UK: REMOTE SCOTTISH ISLE OF EIGG UP FOR AUCTION
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A remote island in the north west of Scotland officially goes up for sale to the highest bidder on Thursday (August 22) amid a storm of controversy.
The new owner will have to come up with around three (m) million U-S dollars - and the ability to win over a disgruntled community of islanders who don't want to see any radical change to their way of life.
The 63 people who live on the Isle of Eigg (Pron: EGG) are lobbying to maintain control of the island themselves.
But they are braced for a new owner taking over and warn any cash-rich pleasure seeker that they are determined to preserve their way of life.
The Isle of Eigg looks a bleak and almost forbidding piece of rock on first sight - shrouded in clouds and tales of gloomy inhabitants.
But the five by three mile stretch is a place of contrast.
Its seven thousand acres have a natural beauty and simplicity that those handling its sale are sure will seduce millionaires to part with their money.
That is what worries those that live here.
Their simple, unharried lives could be destroyed if a new owner decides to start developing the island.
Maggie Fyffe leads a band of islanders bent on trying to raise funds and gain public support for their cause.
SOUNDBITE: English
There are hundreds of visitors visit the island every year - the reason they come here is because it's so unspoilt and so beautiful and that's certainly what we want to keep here. We're very aware of the fact that if there's any major developments here that would spoil the whole island.
SUPER CAPTION: Maggie Fyffe/ Secretary, Isle of Eigg Trust
One of the chief concerns of the islanders is that few of them own the leases to their properties.
They could technically be evicted by a new owner.
That has created a climate of fear and instability.
SOUNDBITE: English
What I don't think people will be able to cope with much longer is this continued insecurity and the slow drain from the island. I personally fear that sooner or later some of the families here are going to think they'd get a better life elsewhere and more security for their children. We're not a very big community and once that starts happening then I can see the end of the community as we know it.
SUPER CAPTION: John Chester/ Scottish Wildlife Trust warden
The rolling landscape of Eigg is littered in parts with the twisted wreckage of cars and scrap metal.
There is no scrapyard to deal with the problem and no money to provide one.
APTV was shown one particularly ugly heap that lines the only road on the island.
SOUNDBITE: English
This is one of the many problems prospective owners are going to find themselves faced with. This is cynically called by islanders the Maruma Centre because Maruma wanted to get all scrap iron off the island, quite rightly, but he got it all gathered together from all the crofts where it was stored and placed here. And here it's stayed because no one's had the cash to remove it.
SUPER CAPTION: Karen Helliwell, housewife
This is the infamous Maruma.
He is a German painter who bought the island just over a year ago and has only visited it twice since then, for two days each time.
His tenure greatly riles the inhabitants because they say he made all sorts of promises to invest money on the island which he did not keep.
The previous owner lasted 20 years but he also did little to endear himself to the people of Eigg.
The English former Olympic bobsleigh champion Keith Schellenberg was accused of not keeping promises and being an absentee landlord.
The main house on the island is surrounded by palms and looks beautiful, but it lies empty and deserted - awaiting its new occupant with trepidation.
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The Isle of Eigg
Just off Scotland, a tiny island with one main road is a testament to human independence. Kroft reported from Eigg in 2017. See the full report on Kroft's retirement, here:
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This week on the broadcast, Steve Kroft takes viewers off the coast of Scotland to a craggy island, which he calls an ungroomed masterpiece of nature
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Isle of Eigg - Church of England - Loch nam ban mora
On my first day on Eigg I stumbled across this church. There was a sign welcoming me inside and I couldn't help playing something from the Musical on the island for the first time. ????????
Renewable Energy - Eigg Electric
For the people of Eigg, the noisy diesel generators that each house used to own are now are silent and suddenly they have leapt to the forefront of electricity generation using renewable energy resources.
The Eigg Electric project is a world leader in the integration of multiple renewable energy sources into a grid system to supply an isolated and scattered small community. Robin Smith a mechanical engineer whilst on holiday on Eigg with his family was inspired to produce this 4 min video to demonstrate what this community has achieved creating a micro grid that connects together hydroelectric, wind & sun into a battery bank and reserve generator.
This project has been conceived and driven by the enthusiasm of the whole community of the Isle of Eigg, and is the culmination of 10 years of achievement since the purchase of the island by the residents in 1997. It was recognised that conventional mains power was not a practicable proposition, the islanders decided to create and run their own all island electricity system; a system that was to depend as much as possible upon renewable resources.
The real story behind this project is an exemplary tale of project management and what a small number of highly motivated (and largely non technical) people can achieve when push comes to shove. The people off Eigg didn't choose renewable energy because it was the cheap or 'trendy' option. They implemented this system because it was right for their environment. The limited capacity of the system requires that they limit demand, and with the approval of the residents, domestic and small business supplies have been capped at 5kW, and larger business supplies at 10kW. Everyone has adapted well to using power within these limits, and the concept make a very real contribution to energy economy and load spreading, a lesson that many of us power hungry 'mainlanders' should maybe absorb.
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The Isle of Eigg - Things To Do On A Remote Island
Welcome to the Isle of Eigg. I'll take you on a guided tour. Use the D-Pad to go into the music room. Oh err oooops I mean check out the video to see some things to do and enjoy on this beautiful island. We spent a short period of time there in late March. If only work places were more generous when it comes to holidays and pension schemes. When will they realise that if people were given a reasonable amount of holidays and benefits to those who have long service, then there would be less staff turnover and less illness/sickness. Instead the majority of the population which are in low paid work get the bare minimum when it comes to holidays and pensions. People are litterally worked to death and that's probably why there is more mental health issues then ever before. Humm I can pretty much write whatever I want in here even if it's irrelevant to the video because well nobody is going to read it.
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Exploring Sustainable Energy on the Isle of Eigg
Masters student Somesh has an ambition to bring sustainable energy to remote villages in his home country of India. For inspiration, we took him to a Scottish island that is completely off the grid and generates its own electricity.
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The Eigg Diaries Part 1
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Slow island life on Isle of Eigg
An island known for it's culture, beauty, sustainable living and the historic community by-out.This a video from our blog post about the Isle of Eigg. The post is in every sense, a blog post about an island that has nailed the art of living slow.
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60 Minutes visits Eigg, craggy isle off Scotland
With our busy lives in a fast-paced world, it's easy to dream of an escape from it all. For about a hundred people, that place is the isle of Eigg in the north Atlantic, off the coast of Scotland. The island's residents prefer to live far from modern life on the U.K. mainland. 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft visited the island to see the appeal and the unparalleled natural beauty. Watch the full report Sunday, Nov. 26 on 60 Minutes.
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In this video from the Isle of Eigg, Scotland, I will show you how I make my decisions on where to go and what to shoot. We'll see how I decide where to go and set up the camera to take advantage of the light at the location and what my thoughts are on using filters in this situation.
I've placed a neutral density grad over the sky (crudely, as you will see from the obvious transition zone to where it goers clear!) to show you some of the tones in the clouds and how they were looking on my arival because this affects how I start to think creatively in orer to respond to the scene with a photo.
Scotland: Isle of Skye & Eigg and Ben Nevis
This is my 5th video and this time it is full of lovely Scotland islands' scenery and mainland's views.
I visited amazing isles such as the Isle of Skye, the Isle of Eigg and even reached the top of Ben Nevis (the highest mountain in the UK - 1344 meters above sea level). Also, I went by the Jacobite Steam train where Harry Potter's journey was filmed!
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Solo (with crowd) - Sharon King; Josie. Lageorna Restaurant, Isle of Eigg 10th June 2010
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