Not many Shetlanders to be seen on the beaches last week.

I imagine many of them set off  to drown their sorrows here because the heatwave that has swept the country by and large bypassed the Northern Isles.

 Or settled themselves in front of a wee peat fire in the croft.

 Or even snuggled down in a comfy box bed ben the room.

Down in Orkney the Old Man of Hoy was unmoved however, despite the weather being even worse there.

And the Orcadians got on with the business of bringing home the bacon, or mutton in this case.