Monday 19 February: …or four? A week ago, we saw the Pentland Ferries catamaran Alfred arriving at Uig pier (see A stranger at Uig). A little digging on the Calmac website clarified the position. The usual ferry, Hebrides, which we’d seen at the pier a couple of days earlier, had gone for its scheduled overhaul. Another Calmac ferry, Clansman, should have taken over but its own overhaul is over-running… So, today, Hebridean Isles came to the rescue. It was the regular vessel – a familiar shape and sight – on the Uig routes from the late ’80s until the bigger Hebrides took over. It seems to be providing a Lochboisdale – Uig service in lieu of the Lochmaddy and Tarbert routes for the time being. So – here’s a reminder of Hebrides and Alfred, and today’s arrival from Lochboisdale. (No photos of Clansman, for obvious reasons).