Moving to Scotland / Licensing...

[Hellequin]

PS If moving to Ork-nee, take a thermal semmit with you.

PPS one of my young friends ('Drew Mann) is a local bobby in Lerwick but I think he covers most of the island.

Haha! We're moving there at the best time of year too- middle of January

I only saw one police car the whole time we were there last, and a quick read of the 'crime page' in the Orcadian paper was an eye opener having done the Job down here in England for the past 17 years. I'm guessing your mate in Shetland will have similar low crime levels, it's certainly one aspect that's made the move attractive to us.

[barrel]

Haha! We're moving there at the best time of year too- middle of January

I only saw one police car the whole time we were there last, and a quick read of the 'crime page' in the Orcadian paper was an eye opener having done the Job down here in England for the past 17 years. I'm guessing your mate in Shetland will have similar low crime levels, it's certainly one aspect that's made the move attractive to us.

Middle of January is much the same as middle of June up here mate, sure you will get used to it.

Kindest regards

Barrel

[Weasle]

Haha! We're moving there at the best time of year too- middle of January

I only saw one police car the whole time we were there last, and a quick read of the 'crime page' in the Orcadian paper was an eye opener having done the Job down here in England for the past 17 years. I'm guessing your mate in Shetland will have similar low crime levels, it's certainly one aspect that's made the move attractive to us.

Enjoy the Skull Cracker local brew...and look out for the Berserker from Lewis.

I'm sure you will be enjoying the OVD and the Trawler as well in time.

What's the job car going to be?

You and your family will be in a fantastic place to have a great life.

I've loved all my extended tours of the islands...even Tiree

Cheers Steve

[Hellequin]

Enjoy the Skull Cracker local brew...and look out for the Berserker from Lewis.

I'm sure you will be enjoying the OVD and the Trawler as well in time.

What's the job car going to be?

You and your family will be in a fantastic place to have a great life.

I've loved all my extended tours of the islands...even Tiree

Cheers Steve

Hi Steve, hope you're keeping well? No more job cars for me, I retired from all that stuff in September. Looking forward to a lot less stress!

[Weasle]

Hi Steve, hope you're keeping well? No more job cars for me, I retired from all that stuff in September. Looking forward to a lot less stress!

Hi Paul

We are all good thanks...

You and the family will be in a right area for having a great lifestyle. To bring children up in that environment during their early years will give them a love of nature that will never leave them... and a freedom to roam safely that is rare in many places these days.

Stay safe... Stay Healthy...

Cheers Steve

[gwendog]

The Air Weapon certificate is a doddle to apply for, even when you are shooting in your garden.

The bigger issue you face is arriving here with air rifles WITHOUT a certificate. In such a case, you are holding illegal firearms and liable to find yourself in trouble. It will be a good idea to find a gun shop on the island, capable of storing them for you pending release of the certificate.

I'm down in Argyll and the local police thought it a really big deal at the time.

Oh, welcome to Scotland btw.

[Hellequin]

The Air Weapon certificate is a doddle to apply for, even when you are shooting in your garden.

The bigger issue you face is arriving here with air rifles WITHOUT a certificate. In such a case, you are holding illegal firearms and liable to find yourself in trouble. It will be a good idea to find a gun shop on the island, capable of storing them for you pending release of the certificate.

I'm down in Argyll and the local police thought it a really big deal at the time.

Oh, welcome to Scotland btw.

Thanks gwendog, we're looking forward to the move!

I phoned licensing the other day and the lass said that the application takes around 13 weeks, but it sounds straightforward to be honest. She also said that a visitor certificate IS an option initially.

My main concern is that the place we're renting is usually a holiday let (rentals are hard to find in Orkney) so the 'safe storage' might be an issue for me; I have trigger locks but no lockable cupboard. I may well just leave them at my dads place in Yorkshire until we buy a house later next year, as we've a trip planned for August so could (hopefully) be in a position to pick em up then.

All the best.

[distantcamera]

Safe storage is any reasonable measure to keep the guns out of the hands of unauthorised users. Inside a cupboard/wardrobe with trigger locks on should be fine. They never asked where I kept mine, and they knew they weren't in my gun cabinets as they'd already looked inside to see my other guns.

[DedIdick]

Haha! We're moving there at the best time of year too- middle of January

I only saw one police car the whole time we were there last, and a quick read of the 'crime page' in the Orcadian paper was an eye opener having done the Job down here in England for the past 17 years. I'm guessing your mate in Shetland will have similar low crime levels, it's certainly one aspect that's made the move attractive to us.

My mates first job in Lerwick was dealing with an escaped cow roaming the streets. The other cops were unsure how to handle it but my mate had been brought up on a dairy farm. Right man for the job!

[Hellequin]

My mates first job in Lerwick was dealing with an escaped cow roaming the streets. The other cops were unsure how to handle it but my mate had been brought up on a dairy farm. Right man for the job!

Haha! That's cracking, and similar to some here in Norfolk. Sheep, horses, ducks... the scariest was a Highland bull that didn't want to go back in his field, my mate dove back in the car head first as I bunged it in reverse up the road, blue lights going with the bull running at the car. Talk about 'Hot Fuzz' moment