The land is, by our standards, barren and rocky, and what agriculture there is is quite modest. Below is a view of agribusiness on the Isle of Harris. Peat is still commonly used as fuel, or at least it was at the time of my visit. Following are several photos of peat being cut and stacked to dry. The first photo shows an area where peat was recently cut, leaving the edge of the cut showing.
Roads are a bit more relaxed, too.
This is one of the main routes. One day I went in search of the traditional methods of making tweed. On the way back to the youth hostel where I was staying, I tried to hitchhike, but never got a ride, not because no one would pick me up, but because there was no one to do so. Eventually, I did get a ride in a school bus full of kids chattering politely in Gaelic, which is still the predominant language of the islands. The mainstay of commerce on Harris is, of course, Harris Tweed.