Western Isles fares .

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tiompan T
tiompan Feb 26, 2008 22:52:28

Anyone thinking of going to some of the Western Isles e.g. Lewis ,Barra etc will be pleasantly surprised to find that some of the routes are halving prices due to a Scandanavian style subsidy .Not applicable to Orkney or Shetland , yet .

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tomwatts Feb 27, 2008 02:09:42
Replying to tiompan

A few years ago, a major ferry company ran a special offer for struggling farmers wanting to bring livestock from Orkney, to Scotland

Instead of the regular Charge of £100, farmers taking stock to market on the Scottish mainland only paid £6.

Strangely almost every car getting onto the ferry had a couple of sheep in the back.