LAST week afforded me a rare opportunity to set foot on Shetland. I had never been there before and my only hazy view of it was through the clouds…
LAST week afforded me a rare opportunity to set foot on Shetland. I had never been there before and my only hazy view of it was through the clouds in 2013, returning on a boozy charter flight carrying St Johnstone fans home from a historic night in Trondheim where we defied expectation to beat Rosenborg of Norway. The throaty voices rang out over Aberdeenshire, reaching a crescendo as we flew down over Dundee on the way to Edinburgh Airport.
I was particularly taken by the Scandi influence and the neighbourly presence of Norway. The festival featured Godland, a mythical epic directed by Hlynur Pálmason and Sick Of Myself an outrageous satire on social media. The Scottish Government delivered on a bold ambition to host a festival every day of the year, and although cultural behemoths like the Edinburgh International Festivals attract the greatest attention, they are not necessarily the most memorable.
Each August, since it began in 1982, Pittenweem has been a magnet for dreamers and day-trippers. The local arts festival has grown to encompass 100 or so artists from all over Britain, who exhibit in houses, studios, galleries and public spaces throughout the village.
You can listen to wandering strings to eat fish and scallops by the steps by the Clock Tower or rest on the lobster creels by the pier. The most terrifying challenge is not the ferry timetable but the rampant seagulls on the Tobermory waterfront.
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