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no never been to the shetlands, kept to the west coast most of the time, only seen the viking thing on tv. But if i ever get my live on boat it might be fun to pop in to see it.

No i never owned the property, as i said it was a private island, and even in my best money making days that was out of reach.
There was horses on the island but the tracks were that bad even those would have found it hard to make it up and down without getting foot problems. the best thing was a quad and even that was ruff.
As for going back, well i think i burnt my bridges there.
But all going well i think i might try for a boat big enough to live on.But in these waters it needs to be able to ride a good size storm. One way to get around the planning laws over here is to get a boat and some land with a sea frontage, and when the weather is to bad pull it onto a hard stand on the land. that way no council tax, planning permissions or anything else.
so thats the plan.we will see if i can make it happen.
about £20000 should do it. so feel free to look under your beds for any lose change.

The most basic questions would be what happens if there is not a majority in favour of the person put forward for the post of pm.
And what could or would be done if a new pm is appointed ,and it is found that they are not up to the quality or integrity of the current pm .
 

I must point out that i am no longer on that island. As i stated i left due to family problems with my oldest son.
So now we are back on the mainland. And having electric and web again is still a novelty.
But i was there for around one and a half year. And yes when the weather was bad, we had to risk life on the boat. The west coast of scotland has some of the worst seas in the world, and as you say the weather can be a little on the extreme side.
When it was like that we had to walk 8 miles each way just to get to the point of crossing over to the bigger island, were the shops doctors etc are.
At times the blisters would nearly make me cry. But we all pay in some way for our choices in life.  And to be in a place were nature rules and the only black things we had on the island were the seals. Give me the blisters any day. As for animals there was highland cows sheep chickens. As for mail if the weather was fine a boat would bring it onto the island once per week.
The more i talk about it the more i miss it. But life is not over yet.

In answer to your questions i will start at the beginning.
we moved onto a private island called gometra around one mile by two, it is off the west coast of scotland. the house was first built in 1760 and was in a derelict condition. the deal was we rebuilt the house from the ground up to the roof. and the man who owned the island paid for the materials
while building we lived in whats called a bothy, a one room building next to the house. there is no electric gas or even roads on the island. our light came from oil lamps we used fish oil we got from the local fish farms dead tank. ( gives good light and not much smell } once alight that is. smells like shit when collected though.
heat and cooking was done on a open fire fueled by peat and wood from the beaches.  the nearest doctor / dentist was on the island of mull around 16 mile walk each way or if weather was ok one hour by our little boat using a small 5hp outboard.
in emergency the coast guard would fly out with a helicopter.
the farmer on the island had a quad bike and was good enough to let us use it at times if needed. as we helped with the farm when he needed help. as for making money at times we would collect winkles from the rocks around the coast line. we got around £1.50 per kg and if lucky we could get up to 200kg over a few days. the hard part was getting them to the buyer.
in the past i was a licenced slaughterman so when the farmer needed to kill and skin a sheep i would help and get paid in meat.
so with this the shellfish, and normal fish plus our garden we always had lots of chemical free organic food.
as for taxes the council said it was nil owed per year as there was no services on the island / as for waste we had a septic tank
and there was never much rubbish what there was we set fire to it or used it in other ways if possible. i hope this is of interest to you feel free to ask again if you wish i am happy to answer your questions as best as i can