It was a dull dreich day so as we didn’t feel like riding much and having done our chores, Daisy and I took the horse-van for a good run into town to collect hay and horse feed. Then we went on to do our messages.
Surprisingly, the street was quite busy so how I managed to take a photo of the place being empty, I do not know. I saw many friends and stopped to chat. I wear a mask outside in public and can’t wear my glasses so probably missed a few too.
But it was very dark. A low November light.
There were some good shop windows. This is Anderson’s on Commercial Street.
And this was utterly gross. Yes, they are eyeballs and it is from a spectacle and eye-testing shop. However, it did make me stop and look twice just to check I believed what I thought I had seen while I walked past!
I popped into Jamieson’s Wool shop and gently herded five more curly sheep into their new field.
Lerwick couldn’t decide if it was Halloween or Christmas.
This was our lunchtime view – eating the best fish and chips from The Fort Cafe whilst sitting in the Pier carpark.
Dreich means “(especially of weather) dreary; bleak” but Lerwick is always beautiful.
An old town trying to survive in difficult times.
If your mask is fogging up your glasses, it is the mask. Most “one size fits all” don’t fit. For fogging, you may need a fitted cotton mask with a wire nose piece to snug up. Also having a head loop and nape loop instead of the ears helps. But I have found a cotton mask with a single long elastic that runs from nape, behind the ear, across the back of the head, back down the ear and uses a toggle to snug up the nape is best with glasses. (yes sister #2 and I have made 600+ masks in New England that have been given away – we had the fabric donated and to sell seems wrong). And your Lerwick is lovely, still on my bucket list to visit.
600+ wow! Well done you and your sister xx Thanks for the tips.
I always enjoy the photographs of your visits to Lerwick. And it makes me jealous when you mention the fish and chips!
I’ve found a brand of mask that works with glasses, but it would be spendy to buy and ship from the U.S. I’m sure. Glad to hear Lerwick was busy; I wish I could come! I fancy one of those Fair Isle waistcoats. Yes, I could knit one, but I’d rather suppose Shetland. Maybe I should shop online….
You should or if you are desperate, I could send you the waistcoat if you order exactly what you want.
Another mask tip: fold a length of facial tissue and place it beneath the top of your mask. Settle your specs on top of it. Worth a try.