Gilbert Inkster left Shetland to sail in the merchant service, then jumped ship on Vancouver Island in 1888. Read more about his journey

While visiting my parents this week we watched several news documentaries about the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the landing of the...

The first time I visited my great-grandfather’s birthplace of North Roe, I walked into the little Methodist church, still standing after...

It’s Robbie Burns day, so to commemorate I thought I'd share the following story. My great-grandfather, Peter Inkster (1879-1958) of...

I was looking through my grannie's recipes (Kathleen Hattie Inkster, 1914-1984) and found this blank invoice form from the 1940s for Dr....

We are on our way home to Vancouver after spending the past three weeks in Shetland. On Sunday I woke up and knew I needed to walk to the...

See that house peaking over the hill in the first photo? My great-grandfather, Peter Inkster was born there, at the Haa of Skelberry, in...

The sun spilled out over the voe as we drove along the banks this morning. It was so radiant that we had to stop and take a photo… this...

Today we travelled back to a time when the men had to fish to the landlord during the summer months. Three miles north of North Roe,...

Remembrance Day always holds a special place in my heart as I ponder the sacrifices that so many men and women made as they said goodbye...