Jonathan Grant is set to retire as ranger on remote Mingulay, Pabbay and Berneray near Barra after moving north to escape city life, now the National Trust for Scotland is searching for a replacement.
Now Jonathan Grant is set to retire from his job as a ranger on remote Mingulay, Pabbay and Berneray and hopes someone with his passion for the islands can step into his shoes.
The 65-year-old lives on Barra with his family, but can spend weeks camping in the islands during the six months of the year he works for the National Trust for Scotland .Grandad-of-three Jonathan said it never caused family problems that he worked away so much, and could spent between a week and ten days camping on an island.Jonathan said: "After I retire I'll probably keep doing the same sort of thing.
"We quite often have a seabird ranger on the tiny islands and there are a lot of visitors and campers."I haven't spent the past 13 years in a tent.The islands were sold to NTS by the Barra Sheep-stock Islands, a conglomerate."After leaving school I didn't want to live in a city."That's always been my main employment.
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