Blue lights flash as Moray Claps for Carers
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IN WHAT has become a nationwide lockdown ritual, people around Moray once again took to their doorsteps last night to cheer those going above and beyond to fight coronavirus.
Among them, many of the region's firefighters laid down their helmets to join the mass thank-you to the many ordinary people making extraordinary efforts in the Thursday night Clap for Carers at 8pm.
Fochabers firefighters joined their fellow frontline compatriots from Keith Fire Station at Keith's Turner Memorial Hospital for the big clap, where a fire hose was reeled out and laid in the shape of a big heart.
They said: "NHS staff are doing an amazing job at this tough time. We can work together and get it sorted quicker. The NHS are doing a fantastic job and we can’t thank them enough."
A show of blue lights flashed at Elgin Fire Station as workers there gathered in a display of appreciation.
And at Forres Fire Station, one watch commander who should have been putting his feet up at the start of his retirement in sunny Spain has decided there's nothing else for it but to stay on during the COVID-19 crisis.
Forres firefighter Paul Taylor tweeted an image of the crew's tribute last night and said: "This should be my last drill night @FireForres before retiring to a new life in Spain, and then COVID-19 changed everything. I can’t sit home in lockdown and leave the station short crewed. Soul-searching complete, leaving papers withdrawn, business as usual."
withdrawn,battery still in the Pager,business as normal.
In Elgin, health workers at Dr Gray's Hospital gathered outside to hear Ben Mortimer – otherwise known as the Miltonduff Piper – play a rendition of the NHS charity single Everyday Heroes.
The Scottish musicians behind the instrumental track had called for others around the country to join them in playing the instrumental at this week's Clap for Carers after it topped the iTunes charts this week.
The track was composed by Skerryvore piper Martin Gillespie and featured around 20 names from across the Scottish music scene.
