Shetland Islands
Braewick Café
Welcome
Braewick sits above the shore on the road out to the Eshaness cliffs, and the window looks straight at the Drongs, the jagged sea stacks that stand off the point like a broken jaw.
The café is plain and good: soup, sandwiches, home bakes, a pot of tea. It doubles as the office for the caravan and camping site on the same ground. There is nowhere else to eat for a long way in either direction, which makes it useful, but the view would make it worth stopping for anyway.
Close by
Eshaness, ShetlandThe cliffs of an ancient volcano in Northmavine, with a lighthouse, blowholes, stacks and the storm beach of the Grind o da Navir.2 miles5 min by road
Tangwick Haa MuseumNorthmavine's own history, in a laird's house above the shore.3 miles8 min by road
Da Lang AyreShetland's longest beach, a long red shingle shore below Ronas Hill, reached only by sea or a hard hill walk.9 miles23 min by road
Mavis GrindThrow a stone from one ocean to the other15 miles25 min by road
Busta HouseA laird's house begun in 1588 on the shore at Brae, now a hotel, with a love story and a drowning from 1748.17 miles28 min by road
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