-17Deg in Northern Scotland.
In the remote parts / islands there is no gas supply - electricity is too expensive for heating - it's oil / calor gas heating or coal fires/boilers.
Big storms a year past had people with no electricity for 2-3 weeks in some cases. Central heating is useless without pumps/ignition hence the bottled gas, coal fires/Aga/Rayburn etc
A local coalman delivers 30 ton loads in Sept/October time to estates in the highlands - the estate the divides the coal up amongst the estate cottages, some estate employees foc as it is part of their pay, tenants pay the estate owners.
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