Maarten Ornstein
damian entwistleToday's Flickr photo with the most hits: the MV Hjaltland arrives in Lerwick
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.
FllicsLIVE: 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:
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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://www.reu
AndyJust in case you want to see a thousand or so people carrying burning torches through a town...in 35mph winds...
...Up Helly Aa starts in half an hour.
No, we're not going. Yes we're watching it from our lounge. It's proper rough outside. Kudos to the Jarl Squad and others in the procession!
GuyHappy #UpHellyAa for those that celebrate.
OK, there are plenty of other village events but #Lerwick #UHA is still the biggie.
Revista EurohpaEl faro de #Bressay, en las islas #Shetland, fue construido en la década de 1850 bajo el diseño de los hermanos David y Thomas Stevenson, frente al canal que daba entrada por el sur a la capital del archipiélago, #Lerwick. Su uso se prolongó durante más de un siglo.
Mark HFor #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
WenI have never attended Up Helly Aa, although we did sail up and around Shetland two years ago. But I was reminded by this article and an extremely amusing (he pokes fun at everyone but in a very gentle way) program by Mark Steel from Lerwick, with an accompanying one from Unst. Highly listenable.
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
