Photo update: Kallin, Grimsay

Aquila
Alan and Sarah Bennett
Mon 22 Jun 2015 14:04
The fishing harbour at Kallin, Grimsay, was a pleasant surprise (notwithstanding the 'sporting' approach):
 
 


It seems the boat owners also run the shellfish processing factory as a cooperative:
 
 

Note, above, the land reclamation on which the facility is built.  Turns out it is all built on millions of discarded scallop shells:

 
 
Clearly the scallop boat owners are doing ok.  We saw this pickup truck loaded with over a ton each evening by each boat, and there's a brand new Jag and something similar in his drive:
 
 


The scallops, prawns, velvet crabs that we saw landed apparently go mostly to France and Spain.....