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tomwatts May 23, 2007 14:17:02
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When we were staying up there we heard a tale, I don't know how true it is.
The main ferry operator from Scrabster, put a special offer on. Any farmer taking stock to market on the Scottish mainland only had to pay £6 return fare instead of the normal £100.
Suddenly almost every car had a couple of sheep in the back.

The offer didn't last long.

F fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo May 24, 2007 09:33:57
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A couple of times during the early 80's I docked in Scrabster. Returning from the pub in Thurso one day I stopped to watch the ferry dock. The boat came in, the ramp came down and thousands* of sheep ran out. Being full of ale, and in full view of my shipmates, I stood my ground. There can't be many folk who can say they've suffered the humiliation of being stampeded by sheep.


*There were probably just a couple of dozen but time and the telling has substantially swelled their ranks .