During the Covid lockdown, the residents of Inverie faced greater challenges than most communities.

This small village of roughly 120 people relies entirely on the ferry service for all their food, post, medicine and freight. When Western Isles Cruises cannot operate the ferry service to Inverie - which regularly happens due to adverse weather - nothing can enter or leave the village.

That is because Inverie in Scotland has no road access, only a two- to three-day trek over the mountains. Therefore, the ferry service is the villagers' only lifeline to supplies . During the coronavirus pandemic, the usual 28 weekly sailings were reduced to just three - one on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

"The pier has drop-off bins and a container plus many local residents would be keenly waiting the

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