Best car for 2 mile track with 40% gradients, rocky surface?
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The house has all it needs. 4 wood or coal or peat fires. 3 solar panels. Electricity via diesel generator and the panels. Several large lorry batteries for certain emergency electrical needs. Several massive torches. Kitchen and bathroom are basic but nearly new. Windows not replaced but repaired. Secondary basic double glazing. Big byre holds 3 cars. Or in my case 1 car and a 250cc trials bike which will live there.
Welshbeef. I get that it's a culture shock to city folk. It was to me when I first saw it. But it's a back to basics lifestyle. We're planning on maybe 8 weeks a year there. It's lack of modernity and toys is the attraction really. This house in say Broadford would be 4 times the money I paid. I'm not going to spend much at all on it.
Welshbeef. I get that it's a culture shock to city folk. It was to me when I first saw it. But it's a back to basics lifestyle. We're planning on maybe 8 weeks a year there. It's lack of modernity and toys is the attraction really. This house in say Broadford would be 4 times the money I paid. I'm not going to spend much at all on it.
BroadsRS6 said:
PH User said:
Do you get the different fuels delivered? If so how is it delivered?
What fuel? We will take the wood or coal by Jeep and will cut the peat and dry it out ourselves. No commercial deliveries would get within 2 miles of here other than by boat.
Good luck. please update the thread on the first drive up. Can't wait
BroadsRS6 said:
PH User said:
Do you get the different fuels delivered? If so how is it delivered?
What fuel? We will take the wood or coal by Jeep and will cut the peat and dry it out ourselves. No commercial deliveries would get within 2 miles of here other than by boat.What about the diesel?
BroadsRS6 said:
It was never on Rightmove. I've bought it in a way that benefits buyer and seller due to complex Scottish property rules.
The only complex bits of scottish property law concern crofts; are you Ian Blackford? 
You want one of these.
or more economically
That said given you have ready water access I wouldn't bother with land vehicles at all, especially as you want to discourage miscreants; a wee jetty and a boat will leave you far less jangled than bumping over the rocky road to Dublin.
InitialDave said:
An old Sankey trailer might be worth having
They're heavy, overpriced for what they are and they rust; a cheapo Erde would be just as useful and the galvanising means it lasts.A lot of people here trying to find problems where none really exist.
We have some friends who live in suburban newbuilds who come and stay and are completely aghast about some of the compromises that living remotely brings.
We're a lot more accessible than this place but still have to deal with some similar stuff.
We get our water from a spring which occasionally dries up during a heatwave. No big deal, there's a lovely cold clear stream nearby that never dries up. They started bringing bottled water when I showed them the spring!
The power supply is temperamental - plenty of firewood (and peat...) stored and a stove we can cook on means it's not an issue.
A rough track that's quite prone to catching drifting snow - sometimes even a hilux on winter tyres can't get through so we stay at home until the drifting stops and a friend comes and digs us out.
All of these "issues" - how to transport a few drums of diesel or carry fruit without bruising - aren't really issues in the slightest especially for a holiday home!
The reward for the little bit of extra effort is being able to live somewhere spectacular, with no overlooking neighbours, no busy roads and space that our new build convenience loving friends can only dream of.
We have some friends who live in suburban newbuilds who come and stay and are completely aghast about some of the compromises that living remotely brings.
We're a lot more accessible than this place but still have to deal with some similar stuff.
We get our water from a spring which occasionally dries up during a heatwave. No big deal, there's a lovely cold clear stream nearby that never dries up. They started bringing bottled water when I showed them the spring!
The power supply is temperamental - plenty of firewood (and peat...) stored and a stove we can cook on means it's not an issue.
A rough track that's quite prone to catching drifting snow - sometimes even a hilux on winter tyres can't get through so we stay at home until the drifting stops and a friend comes and digs us out.
All of these "issues" - how to transport a few drums of diesel or carry fruit without bruising - aren't really issues in the slightest especially for a holiday home!
The reward for the little bit of extra effort is being able to live somewhere spectacular, with no overlooking neighbours, no busy roads and space that our new build convenience loving friends can only dream of.
MC Bodge said:
BroadsRS6 said:
What fuel? We will take the wood or coal by Jeep and will cut the peat and dry it out ourselves. No commercial deliveries would get within 2 miles of here other than by boat.
Is cutting peat still acceptable? Things far far worse.
MC Bodge said:
BroadsRS6 said:
What fuel? We will take the wood or coal by Jeep and will cut the peat and dry it out ourselves. No commercial deliveries would get within 2 miles of here other than by boat.
Is cutting peat still acceptable? Things far far worse.
When I was a child in Australia we had a weekend place in a clearing in the middle of a beautiful rainforest that was not much more than a big tin shed with a water tank beside it.
You needed a high clearance 4WD to get to it and you couldn't get to it at all if it had recently rained or was raining. There were several rocky creek crossings that had to be passed, fruit would definitely have been bruised. Dad had an old Land Cruiser station wagon that was hot, noisy, uncomfortable and the most fun thing imaginable to 7 year old me.
It had no electricity, water collected from the roof into the tank, no hot water and everything that was there was taken there in the back of or on top of the Land Cruiser. Going there for a weekend or a week during school holiday are some of my fondest childhood memories.
Dads Cruiser was just like this only a lot rustier.
You needed a high clearance 4WD to get to it and you couldn't get to it at all if it had recently rained or was raining. There were several rocky creek crossings that had to be passed, fruit would definitely have been bruised. Dad had an old Land Cruiser station wagon that was hot, noisy, uncomfortable and the most fun thing imaginable to 7 year old me.
It had no electricity, water collected from the roof into the tank, no hot water and everything that was there was taken there in the back of or on top of the Land Cruiser. Going there for a weekend or a week during school holiday are some of my fondest childhood memories.
Dads Cruiser was just like this only a lot rustier.
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