(7 October 2013, 21:55)Highlander Wrote: (7 October 2013, 17:00)Midnitemo Wrote: (7 October 2013, 16:52)bigpaul Wrote: trouble is (as we have said before) these are islands, there is a fine amount of land surrounded by water, some are tree less and others are just scrub, a lot of these places the food and supplies have to be shipped in on a regular basis.
the Shetlands have been inhabitted for at least a couple of millenia...things do grow...admitedly not just anything ...peat for fires...fishing ...sheep and ponies....never short of a bit of wind for the turbines...geo thermal heating would work well too...not going to be everyones cuppa tea but i fancy it
If a really life threatening emergency happened you would probably starve on Shetland,.. everything you have said is true, ...if you are a local who has lived the land for many, many years
Almost everything that Shetland has has to be imported, the weather is always against the grower, peat has to sit for a year to dry out,. after you have learnt to cut it,.. fishing, yes when the seas allow,...can you pilot a boat in rough weather?
Shetland would not be for me, Shetland could well be a trap of your own making unless you know the place
I take on board all your saying but i wouldn't do it unless i have funds to do it properly , i'm competent with small boats , love horses and would like livestock , but most of all i love the wildness and the solitude of the place..would pick one of the more remote islands...lot of seabirds to trap and shoot thats currently not allowed but that would change,seals too...more a hunter gatherer environment than a farming one.
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