Get to know some of the Shetland history. Departing your ship, you'll travel across a landscape of peat and heather-covered moors to Scalloway. Listen to stories about the castles history which was built by Patrick Stewart, the cruel 2nd Earl of Orkney. He built the castle in the late 16th Century by to tighten his grip on Shetland. You will visit the Scalloway Museum and see an exhibit on the 'Shetland Bus,' a secret fleet of boats that carried British agents to Norway to perform acts of sabotage against the occupying Germans. You'll then go to a local stud farm, where you'll have a chance to visit with the delightful and famous Shetland ponies.