderful time we had.

Those regular readers of our blog will know how important our enrichment trips are to us and this one was no exception. The children have been absolutely superb throughout – supporting and encouraging one another, working together and being superstars in all we did. Jonathan and Hollie were, once again, so impressed with how the children plunged (quite literally, as you’ll see from one photograph) into all that we had planned.

There are many people to thank for our trips across the year and we made sure to write thank you cards to swimming instructors, hostel staff and even The Maxwells (who always welcome us for a playdate at Hamnavoe). A special thank you, however, on this trip to all the staff at Tingwall Airport and the airfield crew back in Fair Isle for getting us home before the fog set in. As you’ll see from the final photograph, it was a good job we made it home.

A lot of planning and effort goes into the trips our bairns take part in so we are grateful to everyone for making them happen. Now for the final fortnight of term with lots of exciting events “back at base” planned.