Barra and Vatersay
The spectacular southern end of the Outer Hebrides
The following blog post is based on a chapter in my new book, The Scottish Isles: Part 2: Skye and the Outer Hebrides. The first volume, The Scottish Isles: Part 1: Shetlands, Orkneys and Hebrides is currently on sale at a reduced price, US $2.99 for the Kindle and US $9.99 for the paperback. The two front covers follow, after which the post begins.
THE ferry from Eriskay to Barra only took about forty minutes, landing in the north of the island. There is also another ferry to the main town, Castlebay, which takes twice as long.
There are a great many camping sites both on Barra and on Vatersay, even though both islands are fairly small.
Perhaps this is because Barra is also accessible by air, even though it is so small. Interestingly enough, Barra is…
