More Shetland: Now with a parade!

June 21
It was a slow morning as we were tired from all the cold.  So far there has not been a day above 13 C and the days have been cloudy for the most part. 
It was a slow morning so did not get out and about very early. I stayed at the B&B and e-mailed while Denise went to the Lerwick library and became a member at no cost.  The SFHS did not open until 2:00PM so Denise went and researched Shetland artists as we have two paintings from a J. J. Sinclair that we know nothing about.  Met Denise at SFHS and were told of where all the action would be regarding the parade.  We left there at 4:00 PM and went back to the B&B for tea and sweets.

We went to Dinner, later, with the intention of eating in the Grand hotel dining room but it does not open until 5:30PM so in order to have dinner and get to see the parade we had to eat in the bar.  It is the same food and the same chef so we were OK with that.  We had Shepherds pie and a beef and ale stew which were bot great.  We made it in the nick of time for the parade.  The viking costumes were splendid but the photos do not do them justice.

This is the equinox so there is a parade in Lerwick to celebrate "Simmer Dim" and get people to actually throw money at the floats in aid of the Shetland athletes competing in the Commonwealth.  My safety training saw this as a potential safety issue (shudder) but never the less that is what happened. 

The following photo has been taken at 11:30 at night so one has an idea of how light it is in Shetland.