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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Lighthouse keeper wanted for north-westerly corner of Britain

The lighthouse and cliffs at Cape Wrath in Sutherland
The lighthouse and cliffs at Cape Wrath in Sutherland. Photograph: Vincent Lowe/Alamy

The role of a retained lighthouse keeper is, says Barry Millar, an extremely attractive job. At 74, the former biology teacher has no intention of quitting his position maintaining 10 lighthouses across Ayrshire and Galloway across Scotland’s south-west coast.

And his message to anyone considering an application to fill the vacancy for a keeper at the most north-westerly point on mainland Britain is simple: “Give it a go.”

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