Over the Sea to Eriskay
Jonathan: Sorting through some old documents belonging to the Grazings Committee of the Eriskay Common Grazings (of which I am, again, Clerk), I came across these (unused?) tickets for the small (very small!) vehicular ferry that ran between Ludag in South Uist to Haun in Eriskay for some years until the causeway opened in 2002. They aren’t needed for record purposes. Is there anyone interested in acquiring memorabilia of the days when one sailed over the sea to Eriskay, rather drove there along the causeway? There’s four vehicle tickets and two pedestrian tickets – both in continuous strips, though for reasons of aesthetics the picture here shows only two of each. If you’d like make an offer, please send your bid and contact details to eriskay.grazings@gmail.com by 31 January 2017. The successful bid will be anounced on the Eriskay Grazings facebook page. The proceeds of sale will be added to the Grazings Fund.
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What is about ferries that is so magical? We take one to cross from our part of upstate New York to Vermont and, after all these years, I get a thrill every time!
[J] D and I are just the same. It’s surprising to many, that many died-in-the-wool native islanders don’t see it that way at all. To them, the ferries are just an irksome inconvenience and hindrance to travel – they favour ‘permanent links’ (ie tunnels. bridges, causeways). If they come, we go!
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