“IT IS very possible that without Up Helly Aa there would be no Lerwick Brass Band today.” Dougie Johnstone has played the drums with the group for nearly 60 years - so it is fair to say he knows the drill when it comes to performing at Up Helly Aa, and the event’s.
ONE OF the largest cruise ships ever to visit Shetland was domineering Lerwick’s skyline today. The 333 metre long MSC Fantasia dropped anchor in Bressay Sound on Tuesday morning, and sailed again for the Baltic port of Kiel at 5pm. With a capacity of almost 4,000 passengers,.