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Off-grid crofters

Richard Baynes meets the people who have carved out an off-grid, road-free, self-sufficient life on a remote peninsula in the north-west Highlands.

The last of the old indigenous inhabitants left Scoraig in the 1960s, too old for its hard, off-grid life. They were replaced by would-be crofters wanting a simpler way of life, who created a new community on the isolated headland near Ullapool in the north-west Highlands, raising crops and livestock and running businesses to support themselves. Still dependent on renewable energy, and with no road in, there are now 70 inhabitants. Richard Baynes meets crofter Cathy Dagg and her neighbours in Scoraig and finds history could be about to repeat itself.

Produced and presented by Richard Baynes.

Release date:

22 minutes

On radio

Sun 29 Sep 2024 06:35

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Sep 2024 06:35