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| Great Bernera |
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| Scalpay |
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| Eriskay |
During our trip to the Western Isles we managed to visit 8 islands, and 3 of them were rather small and we only stopped for a small amount of time.
The first was Great Bernera, linked to Isle of Lewis by a bridge we went to see the Iron Age Village at Bosta. We also stopped to walk a little on the beach and collect shells and stones.
The second island was called Scalpay which is connected to Harris by a single track bridge. We did not stay that long as it was raining really hard. We made a short walk to see the Eilean Glass lighthouse and saw it from a far and returned to the car.
The final island was Eriskay which is connected to South Uist by a causeway. It is famous for a few things one being that it is the island which the film Whisky Galore is based on. The ship SS Politician sank off the north east coast of Eriskay with its cargo of 28,000 cases of malt whisky. Much of the cargo was salvaged by the inhabitants. And one of its beaches is where Bonnie Prince Charlie first set foot of Scottish soil on 20th July 1745.
I enjoyed visiting all the these islands and would have liked to have visited more. That will have to be on another visit now!
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