The North Harbour (a), Scalpay
The North Harbour (taken from within the Scalpay School grounds).
In the distance you can see the crane that was used to manouvre the pieces of the Scalpay bridge during it's construction. The building to the right is the minimarket, our local "corner shop" where you can buy virtually anything you need, and, if John Angus doesn't stock it I am sure he will do his best to help you. The house to the left of the minimarket belongs to the Church of Scotland.
Before the bridge (linking the Isle of Scalpay to the Isle of Harris), was built missionaries would stay in the house and conduct services in the small Church on Scalpay. When the bridge was opened the church in Tarbert (Harris) was then accessible on a sunday (the ferry linking Scalpay to Harris did not run on a sunday) and there was no longer a need for a missionary on Scalpay. The building is now empty awaiting somebody to buy or lease it..
