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| A at the stern of the Aberdeen / Lerwick Ferry 26th Sept modelling her hand-knitted Shetland Wool Week 2025 Fair Isle hat |
Arriving in Lerwick this morning at 7AM we disembarked from the Ferry and headed straight to Fjara Café Bar for breakfast (or second breakfast in my case, as I had already wolfed down a bacon roll and a black coffee on the Ferry).
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| "blocking" Shetland knitwear on Jumper Blocks Shetland Textile Museum |
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| Shetland Tweed Loom from Adies of Voe, Shetland Textile Museum |
Unable to check in to The Watchmakers until 3PM we stayed local visiting the Shetland Textile Museum, and then The Shetland Museum and Archives so that A could officially register for “Shetland Wool Week”. The museum was buzzing, and everybody seemed to be wearing their colour variation of this year’s Wool Week hand-knitted Fair Isle hat. Knitters were knitting in the hub, and the clamour of different accents heard ably demonstrated the international scope of the event.
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| We've come to the right place then! |
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| Old Scatness, Pictish bear carving Shetland Museum and Archives |
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| St Ninian's Isle gravemarkers Shetland Museum and Archives |
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| Runic stone, and Steatite basin Shetland Museum and Archives |
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| Sixareen (1891) Shetland Museum and Archives |
Later having checked in to our luxurious cottage, we visited the Mareel, and whilst there purchased some tickets for this evening’s showing of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Having thoroughly enjoyed the film, we have rounded the evening off with a Chinese take-away, and some light TV to wind us both down.
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| The Watchmakers, Law Lane, Lerwick |
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| Law Lane, Lerwick |
It has been three days since we last had a decent night’s sleep. So, I am very much looking forward to settling my head down in the cosiness of our holiday let and ignoring the alarm in the morning!
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