[tizaala]

What a depressing place , I was playing ' spot the tree ' before turning it off halfway through, why the hell would anyone in their right mind want to live in such a bleak landscape , no wonder they all drink scotch by the gallon, sorry, not for me, midsomer murders does it so much better but with trees , no future for a woodburner salesman there. 

[MAK]

Yes it did look a bit grim. We could not undersatnd all that was being said but the OH told me she was good with the Welsh accent  and kept watching it - dull !

[scarlettoara]

beauty must be in the eye of the beholder. i thought it looked beautiful. cant wait for tonight. script was a bit cliche tho.

[Fowgill Farm]

Haven't read the books but thought it was trying too hard to be a Scottish Wallender , will watch conclusion tonight.
Mandy

[Mrs Snoodles]

Haven't read the books but thought it was trying too hard to be a Scottish Wallender , will watch conclusion tonight.
Mandy

Thought that too.   Enjoyed it though and thought the scenery was pretty stunning.  Not great PR for the island , it just looks like everyone is on the booze 24/7

[Fleecewife]

I think I was so busy thinking 'that didn't happen in the book' that I missed any plot flow.
 
I like the scenery of Shetland, although I would miss the trees if I lived there.   Shame the only sheep seen were out of focus and suddenly vanished in a continuity glitch 
 
The accents were mostly mainland Scots, although there were some native Shetlanders amongst them.
 
Did anyone notice the tam 'Sophie' the archaeology student was wearing?   Called 'peerie flooers' it was designed by Kate Davies who lives in East Lothian but designs some wonderful knitwear largely with a Shetland theme.  I love it 
There's another called 'sheep heid' which I intend to knit, with sheep standing all around it.

[oor wullie]

Yes it did look a bit grim. We could not undersatnd all that was being said but the OH told me she was good with the Welsh accent  and kept watching it - dull !

That's odd, what I noticed was a total lack of distinctive accents (nearly standard English spoken by people from the central belt) .  You had to listen really hard to find any Shetland accent at all and there were certainly no strong accents or Shetland words.  A bit disappointing as I think the Shetland accent is quite melodic and beautiful.

[Big Light]

I agree, too many glasgow accents could have been taggart , Hamish Mcbeth at least made the accent effort!

[ppd]

Totally agree on the accents. OH and I were just saying that if you closed your eyes and just listened, then you would think that is was set in central scotland.
Thought the scenery was beautiful - but personally I couldn't live anywhere without trees

[Lesley Silvester]

Orkney is short of trees as well.  Had a holiday there many years ago and it was the thing I noticed the most.  Those trees that had manage to grow to more than a few feet were all in the town where they were sheltered by the houses.  Every other one was very short and growing at an acute angle due to the permanent wind blowing there.

[Fleecewife]

BUT...the trees they do have in Shetland appear to be magical, at least according to 'Shetland' - the only trees shown were in full leaf at Uphelly-a, which surely takes place in winter 
 
I spent tonight's episode spotting interesting knitting 

[Backinwellies]

Just looked up Katie Davies ......now fingers itching to pick up knitting needles for first time in 30 years!  Why dont shops have such great designs in their knitting pattern selection?  I was in a shop recently and thought with impending sheep maybe I ought to see if I could still knit, but patterns available were so old hat (good pun!) I didn't bother.

Had saved up watching Shetland programme for this eve when I'm here but myself ... now not sure whether to watch or not!
Linda

[ellied]

I recorded both episodes to watch sometime, wondering whether to bother now

Couldn't live anywhere without trees either, but I'd like to visit Shetland and Orkney islands at some point and don't want to put myself off if it comes over that badly..

[happygolucky]

We have a poor signal some times so not watched it yet but will most prob, what a load all together, that way I will be able to follow whats going on, here I am always being interrupted!!
I love to live near trees too, my favorate places are in and around forests or woodland.
Off topic a tad but I was amazed at a programme about Stone Henge, they found that people came on a sort of holiday/ pilgrimage  from miles around, as well as from Orkney and Shetland and the stones and temple etc in Orkeny are linned up and in some way connected!!

[SallyintNorth]

Linda, if you want a choice of stunning patterns, go check out Ravelry.  A lot of them are free to download, too - you can search for just those so you don't get tempted to buy too many that cost money! 

I just did a quick 'search for free-to-download knitting patterns' and there are over 22,500 of them!  (Of which 3,681 are hats.)