Assynt

But, you know, uh, uh, mostly this is a voluntary effort to try to do stuff that, that, you know, here we are, the big councils, Highland Council, have not done.

So, uh, he's based in Assynt, uh, which is kind of above Ullapool.

Fuck, it's hard to desc- uh, I know where it is, so it's hard to describe for someone who doesn't.

But anyway, sort of top left pretty much, um, uh, o- west of Inverness a big way.

So, uh, this tiny development of 10 homes has been told that each of the homes have got to have electric vehicle charging points.

And you might think, "Yeah, well, that's just makes sense, doesn't it? Fine." Um, 1% of people in the Highlands have an electric vehicle, and most of them live around Inverness.

Once you get out towards, uh, Assynt, there really isn't anybody.

Average wages are really low, and it's very unlikely anyone will be able to buy an electric vehicle.

Uh, two of them were in the Mamores, uh, three of those were in the Grey Corries, and four of those were in the last 20 minutes coming off Ben Nevis, or last hour anyway, coming off Ben Nevis.

Um, [laughs] it's just crazy that you can, that you can have these type of adventures here in, in the UK And this isn't even the remote-- most remote area of Scotland, right? There's Assynt, there's Knoydart, there's Torridon, you know, other, other areas of Scotland that I haven't had the chance to visit yet that, that are far more remote than this.

Um, it is absolutely incredible and something that should be embraced, albeit, of course, there is a sense of responsibility that comes with that.

You need to be-- you had-- need to have good mountain craft, you need to have good planning, you need to have good execution, and make smart decisions.