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What would you pack for a year on a beautiful Scottish island alone.

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FredaFrogspawn · 04/12/2019 16:50

Ok it is just hypothetical.

If you had a year alone on a Scottish Island in a small Croft, with unlimited firewood for your little stove, what would you pack? No internet or roaming data.

I’d bring dry pasta, tinned tuna, lentils, chickpeas, canned white cheese, olives, rice, tahini, Long life lemon juice and milk, coffee beans with a hand grinder, teabags, flour, yeast, jam and marmite. A case of white wine and a couple of bottles of gin. Mustang and cress seeds. Micro salad seeds and some kind of mini greenhouse. Mung beans to sprout along with the lentils. I’d hope to end the year a bit slimmer than it started without too much sugar.

I’d bring a couple of cases of good books, a mixture of classics and contemporary prize winning world literature. Reference books on etymology, flora and fauna, and the Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Oxford English Dictionary. I’d want to end up knowing more!

I’d bring thick blankets and a tent to camp around the island in the summer. Binoculars. A microscope.

Lots of paper, pens and a variety of art materials. Strong glue and card. I’d try crafting using natural materials found around the island.

A huge collection of music and something to listen to it on.

The comfiest bed and chair known to man.

A hundred jigsaw puzzles.

Body lotion and basic fitness equipment.

A mountain bike.

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SunsetBoulevard3 · 07/12/2019 16:36

Cats would be good for keeping down the inevitable mice though...

Jodie77 · 07/12/2019 16:45

A dog, dog food
A guitar
Lots of writing paper and pens
A camera
Some art and craft supplies

MissLadyM · 07/12/2019 16:52

God I'd love a year just with me & the cats, wine, books etc. The only thing I'd sorry about would be getting really I'll!

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TeacupDrama · 07/12/2019 17:34

they did start a programme more recently about a remoteish area of scotland but there was a lot of infighting and I think it was abandoned it was called Eden by Channel 4
most scottish islands have very poor soil and are too windy for most crops to stand much of a chance a poly tunnel might well blow away
I would have thought chicken for eggs and learning to fish would be a necessity

FredaFrogspawn · 07/12/2019 18:00

I sort of imagined you could take a years supply of survival preserved foods such as jars, cans, smoked and dried. So anything you managed to grow would be extra to that.

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Czetr · 07/12/2019 18:11

chance a poly tunnel might well blow away
Polycrub is a one that stands up to Highlands and Islands weather. It's what I use to grow my veg.

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 07/12/2019 18:14

Red wine.
A first aid kit.
A bushcraft kit.
A pile of books.
A keyboard and some sheet music.
A spice rack.
Dried foods.
Teabags and coffee.
Vegetable seeds with tinned veg until harvesting.
My pillow and duvet.
A radio.
Midge repellent.
Warm clothes.
Decent boots.

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 07/12/2019 23:03

A wind turbine to generate electricity.

Adollop · 08/12/2019 06:23

My cat and lots of canned cat food
My kindle loaded with lots of books including classics I keep meaning to read
Scented candles
Midge repellent
Good waterproofs
Thick jumpers
My sketch book and pencils
Wool, patterns and knitting needles and crochet hooks
My mp3 player loaded with lots of music
Some jigsaw puzzles
Good chocolate
Rice
Pasta
Potatoes
Tuna
Mayo
Canned mushy peas
Baked beans
Cheese
Seeded bread
Brandy
Lemonade
Tea
Coffee

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