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E:21/05 Seven night stay Shetland Islands

http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/competitions?page_id=1065

ans - 1,450km (just found they changed the question)
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  • NOSONDDU
    NOSONDDU Posts: 13,714 Forumite
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    can only find that there are over 100 islands and only 15 are inhabited
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  • Rock_Chick_Bird
    Rock_Chick_Bird Posts: 10,304 Forumite
    NOSONDDU wrote: »
    can only find that there are over 100 islands and only 15 are inhabited

    yep, that's all I can find too - I just put 'over 100' :confused:
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  • Found this... but still not 100% sure
    The Shetland Isles, a group of 6 large island and 100 small ones stretching over 70 miles, are considerably more remote, located 93 miles northeast of John O' Groats

    from here clicky

    But also this:
    [FONT=arial,helvetica,arial,lucida sans]Shetland consists of a group of 100 islands with approximately 900 miles of coastline and a population of around 23,000.

    from here: clicky

    I'm going for 106 i think
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  • LilySue
    LilySue Posts: 343 Forumite
    I'll be interested to find out what the right answer is, I went for approximately 100, which might be a bit vague...........
  • rogart
    rogart Posts: 1,572 Forumite
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    Found this

    The group consists of 29 inhabited islands, about 71 smaller islands used for grazing purposes, and a very large number of waste rocky islets and skerries.
  • Closer to Norway than they are to England, the Shetland Islands are truly a world apart. As an escape from modern life, they’re near perfect: these rugged isles in the Atlantic boast 1,450km of spectacular coastline to explore.
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  • NOSONDDU
    NOSONDDU Posts: 13,714 Forumite
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    They changed the question; they don't ask how many islands any more
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