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Martin, great job - so good to see this published. You're right too, none of those routes look like the grade they are!
I'm having something of a dilemma, as I'd love to go next year, but seeing as Penny (my significantly better half) is off to America for 6 months I'll likely be using what holiday I have to visit her. Seeing as she actively avoids checking the Forums I think I can safely say (albeit in hushed tones) that whilst I love her very much, Sheltland...well...you know...*sighs*...
Your mention of there being very little above E3 is like a rad rag too. I've done very few new routes in my life, but there's great appeal to visiting somewhere like Shetland with a kind of open agenda/open mind, roaming around, exploring new cliffs, and wild coastlines; climbing something, climbing nothing - it doesn't matter.