There’s a walk up to the Verda Stane. From up there you can see for miles, a vast undulating landscape. On the walk back down there’s a track. On the track I found an abandoned car, Escudo.
This car has been there for a long time. I have sketched it before.
It has become a bit more decrepit. There is more rust. The radiator has fallen off. But it is still there, complete with number plate. This time I saw its name: “Escudo”, on the back door.
Rain was coming.
I managed to complete the sketch, glad to be there.
And then I walked back to the road, and along the road, in the fine rain.
“A wish, come true, is life. I have my life.” 1
Here are previous drawings of abandoned vehicles in Shetland, including a previous drawing of Escudo. Click the picture to go to the description.
- Randall Jarrell 1914-1965- “A Man Meets a Woman in the Street”. ↩︎
Jane Sketching 