HARRIS & LEWIS

Having woken up in Plockton, we catch the train to Strathcarron. Here's the station when it had two signal boxes. 

In later years, Scotrail class 158 units ran the service.

Leaving the railway behind, we venture across country, to the port of Ullapool.

There's a small fishing fleet in Ullapool.

This is downtown Ullapool.

Highland Omnibuses served Ullapool.

Newtons of Dingwall ran the direct service from Inverness.

We take a ferry across The Minch to Harris and the terminal at Tarbert (the third Tarbert we've visited so far!).

Here's a earlier view.

On arrival we have a choice of transport:

North to Lewis (it's all one island) and to the capital, Stornoway, seen from Cuddy Point (Creative Commons License).

Various vessels can be found in Stornoway Harbour.

There used to be a selection of bus operators servng Stornoway. MacIvers was one of them.

Lochs Motor Transport had an interesting, if weather-beaten, fleet.

MacDonald of Back had a few Bedfords too.

Mrs McKay ran this minibus.

Gason Motors used old coaches and now has a modern fleet.

Bus na Comhairle, owned by the local councl, run some routes.

There was a brewery in Stornoway, Hebridean Brewing Company. 

Crookham Travel paid a visit in 2003. Hebridean Brewery ceased trading in 2019. More info here.

The Whaler's Rest was a place to sample the beers. The pub has since changed its name and does not serve real ale.

Right, that's it for Lewis & Harris. We'll take the BA 'plane to our next destination. Find out where in the next post. Meanwhile, see where we've been here.