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pete, off grid guy, island off top of scotland

Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 11:52 pm
by knighty
slightly weird one...

there used to be a guy called Pete on the navitron forum, he lived on an island off the top of Scotland, worked on ferry to/from the main land

he's completely off grid, built his down house and had a really good blog

(I met him for a pint once when he was in my area, really nice bloke too)

he broke up coloured glass and mixed it into his floor screed (above underfloor heating) and polished it

it looked awesome in the photos, I always fancied copying his idea... might soon have the chance

but.... I can't for the life of me find his blog, no idea how I lost the link

any ideas anyone?

Re: pete, off grid guy, island off top of scotland

Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 11:59 pm
by Fintray
This is the guy https://lifeattheendoftheroad.wordpress.com/
Used to work on the ferry and was talking about the one with the batteries last time I remember.

Re: pete, off grid guy, island off top of scotland

Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:01 am
by knighty
that's him!

thankyou :-)


EDIT: looks like the stopped updating his blog in April 2022... that's a shame it was always really good

Re: pete, off grid guy, island off top of scotland

Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 11:29 am
by John_S
It is Paul, not Pete.

He is a member of this forum, user name Hermit.

Re: pete, off grid guy, island off top of scotland

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 5:08 pm
by AE-NMidlands
John_S wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 11:29 am It is Paul, not Pete.
He is a member of this forum, user name Hermit.
and living up to his name, but SWMBO found some facebook (or similar) activity so I am reassured that he is more-or-less OK.
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