Well I hope they get reasonable weather! One day I would love to be there to watch it!!!
Ha Ha! I saw it on TV a while ago on some programme about traditional British festivals.
They look like a load of 'Wally's' to me:giggle: lol no pun intended.
We have a pretty bonkers one that goes on in Sussex on Bonfire night.
Seems us Brits are still as mad as ever:smile:
One of my hens is still recovering from the fireworks on New Years, we had one almighty bang and the poor thing hasn't laid an egg since:frown:
Not sure Id want to call one of thoe burley bearded Vikings a wally!!
Tourism helps local economy's and business's, I actually, when I lived a high tourist destination place ( St Ives) loved the atmosphere when it was busy with tourists!, it did make my job difficult at times, but come winter it was like a ghost town! Give me the tourist vibe anyday, it also made me feel proud people wanted to visit an area where I was very much blessed to live:wink:.
Did they get up to this in St Ives?
I really don;t know what this squad is refering to, will find out, I laughed though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hPUGdaxW7I
IN Stonehaven they have a fire festival, but it's not as big as the Lerwick one.
There's 1000 or thereabouts torch bearers. And the boat takes all year to build, by traditional boat building methods in the Galley shed. The Jarl squad know which year they will be top billing about 10 years in advance and they save up to pay for their costumes and gear. Each costume cost about a grand each. That's the jarl squad, the other squads don't spend that much. Price of a flasher's mac and a frying pan!