The remote UK community living off-grid

[BadMoodBoard]

I am fascinated by this type of stories. Anyone know if there's a TV program/documentary about this or something similar?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-45046023

I would imagine that there have been documentaries made about Scoraig. If you google Hugh Piggott, he's the guy who designed the wind turbines. Programmes about him will also likely largely feature Scoraig!

I visited this year, it's a great place. There are a couple of the households that take volunteers via the Workaway website, which is what I did. I think one person takes folk through the WWOOFing movement too.

I always fantasise about living somewhere like this. There's a thread somewhere, maybe in AMA about someone who lives very remotely in Scotland.

I found this article really interesting. I wondered how some of them afforded to live there, as the work they were doing didn't seem likely to provide much income (although I can see outgoings would be low as well).

I recall my grandparents living a simple rural life when I visited.

I would also love to live in a place like this although would hate to not be near enough to my parents as they get older. Just living somewhere so remote and so peaceful and beautiful is my ultimate fantasy. I don't even care about the rain.

I would be worried however that most of the people who have moved there - or just a few, that would do it - would be insufferable twats. Like that Castaway program or any program I've ever seen about a commune or Kibbutz etc.

But these people look very nice

I watched a documentary about a couple who went to live on Fair Isle. Even with the lashing rain etc I thought it looked fab. They split up but carried on living there separately. The last interviews they did together before splitting were toe curlingly awkward to watch.

I went to high school with the kids from Scoraig. They would come over by boat on a Monday morning and board with other families during the week, then leave early on Friday afternoon for the journey back to Scoraig. Every person (around my age) I know from there has gone on to have a very successful life. All very grounded, down to earth, hard working people. Usually gone on to achieve highly in further education. And a few are experts in their field around the world. They were all, without exception, lovely people. I think of them often (school finished for me nearly 20 years ago) and believe that their upbringing in the community must have contributed to their personalities. I don't think society the way it is today, is conducive to bringing up well rounded, grounded, content people.
I think life in communities like that would be a harder life than we have in the "normal" world, but I think it would be a healthier more satisfying way of life. I would love to upsticks and move, but alas, I don't have the guts. And I don't think my husband and daughter would be much up for it either. I admire and am envious of those brave enough to make the move. Scoraig is a beautiful and special place, with an amazing and close community. I'm glad I got to see even a tiny bit of their life.

I read that, it sounds lovely. We visited knoydart last summer which is similar. In my fantasy life I'd live somewhere like that.