Islanders turned out in force in a massive protest on South Uist after being cut off from the mainland for over a month in peak holiday season.
Around 500 residents, 200 cars, 40 vans and 20 lorries converged on Lochboisdale, which links the Outer Hebridean island to the the mainland on Sunday, in a protest over CalMac's decision to cancel almost every ferry service in June.
Around a third of the population turned out, with signs reading 'ferry is our oxygen', 'every cancelled ferry is killing our islands', and 'no ferry, no future' - while motorhomes were banned from a ferry to North Uist at the weekend.
