At the moment, Tarbert, on Harris, does not have a service on the Sabbath, although a boat goes empty from the island to North Uist to provide a Sunday service to Skye from Lochmaddy.
Ladd, an experienced mountain climber as well as world-class kayaker, stops mid-river to instruct the children how to roll their kayaks into the water, and use another kayak to emptythe water and get back into their boat.