Trip up through Western Isles

You’ve posted in the overseas section but there are threads in the UK part of the forum of various experiences travelling the Hebrides.

We did Lewis down to Barra in a 6m MH a few years ago on a Hopscotch ticket (now discontinued although you can still make the same arrangement). Our outward and final inward sailings were prebooked and all the others were paid for but not booked. We rang CalMac a couple of days before each inter island sailing and booked a spot by phone (as we also did for sites). Being paid up front meant it was a simple job of quoting a reference number each time to secure the sailing. We had no problems getting the sailings we required BUT that was in June and before the world and his wife discovered the islands.

The CalMac website has much info about Covid precautions and the need to prove you have somewhere booked to stay. Sites may already be booked for July/Aug. 

Check out the problems with ferries, it's unfortunate that things have not gone to plan with new ferries etc. Hopefully your routes will not be affected but you'll need to be more organised at present.