Trust 'swamped' after requesting caretaker for uninhabited island
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A community trust has been "swamped" by job applicants wanting to look after an uninhabited Scottish island over the summer.
Isle Martin has no running hot water and only just enough electricity to charge a phone or a laptop.
What's more, the caretaker job is unpaid except for a maximum of up to £150/week expenses.
However, so many hopefuls got in contact about the post that no more applications are being accepted.
Isle Martin is situated at the mouth of Loch Broom, three miles north-west of Ullapool in Wester Ross.
Once the site of a monastery, a herring curing station and a flour mill, the 400-acre island is now recognised as a bird sanctuary.
Owned and managed by the Isle Martin Trust, tourists can visit by ferry during the summer and there are a couple of houses to rent.
After advertising for a "temporary resident" caretaker/housekeeper last month, the trust admitted the number of applicants was overwhelming.
A spokesperson said: "We're sorry but due to the publicity we have been swamped with applications and messages.
"Thank you all so much for your interest but we are unable to respond to any more communications for the foreseeable future."
