So there Steve was, he'd started work at 4am one morning last week, a bit later he set out to make his first delivery when he spotted a ... ghost ?
Hello to the White Wife. In Shetland there are a couple of tales about the White Wife , one on Yell which refers to the figurehead below, from a German boat that was shipwrecked on the coast .... and the ghostly White Wife who appears to lone male drivers on a certain stretch of road in Unst.
The National Theatre were running the project by sending the lovely young lady below (from Manchester no less!) dressed as the White Wife - to see who she could hitch a lift with and what stories people had about cars and journeys ...
So of course , Steve HAD to pick the White Wife up , and they shared some funny stories ... about early morning driving, like being the first to drive on the snow covered road just as the sun is rising in the sky.... or about flying cream cakes when taking a corner a bit fast and a bit sharp :-) As for his Egg Custard that he gave her, she certainly sung its praises on Twitter!!
The Ignition project will be coming back to Shetland in Spring next year to put on a play, telling some of the stories collected from the Shetland project .
And how did Steve get a mention on Twitter and FB ? Well, as a parting gesture to the folk of Shetland, the White Wife (living in a motor home as seen above) wanted to buy cakes and serve tea to people as she drove around for her last couple of days before departing back to Edinburgh. So she asked Steve to bake the cakes and make the sandwiches which he then delivered over on the ferry early on Sunday morning a week or so back. (Yes, he got up a 6 to make it all freshly for the Theatre ! )
Living in Shetland constantly delivers surprising moments as we meet lovely people in unexpected circumstances.
Love it xx
