Tractor run to bring festive cheer
Ryan Taylor
Tractors bedecked with Christmas lights will once again take part on a convoy through Lerwick this festive season.
Shetland Young Farmers are staging a fundraising tractor run on 15th December.
Donations will be gathered for the Shetland Foodbank.
Efforts are also being made to set up an online fundraising page for anyone unable to attend the event in person.
The tractor run is due to begin at the Shetland marts at 7pm.
It will follow a route along the Esplanade, before passing the Eric Gray Centre and finishing at the Anderson High School car park.
Mr ian Tinkler
I realise a big tractor is a great compromise for personal y-front deficiencies’ but do those Shetland sheep really need a 4-plus liter engine to express their owner’s machismo inadequacies? How about donating the cost of diesel fuel wasted here to the food banks and just reducing our carbon footprint and particulate pollution just a little? One has to wonder if it is the tractors or the drivers wearing the fairy lights here.
Matthew Anderson
Mr Tinkler I understand where you are coming from on an environmental stand point but to suggest this is being done to enhance the masculinity of the drivers (some of whom may or may not be female) is ridiculous. This is enjoyed by many, young and old and is purely to enhance the Christmas spirit, something you seem to be sorely lacking in. Merry Christmas sir, I hope you find it within you to enjoy the parade.