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.

For #TravelThursday here's the Broch of Clickimin near Lerwick on Shetland which we looked around in 2024. It can be dated to at least the early Iron Age although its actual function, like all brochs, is not clear. Farmsteads, status symbols, and fortifications all have supporters but also those who disagree. Archaeologists, eh? What are they like?

#Travel #Photography #Scotland #Shetland #Lerwick #Broch #Clickimin #Archaeology #History #IronAge

For #SchiffsSamstag here's the Albatros Expeditions ship Ocean Albatros, a polar expedition ship which means her itineraries in the Arctic and Antarctic regions are well outside the price range we can afford. This was taken last year when we visited a very foggy Lerwick in Shetland.

#SchiffSamstag #ShipSaturday #Photography #Travel #Lerwick #Shetland #ShetlandIslands #Cruise