Where Whisky Galore was filmed, with a beach airstrip and a peat-smoke winter.
Barra
The southern tip of the Outer Hebrides and a film location in its own right, Barra is where the original Whisky Galore was shot, a fact Jack Lowden discovered first-hand by watching the film on the island where it was made.
"Spent a week in the dead of winter here in a cottage. Peat smoke on the air and wind whipping around. We watched the original Whisky Galore there, which is where it was actually filmed. The island nearby, Eriskay, is where the boat full of whisky ran aground during the war and locals nicked a bunch of bottles and hid them across the island, down rabbit holes. Also, the flight from Glasgow to Barra is amazing, landing on the beach."
Barra Airport is one of the few in the world that uses a tidal beach as its runway, with flight times set by the tide tables.
