Yesterday, it was warm and calm in Lerwick, the capital of
Shetland. It wasn’t sunny but you can’t have everything, can you.
I had some business to attend to, and once that was done
there was about four hours to waste so I thought and thought and thought about
it. Most of the thoughts revolved around the pub but I held tight and stayed
away. In doing so, not only did I save money but I stayed sober too.
I took a walk down to the museum and looked around the docks
that they control. In the first area there was one boat in particular that
broke my heart. It has obviously done a lot of work in its life and is now tied
up in the dock, enjoying retirement.
I walked along and there were some fishing boats from the 19th century,
known as sixereens, pulled out of the water and obviously done up and painted.
It must have been very hard work to use that sort of boat to go fishing in.
There again, at that time it was the best that they had.
I'm very glad that it wasn't my job :))
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