Description

It's one thing to slip and slide onto a ferry with your bike, it's quite another thing to slip and slide off a ferry. A few years ago this is exactly what happened on arrival in Lerwick at the Holmsgarth Terminal. Winter had been dark and boring in the Netherlands so to get in some light I turned to the darkest part of the United Kingdom to seek and find the lights of Up Heliy-Aa. On leaving Aberdeen the temperature dropped sharply and when the M.F. St Clair was off Sumburgh Head (oil free as yet in those days), and somewhat delayed, the snow-covered hills of Shetland bid crew and passengers a rather cool welcome. With temperatures far below freezing point the harbour authorities had obviously chosen for a memorable disembarkation.