To Port a' Bharta
The above painting by Ivor M MacKay depicts the area which can be found outside Scalpay Village.
To the left can be seen the Church of Scotland. The houses to the foreground of the picture are really quite close to the sea, I often wonder what it would be like in one of those houses in the middle of winter with a storm howling around outside and then what it would be like living there in the fantastic summer weather. In the foreground you can see one of the many fishing vessels that belong to Scalpay.
To the right of this is a smaller vessel, which is the most common size of boat used here. These boats are used mainly to fish for Velvet Crabs but often they are used to fish for Prawns. The larger boats also fish for Prawns and crabs but some are equiped to trawl for Scallops.
