A final wander round Lerwick after a week on Fetlar, Unst and Lerwick. Next: the 14 hour ferry back to Aberdeen via Kirkwall. Lots to see on Shetland! Fingers crossed for a whale sighting from the ferry.

#Shetland #Lerwick

https://myshetland.co.uk/to-town-hay-and-ponies/

A nice quiet day. My kind of day. I like quiet, I do.

#myshetland #shetlandislands #shetland #lerwick #shetlandpony #horsefeed #quietday

https://myshetland.co.uk/we-go-to-town/

Pepper and I go to town.

#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #patterdaleterrier #lerwick #RoyalBankofScotland #localbusiness #shopping #community

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: the MV Hjaltland arrives in Lerwick

#shetland #lerwick #dockside #mooring

Today's poem:

Gulls at Lerwick
- by Vera Rich

Blue day, and beaks at the nets…
and the herrings a harvest river, spilling over,
and the men with horn hands, and the silver quiver
of sun on scale and sea,
The maas in the air are a white mewing,
and their wings in the air are a white wheeling,
But the beaks at the nets are a brute tearing
scattering sisal and scales, scrabbling, clawing,
through the knotted rope cage to the glinted silver gleaming.

#VeraRich #lerwick #gulls #catch #fish

LIVE: Shetlanders march at Scotland’s Viking festival in Lerwick

Hundreds of Shetlanders march through Lerwick, Scotland, carrying flaming torches to mark the ancient Viking festival of Up Helly Aa. The tradition dates to the 19th century. #uphellyaa #lerwick #shetland #scotland #vikingfestival Keep up with the latest news from around the world:

https://fllics.com/en/video/live-shetlanders-march-at-scotlands-viking-festival-in-lerwick/

Happy #UpHellyAa for those that celebrate.

OK, there are plenty of other village events but #Lerwick #UHA is still the biggie.