Sollas

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Sollas is a small crofting township in North Uist.

From Sollas, the road that heads towards Bayhead is known as the Committee Road. It is called this as it was organised by a committee charged with providing famine relief in the 1840s. This part of the Hebrides, now a quiet backwater of few people, like other similar areas throughout the islands hides an extraordinary history.

The village of Solas is home to the local supermarket and is the place to head to stock up on essentials. A short trip down one of the tracks towards the ocean and then a little walk brings you to the beach of Traigh Lar.

The people are almost entirely Protestant. The Sunday tradition of quiet worship is somewhat more relaxed than the Sabbaths of Lewis and Harris.

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