View South across Balmeanach Bay from Braes peninsula to Isle of Scalpay with the Calmac ferry crossing from Raasay Island to Sconser on Skye, The Braes, Portree, Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Eilean Glas lighthouse, Isle of Scalpay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Eilean Glas lighthouse, Isle of Scalpay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A flock of black sheep and derelict building on the Isle of Scalpay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Scalpay, Outer Hebrides, a small island close to the Isle of Harris. Only the construction of a bridge to Harris saved the population of Scalpay. Without the bridge, the island would habe been abandoned, an example of successfull rural regional development in Scotland. Europe, Scotland, July