Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking on the causeway on coast of Isle of Eriskay on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Outer Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom. For generations, the residents of Eriskay relied entirely on tidal ferry boats to cross the sound to South Uist. The crossing from Ludag was notoriously unpredictable, taking anywhere . Highlighting the island's precarious isolation, one iconic local passenger ferry was famously named Very Likely, a wry reflection of whether or not the boat would actually cope with the weather to make the trip.from 10 to 30 minutes depending on Atlantic gales and shifting tides. The Eriskay Causeway, approximately one mile long, is a civil engineering marvel that permanently linked the island of Eriskay to South Uist by road for the first time. Opened to traffic in July 2001 and officially inaugurated in September 2002, the £9.4 million project finally ended centuries of physical isolation for Eriskay. It served as the crowning final link in a 60-mile integrated spinal transport network connecting the Uist archipelago from Berneray in the north to Eriskay in the south. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. Summer in Scotland officially runs from June through August
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