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BACKGROUND:
About 1200 years ago,
the Vikings marauded and
traded along the western
coast of the British
Isles. They regularly
reached as far as, what
is now known as
Pembrokeshire on the
west coast of Wales. The
local men when asked
jumped at the
opportunity of
employment as Viking
mercenaries.
The Welshmen found the
local Shetland women
initially unfriendly as
they claimed that they
were not clean enough.
To address this problem
they decided to have a
ritualistic cleansing
festival. This
eventually became known
as HAAGDYVE. A site was
chosen to enable
participants to bathe in
both the North Sea and
Atlantic. This is the
place now known as Mavis
Grind. The local women
succumbed to the
handsome and cleaner
Welshmen.
The Vikings plus local
Welsh mercenaries
returned to Northern
Islands regularly,
however, the Welsh
remained on the British
island, now called
Shetland; whilst the
Vikings returned home
to prepare the next voyage.
LEFT:
Haagdyve 2010/2011: Capt. Price plunges in to the
Atlantic & North Sea |
