Island Travel Nurse

Where Scotland meets Scandinavia and the North Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean... Collected these memories in our trip reports: Not So Fair Isle. ANd Am ending this for a week until our return.   2020 and 2021  is hindsight and we were also the middle of the  global pandemic. Yet that didn't stop us from traveling. We took social distancing  to the nth degree and self isolated on Britain's most remote inhabited island , Fair Isle, population 45. Now 42 ,minus a dog named Skeylark too. But As Mac Arthur says, We Shall Return View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif) Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player...

 

 The loneliest bull in the world on Britain's most remote inhabited island.  "I kissed a dog and I liked it" Carlos the Bull finds love at last, dating outside his species on Fair Isle.

 T he UAV can carry 100kg of mail of all sizes for a distance of 1,000km, and it was flown to our Fair Isle.  It  can fly in poor weather conditions, and if the trial is successful, the technology will be considered by Royal Mail.  A key aim is for the autonomous flights to reduce emissions compared to current delivery methods for a low carbon future. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif)

 Sometimes it can feel like checking out is easier than leaving, due to the unpredictable weather at either end, Shetland mainland or here or Fair Isle. If you can see Sheep Rock, they can land a plane View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif)

Want to lose weight this winter? Going wild swimming in cold seas, lakes and rivers could help, study finds Danish researchers recruited eight men who swam outdoors once a week They found the men had a lower pulse and reduced blood pressure Outdoor swimming is increasingly popular in both the UK and Denmark and here in Shetland on Fair Isl e Results point to winter swimming as an activity that could increase energy expenditure, thus proposing a new lifestyle activity that might contribute to weight loss or weight control View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif) Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player...

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  Here we are on this island, reconstructing our solitude, of being on our own, in the form of pictures and video and a few sentences… Don’t you ever get bored ….you may ask, and I can tell you Yes, after all, waiting for nothing to happen next can be boring. Boredom has never enjoyed an admirable reputation. we tend to treat boredom as a handicap and to deny it as an opportunity, With 24/7 on demand media, always on always available, we seldom have the chance to be purely bored. As fast as the new is experienced… it is liable to become boring. The new becomes a variant of the infinite. It recedes infinitely. This is the cultural pathology of our time: If we stopped doing what we do, we might not know who we are. As I’ve reflected before, to cultivate the art of presence in the age of productivity is no easy feat. Being on this remote island makes things easier- there are no bars, coffee shops or shopping opportunities. The most transfixing aspect of boredom —is   ...