Atlantic Isles

Description: Compares the life of people in the Shetland Isles, where the climate is extreme, with that of the people of the Channel Isles who enjoy more equable weather. Shetland Isles (Mainland, Unst, Yell, Foula, Lerwick): crofter’s house, vegetable growing, Shetland ponies, weaving, knitting fair-isle woollens, fishing. Channel Isles (Alderney, Guernsey, Sark, Jersey, St Peter Port, St Hellier): tomato growing in glasshouses, potato growing, cattle breeding, historic buildings.