No idea why I Googled pet quarantines in UK. I guess I was hoping they had shrunk from 6 months to 4 weeks, and/or had become in-home quarantines? Seems they were lifted in 2011 – Canadians can bring in domestic pets with no quarantine! Suddenly, a whole new world is opening up – think I’m going to move to the Shetlands or Orkney.
Why there? A couple of years ago I came across a twitter war between the Shetland & Orkney libraries – JK Rowling had shown up at one of the Orkney book club meetings and the library was lording it over their rival, Shetland. I loved the banter and started following both of them. So when Sibling 1, Nephew 3, and I toured Scotland last summer, we headed straight for the Highlands, Orkney, and Shetland. Apart from being a tad disappointed that Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez wasn’t waiting for me at the ferry dock in Lerwick, I loved everything about the islands.