Family bucks the trend with Canna move
THE latest family to move to the Hebridean island of Canna were presented to the media by the National Trust for Scotland yesterday.
The Spence family, from Laggan, Inverness-shire - Alison, 39, Duncan, 40, their two children and two collies - were chosen after interview in which they had to show they would be able to support themselves on the trust-owned island, which aims to have a self-sustaining community.
They will join 18 other residents on the island, which is just 4 miles long and one mile wide, and is home to one of Scotland's most important seabird colonies.
Mr Spence will take up the post of pier assistant as well as carrying out woodland work and helping with an island car share scheme based in Mallaig on mainland Scotland.