ISLE BE THERE
We live on a remote island with 110 people – there are no shops and only one taxi driver… everything comes off a boat
'You wouldn't get me off here unless I'm kicking and screaming or possibly arrested'
LOCALS living on a remote island with just 110 people say there are no shops and only one taxi driver - and everything is delivered by boat.
, located off the coast of western Scotland, is renowned as one of the most picturesque Hebridean Islands - sitting 10 miles south of alongside Muck, Rum and Canna.
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It is also one of the most isolated, with just over 100 inhabitants - and no connection to the mainland's power.
Yet locals have welcomed their isolation, saying there's nowhere else they'd rather live.
Everyone who visits the island arrives by boat, along with all deliveries from parcels to food.
There is just one small local shop, which also operates as a post office, as well as a single cafe - Galmisdale Bay Cafe & Bar.
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Despite the limited amenities, there is also a bike hire store, a crafting shop and a respite area for campers - as well as three glamping pods.
Dolphins, orcas and sunfish are among the sealife that can be spotted from the coast, as well as golden eagles and buzzards.
A bed and breakfast called Lageorna is also available to those who would prefer a more traditional stay - providing four-star service.
Tourists can explore the island on a guided wildlife walk, trek the UK's largest pitchstone ridge An Sgurr or discover more about the island's history at its two museums.
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And there's also one taxi man on hand offering lifts.
Proud cabbie Charlie Galli told : "The hardest thing you've got to cope with is probably the cows - I tried to nudge one once, it took umbrage, looked at the car and booted it."
Charlie moved to the remote community after two heart attacks served as a "wake up call" to leave behind fast-paced mainland life.
He said: "You wouldn't get me off here unless I'm kicking and screaming or possibly arrested - moving here is the biggest thing I could have done to change my life."
Charlie welcomed the life-long connections people there make.
He added: "I am the island's taxi - you meet people who'd you'd never expect to meet.
It's a good feeling
Eigg island cabbie Charlie Galli
"I don't know about everyone else but I get something from that, it's a good feeling - you meet people here that you keep in touch with for the rest of your life."
A constant stream of wind off the choppy sea over the island helps create power from wind turbines.
Locals' homes are kept running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the aid of three hydroelectric generators.
A large collection of solar panels are also used to boost power sources.
Eigg was the world's first community to build an off-grid electric system powered by all three of wind, water and solar.
This comes as locals living in one of the UK's most isolated towns with no shops and hours from a doctor say they LOVE it - and refuse to leave.
Happy homeowners in Easington, on the south Holderness coast in East Yorkshire, are proud of the community despite "hopeless" bus services and next to no basic amenities.
One resident joked: "We have two pubs and two graveyards, so if you want to drink yourself to death here you're sorted."
Meanwhile, people in Mersea Island, Essex, say they wouldn't rather be anywhere else.
There is only one way to arrive by taking the Strood - a road that floods at high tide leaving residents isolated from the outside world.
But one resident said: "We love it. Because for that time, we're completely cut off. It's a real community.
"Everyone looks out for one another. No one needs to be on their own."
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However, those in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, offered a different perspective to living in a remote town.
Locals fear they're going to become even less connected, with the future of their much-needed public transport up in the air.
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