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John Williamson wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 14:01:30 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

How would you generate electricity, if you lived there, full
time?
If I didn't have a stream for hydro power, obviously I'd have a
wood-burning steam engine driving a generator.
And where does thewood come from?

In this case imported from main land Scotland and either carried
overland along the mountain path or if still in good sized logs made
into a raft and floated around the coast when the weather allows.
they would then need moved up to the cottage, cut and split.

Another thought is one of the small CHP plants and a big battery bank
to to buffer any excess lecky. Still need to carry in the fuel
though...

By boat, possibly, which could moor alongside the access wall from the
house to the lighthouse at high tide. I'd say that was how Trinity House
got the supplies in when the lighthouse was staffed.

wrong country - TH don't cover Scotland. Northern Lighthouse Board are the
authority there. (Used to be The Commissioners of Northern Lights)


It's hard to tell from the pictures shown, but I'd hazard a guess at
being able to get anything up to four feet of draught alongside the
wall at the right high tide. There's certainly a reasonable drying
anchorage for a boat there.

I reckon there's an artificial inlet to the west of the lighthouse.

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