{"id":703,"date":"2013-08-02T18:35:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T18:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/?p=703"},"modified":"2013-08-02T18:35:40","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T18:35:40","slug":"bc-before-causeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"BC &#8211; Before Causeway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_701\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Newtonferry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-701\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-701\" alt=\"Newtonferry in the 1990s\" src=\"http:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Newtonferry-300x212.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Newtonferry-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Newtonferry-280x198.jpg 280w, https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Newtonferry.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newtonferry in the 1990s<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_702\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Newtonferry-Terminal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-702\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-702\" alt=\"The Old Ferry Terminal in the 21st Century\" src=\"http:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Newtonferry-Terminal-300x223.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Newtonferry-Terminal-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Newtonferry-Terminal-1024x761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Newtonferry-Terminal-280x208.jpg 280w, https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Newtonferry-Terminal.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Old Ferry Terminal in the 21st Century<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It now seems several centuries ago, but before the 1999 opening of the <strong>Berneray Causeway<\/strong> the route to the island was via the <strong>Newtonferry<\/strong> terminal and then on to Leverburgh in a passenger-only boat. It made the Sound of Harris crossing memorable for reasons of exposure, tidal conditions, wind-strengths and mist. The replacement service from the end of the causeway to Leverburgh by CalMac ferry has additional features, including being steady, sheltered and &#8230; sanitised. The images here are of the slipway when the ferry was operating and of it when occasionally used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It now seems several centuries ago, but before the 1999 opening of the Berneray Causeway the route to the island was via the Newtonferry terminal and then on to Leverburgh in a passenger-only boat. It made the Sound of Harris crossing memorable for reasons of exposure, tidal conditions, wind-strengths and mist. The replacement service from <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/?p=703\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explore-beyond-berneray"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}