The Isle of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides has a population of approximately 300 and is connected to the archipelago’s most populated region by an impressive bridge. Before the 1997 opening of the bridge, the 984 foot (300 meters) Sound of Scalpay waters could only be crossed by ferry (except for during the Ice Age, when sea levels were low enough to make the distance walkable). Since the early 1980s, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) had identified Scalpay as one of the islands where ferry service could…
