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Evening Standard
Sarah Ward

Students from the King’s former school spend week on uninhabited island

The pupils carried out some building projects while staying on Swona (Gordonstoun School/PA Wire) -

Students from the King’s former school have lived off-grid on an uninhabited Scottish island to help restore its infrastructure after it was deserted 50 years ago.

Sixth formers from Gordonstoun in Elgin, Moray, spent more than a week living in an abandoned house on the island of Swona which lies in the Pentland Firth between Orkney and Caithness.

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